26-09-2021, 09:50 PM
Damn fine machines, these Austins, so I whizzed over to the Lawns to look at some. They can be very fast as well, immediately after lunch, Sevens took FTD. Class 1 had been sent to mix with other makes, but the upper paddock being empty, took themselves all together off to a Sevenland. For the spotter, 1 Julia Wolstenhome's EA; 2 Sarah Foster's Nippy; Archie Bullet's Ulster no. 4; dual entered Ulster Sport of Steve James and Daniel Hunter nos 5 and 705; Les Gorton's Ulster Replica no 6, and three Ulsters, 9 of Stuart Roe, 10, William Way and Peter Howatt in no 7.
Lower down under some trees class 6 included a couple of Sevens. Graham Beckett's Simplicity, Matthew Craven's car entered just as an Austin Seven, and The Toy of Graham Furnell. Apologies for spelling mistakes or typos. One day anorak behaviour will take over, and I will snap head on views of front suspension, indicating that no two are the same.
An alarming shortage of fuel encouraged a pal to hijack his dear lady wife's electric machine which was quieter than a 2CV, faster than a Ruby and did not leak a single drip of oil. It sailed past long queues at petrol stations.