A quick test drive last night (my first time in one of these) and the retro feel of it made me think back to what actually sparked this purchase, i.e., the challenge, and its roots.
Back in my younger, free and single days, just a couple years after this car was born, I was in a men behaving badly relationship (but that programme didn’t exist then) with my old flat mate, Smith (believe it or believe it not, as he always used to say on the phone when selling a dodgy car). We
were The Professionals at 9 o’clock on a Thursday night (we were both drummers, and always air-drummed to the opening theme tune, to the amusement of the third guy living there), and we
were Kato and Clouseau at the weekends – or any other time when arriving back at the flat, if the other guy’s car was parked outside. I once spent five minutes trying to find him on my return, and assumed he’d walked round to the shops. It was only when I went to put the milk in my tea that I found him in the fridge.
I could go on to say that I left a nightclub early on one occasion to hide under his bed, before he got back. It was “snug” under there (to say the least), and I hadn’t realised that I would drunkenly fall asleep so quickly, or that he would have company. I was woken by my chest caving in as the bed above me was pounding, but I’d forgotten where I was, and had to get out. As I tried to push the pine slatted base up and away from me, I don’t know who was screaming more loudly – me, him or her (who we never saw again).
Anyway, going back to last Sunday, I met up with some friends, including the Smiths,
here. Mrs. Smith has a Beetle, and threw the gauntlet down to find a suitable car for under £1k, and the search began. After several hours on the net, I became astonished at how much is being asked for basket cases in this category, and was I inwardly laughing at and dismissing Mrs. Smith’s evil challenge, so my special thanks will go out to the finder in the reveal later.
Sorry for the ramble, but I’ve woken up before the in laws, and I’m waiting for someone to feed me breakfast!
