The Old Ruminator
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Mentioned on the weather thread. Oh the shame of it. This pillar box red Reliant Robin convertible was my first car.
Lorry drivers used to drive up behind and toot then fall about laughing. With the hood down it looked like a boat. Occasionally the complete exhaust system fell off and I had to walk back to pick it up. Reliant bought a batch of Ford side valve engines. The engine was in the cab covered only by a clip down fibre glass cover. Occasionally that flew off as well and you got a tad oily. Never mind the clatter of the side valve engine. I painted it pillar box red and my mum made covers for the seats. It had a plastic drivers window - fixed - with a little hinged door in it. I soon progressed to an early type Mini which I though was not much better. Somebody stole it one night but parked it back again in the morning. Got out of it once and stood up hitting my head on a metal rubbish bin on a lamp post. Got laid out in the gutter. Sub frames rotted out after a few years. Ahh the nostalgia of early motoring.
Lorry drivers used to drive up behind and toot then fall about laughing. With the hood down it looked like a boat. Occasionally the complete exhaust system fell off and I had to walk back to pick it up. Reliant bought a batch of Ford side valve engines. The engine was in the cab covered only by a clip down fibre glass cover. Occasionally that flew off as well and you got a tad oily. Never mind the clatter of the side valve engine. I painted it pillar box red and my mum made covers for the seats. It had a plastic drivers window - fixed - with a little hinged door in it. I soon progressed to an early type Mini which I though was not much better. Somebody stole it one night but parked it back again in the morning. Got out of it once and stood up hitting my head on a metal rubbish bin on a lamp post. Got laid out in the gutter. Sub frames rotted out after a few years. Ahh the nostalgia of early motoring.