18-07-2019, 06:31 AM
Perhaps the economy of France is a bit more modern than South Wales. A "classic" Trollhattan product has recently been purchased for the dear lady wife, and that transaction involved the handing over of an envelope. As we are doing reminiscence, I did not pass my first driving test, in the Minor Traveller bought by my father. Having told dad that I'd failed the emergency stop, he pondered this, and then said that we would look at the rear brakes. Thus the test failure taught me how to change the oil seals on the Minor back axle. Replacing the brake shoes marinated in oil with new ones allowed the pass at second attempt. Maybe Hedd and I could swap stories about doing an emergency stop on the footplate of a roller in order to get a group G licence.