Well Said John, well said........
now get some sleep and Judy and I will be over to get the 'tour' of HM limo one
day soon.
J & J
jonmac wrote:
> It's too late at night here and I can't sleep - AGAIN!
> My best chum once told me that as a foetus, he was convinced I wasn't
> surrounded by amniotic fluid but Castrol Racing. First car was at 3 years of
> age and a pre-war pedal car. Then, envy of my friends, I did one good term
> at school and got a good report. Dad was surprised and to encourage further
> effort invested in another - this time it was an Austin J40 - original ones
> are now worth a mint. Sadly, the academic prowess suddenly became a little
> deflated. I think I'll be clocking up 55,000 later this month and still a
> nut about things on wheels that leak oil. Commercial Apprentice at Jaguar,
> Standard Triumph, BL (say no more) BMW, Massey Ferguson, Case International
> and GKN. Then worked for myself on automotive business management training
> (Parts and Service) Got sick of flogging new cars at an early age so
> concentrated on the dirty profitable bit of keeping them running for the
> rest of the career. Spent quite a lot of time seeing the world at someone
> else's expense which was nice and moved back to Europe in early 90's. Have
> spawned two sons. One is a Garden Landscape Designer - the other sees
> Hollywood close at hand (at least he hopes it is). Have driven hundreds of
> Standards and Triumphs with left, right and centre steering wheels - one had
> wires on the front and discs on the back with one of each in the boot. Own
> more classics than are good for my health or general equilibrium and bank
> manager agrees wholeheartedly. Presently I'm too far apart from my best
> friends and I miss them more than I think they miss me. My favourites are
> still in store near our former home in France where I used to live until
> major illness forced me back to the UK - '59 Frog Eye, '65 Midget, '68 Mk 3
> Spurtfire, '69 Mk 2 GT6, '36 Standard Flying 20 (believed to be last in
> existence.) For those of you who bought the book, it's the one in the pics
> (BRW 777,) '26 AJS 500, '37 'Fanny Barnet' 250 - and now a 2.5PI (here in
> UK). Very interested in hydraulics found on modern tractors and known to
> become excited when confronted with large old trucks - especially
> eight-legger Fodens with Gardner diesels. Greatly enjoy playing about with
> compressed air braking systems when the driver isn't looking or within
> earshot. Smoke too much, would like to drink too much as well but medication
> says no. A known tendency for enjoying good food (preferably cooked by other
> people and at their expense) expanding waistline so I haven't seen it for
> years and a noticeable hair loss to boot. Garrulous, I'm never bored when I
> am talking and others are listening, a distinct preference for slightly
> older women. Forgetful and rapidly discovering I spend too much time moving
> around each day and wondering what the hell I had gone there for and what I
> had planned to do upon arrival. Talk too much about the past and rue the day
> that twin cone synchronisers became de rigeur. Known preferences for driving
> classics on worn cross plies (Dunlop C41's are ideal) in wet weather,
> especially cars with swing axles and over-engined as well. This makes a 2.0
> litre Mk 1 Vitesse a preferred mode of transport. A Mk 1 GT6 would be as
> much fun but the joints are now getting creaky and flatulence can raise its
> ugly head when exerting myself to get in or out. Would like a nice TR5
> injection in Royal or Valencia Blue with overdrive - but my ex took all the
> money. Would almost kill to own a 1943 Spitfire with fully operational
> Brownings, cannon and a Rolls Royce Merlin that had no objection to
> operating continuously on full boost. Perhaps if I win the lottery it might
> become a reality and then I could afford the C of A, fuel, flying lessons
> and ammunition. Spend most days wandering around a rather nice Car Museum
> talking to visitors - or to myself, when said visitors have chosen to be at
> Warwick Castle instead. Occasionally known to plonk myself in driving seats
> and make brmm brmm noises, or take a quiet nap in the back seat of HM
> Queen's limousine. It really is very comfy indeed - I'm sure she misses it.
> Equally happy with a can of Autosol metal polish or Autoglym Exhibition
> Polish, a box of clean rags and a vast expanse of tarnished brass, copper
> pipework or paint in need of rejuvenation. With increasing frequency, now
> find myself sitting in other seats of old cars parked outside that are
> fuelled and batteried. Under such conditions, the left hand is known to
> twitch violently and uncontrollably towards things called starter buttons
> and then I find myself suddenly becoming very deaf to exhortations to "leave
> the bloody thing alone!"
> Rapidly becoming extremely eccentric, very absent-minded and rather a bore -
> but reasonably happy.
>
> Jonmac
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