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« on: 28 August 2021, 01:44:15 »
a mate was asking me if i remember all the cars that iv,e owned , thought i would but was hopelessly wrong. my first car in 1964 was an Austin A35, 3 forward gear column change (i think). as my career was a merchant seaman i only used it whilst off ship but i would lend it to a guy so he could use it for family days out. we once changed the clutch & the bottom bolt & the next two were missing too . somebody had spot welded the steel gearbox to the bellhousing . i sold & the guy who bought it was disabled & had it full converted to complete hand controlled. his great grandson told me yesterday that it still gets driven albeit 2-3 times yearly. but iv,e been invited to go & see it, & its kept only 6 mls from where i live.