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16 I got an ex Post Office BSA Bantam 125cc, passed my test and went onto 250cc then a BSA Gold Star 650cc - dogs bollocks in these days!
At age 17 I bought a Wolseley for £17 -10 Shillings, skimmed all the brake drums at school as a Project then sold it on for £25. Now that I was a car dealer I used to buy cars from the Glasgow Market, do any work and re-sell. That helped with University expenses ie drink and wimmen and worked for a year or so until I had the Police at the door about a ‘cut ‘n shut’. I lost out on that so decided Car Dealer I was not! 20ish I fell in love with Mk 11 Jaguars – had lots of them and every one needed constant attention for summat or other. 24 or so I got married and my missus liked Minis – we had about 6 or so over 10 years, while I had a Cortina Classic, Hillmans inc a few Imps and a Triumph TR6 IRS – fast in a straight line but did not like corners! 30 odd – 3 kids so we needed big family things, mostly Ford Estates. 40s – graduated to Land Rovers/Range Rovers – still got 6 but only 3 Road Legal ones at the moment. 50s – back to Jaguars, XJ6s – I had to try but they still needed lots of TLC. BMW’s I only ever had one, a 525, hated the seats and driving position – all squint I found. A Merc or 2 – my E300 was a lovely car. 60s – found an A8 4.2 Quattro – I still try other things but it’s my favourite by far – currently looking for another one. ![]() Present fleet: Land Rover Discovery 300 TDi Auto 98/99 Range Rover 3.9 EFi (Bobtailed) 91 Range Rover L322 Vogue 06 Peugeot 307 (wife’s) Ex Green Flag Recovery truck – for taking my Offroad Trialer Cars to Events Ford Dexta 3 cyl ’58 Tractor ’02 A8 |
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