08-09-2020, 09:44 AM
In 1971 my father bought mother a new Fiat 500L to replace her ratty 1961 Mk1 Mini (with magic wand gearstick etc).
He never told her the Fiat had no synchromesh and she drove it without demur, no problem for 15 or more years! She was born in 1913, and passed her test in 1967.
As an aside, in the 1930's her father kept a "spare" Austin Seven for car-less boyfriends to use when escorting his daughters!
He never told her the Fiat had no synchromesh and she drove it without demur, no problem for 15 or more years! She was born in 1913, and passed her test in 1967.
As an aside, in the 1930's her father kept a "spare" Austin Seven for car-less boyfriends to use when escorting his daughters!