The number plate on this Armstrong Siddeley made me stop and take a photo. It’s the same vintage as I am and wearing it well; similarly wide across the beam but still shiny.

The hood ornament is pretty ferocious. What I took to be a warrior holding weapons turns out to be a sphinx with wings mounted on jet engines. It looks as if it is crouching, but it is the jets reflected in the bonnet which create that impression.