11-09-2020, 11:43 AM
Smashing illustration Tony.
Since we all love a detour - my father worked as a mechanic at Hersham & Walton Motors at the end of the 1950's. Apparently at that time FWD Citroen transmissions were either costly or hard to obtain (I don't remember which). He maintained that whenever the HWM team crossed the channel it would come back with a few Citroen boxes in pieces and loosely described as 'racing spares' to any customs official who happened to look in the back of the truck! Every little helps as they say...
Since we all love a detour - my father worked as a mechanic at Hersham & Walton Motors at the end of the 1950's. Apparently at that time FWD Citroen transmissions were either costly or hard to obtain (I don't remember which). He maintained that whenever the HWM team crossed the channel it would come back with a few Citroen boxes in pieces and loosely described as 'racing spares' to any customs official who happened to look in the back of the truck! Every little helps as they say...