[Spridgets] W E S L A K E holiday - very old LBC Content

[Weslake1330 at aol.com]

Hi List, 
 
Just catching up on 200 e-mails while back from the annual family  holiday.  
Only car in the household is my 69 Sprite so had a hire car -  you'd call it a 
rental.
 
What a crappy car - typical 1800cc fuel injection modern, gutless and  sloppy 
to drive.  

So to the memorable content.
 
1. The 5 year old (6 tomorrow) told me not to drive fast!  So I stuck  to the 
speed limits.  After stopping (to let her have a pee) I told the  family I'd 
have to pull away a bit sharp as leaving the layby (parking lane in  US?) onto 
a busy dual carriageway would require a quick start.  So, by the  time I'd 
got up to 60 she shouts "I thought I told you not to drive fast".   Hmm.  A 
couple of days later at a Tee junction needing to turn right onto a  busy road 
(that'd be a left for you guys) I warned the family I'd need another  Grand Prix 
start and for no-one to comment this time.... So, after a long wait a  
reasonable gap appeared and I pulled out.  The car being useless and front  wheel 
drive lifted the nose and spun the inside wheel vigourously producing some  noise 
and smoke.  This time the 5 year old shouts, cheers and laughs.   Go figure?
 
2.  Stopping at a service station for the wife to stop and have a pee  on the 
way home I had to join a busy dual carriageway.  No need for a Grand  Prix 
start though I was up to 60mph pretty quickly.  In the overtaking lane  I see 
really old and I mean a lot older than a Spridget, car coming up fast and  it 
passed me (remember I am in the rental car not my Sprite).  A single guy  doing 
about 70mph in this tiny car that at first looked like an Austin  Seven.  As 
he passed me the make of the car was on the back of it and I was  no longer 
surprised - 'Frazer Nash'.  So when did anyone see a car that old  going that 
fast on the public highway and passing them?
 
W E S L A K E 1330 - a lot better than Vauxhall Vectra  1.8