There is an obituary for the late Richard Hills in The Guardian today – it includes the following sentence:
“Hills’ personal transport followed a similar course: he graduated from a vintage motorbike through various old Alvis cars to a 1924 Lancia Lambda which he repaired, maintained and ran for 52 years.”
I don’t recall ever meeting him. The full obituary is here:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jun/05/richard-hills-obituaryColin
