Hobbies

Transportation has always been important to me and from the age of 16, I wanted to be mobile under my own steam, starting with a Vespa scooter followed by learning to drive in my parents’ Mini.

My first car was a 1939 Austin 10 Cambridge, the car I loved so much that if I was out in it and it rained, I’d put it in the garage when I got home and using a chamois, I’d dry i off before shutting the door no matter what time of night it was. That was followed by a yellow Triumph Herald and a Lagoon Blue Mark 3 Ford Cortina.

There have been quite a few cars in between, but my S-Type Jaguar and the A.C. Cobra have to be my favourites.

1966 – Vespa scooter outside of Rosehill Garage, Waltham Chase
1967 at home in Shirrell Heath with my parents’ Austin Mini, the car I learnt to drive in,
1967 My first car, 1939 Austin 10 Cambridge, which I wish I still had. In the background, my 2nd car, a yellow Triumph Herald.
2017 Malc and I bought a replica A.C. Cobra (Pilgrim Sumo) and enjoy going to car shows and we’re part rt of the launch of “The Fast and the Furious “ at Cineworld, Chichester.
AC Cobra – on our way to a Beaulieu Car Event

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