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At 78 years of age I can relate to a few of the cars mentioned here. In my early days (60s) I had a Triumph Mayflower , a left hand drive Morris Isis, Morris Traveller, various Fords from a Corsair to a Mk 2 Cortina GT. However the one I preferred was a Humber Sceptre. It was the first car I had with overdrive! My age will give away my last two cars, I traded in a 2016 Renault Kadjar for a more dog friendly new Renault Megane estate! Oh forgot to mention, I also had a Hillman Imp which I drove from Falmouth (RFA Resurgent) to Greenock to join (RFA Resource) in 1967!

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Originally Posted by Varley (Post 20719)

Elphie's granny, in a dimly lit Jurby Junk, saw it in the closing down sale and thought it might be worth a punt (Elphie, she insists is the correct. i.e. Irish spelling). It wasn't, quite obviously so I dare say (as she will never read this). Therefore it is being punished by watching over her No.1 son and I while we do our Elphing.

It is a garage but car works in reception rooms are, so I am told, in keeping with the family tradition. One approaching my own when it comes to eccentricity. His father commandeered their library in London to dismantle a sports car of some description. We are only using Mother's garage as neither of us has a library.

Ear muffs? You have no idea how cold ancient piles can get in winter.

Delightful detail of eccentric use of domestic spaces. You reminded me of a father and son I knew in Torquay. The father was a school teacher with an ambition to sail across the Atlantic. So with his son's help he built a large sailing yacht. In his back garden. They had to hire a crane and lowloader to get it out of the garden, over the roof of the house, onto the lorry, and then with a police escort down to the harbour where they fitted her out. They named her "Imagine" ( after the John Lennon hit recording,) and duly sailed to the West Indies. They are probably still there.

All the best for the New Year V.

Roy.

Chuckle chuckle. All the best for you all and yours for 2019 (and for me and mine too, of course).

Now, back to the work bench!