Roadside repairs..

[Alan]

Some time around 1970, a friend bought a 1933 Austin 10 unseen from a guy who advertised in exchange and mart. It said it didn’t go. It was in South London. We were at University in Birmingham. I should have said no, but off we set in a Ford Pop we shared armed with a borrowed AtoZ of London and a tow rope. The car had previously seen duty as a coal truck was bought and off we set. No idea of how to get home we headed for central London, towing past Big Ben, and realising that if we drove away from the river we were probably going north. It got dark. Somewhere north of the city the first tyre burst. They were 30 years old, see. (See other thread) what followed was a drive in ten mile stages, followed by hunting for second hand 19inch? Tyres, as one by one they all popped, and so did most of the replacements. It took 3 days to get home.