cazalea
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That has a long tale too, maybe a separate thread
Born in 1964 in Belgium,
it was brought to a salvage yard in about 1970 with a broken chassis. My friend Chris was working at the cash register and gave £12.50 for it.
He took the body home and used it as a garden shed.
It was LHD originally and when Chris decided to restore the heap of parts he could only find RHD donor cars in the UK so he switched the drive to the right side, using this cab section.
You can see the precision workshop environment. This is in Coventry, UK about 1992.
You can see the precision workshop environment. This is in Coventry, UK about 1992.
To be continued...
New cars flooding in for many guys, while my old car has slipped away
I first saw it here, in Canada, and I deduced that A Vendre in the rear window meant For Sale. A group of crazy Frenchmen from Lyon were driving from Montreal to Vancouver, in 1986. The owners had bought this car new intending someday to take it to Canada...
Yes, it was
but this one is still here for awhile, albeit a bit rustier than shown ...
That has a long tale too, maybe a separate thread
Born in 1964 in Belgium, it was brought to a salvage yard in about 1970 with a broken chassis. My friend Chris was working at the cash register and gave £12.50 for it. He took the body home and used it as a garden shed. It was LHD originally and when Chri...
What an amazing, charming and wonderful journey!
Somehow I am sure the car will make another appearance in your life - 3 after all is a lucky number in some cultures. Maybe you’re approaching the CV in a Patekian spirit of taking care of it for successive next generation 😊👍🏻👏🏻
Thanks for reading; here's a part of the story I forgot to tell earlier
Way back in 1992 or so I was sent to China by my company. Not too many westerners in the regions we visited, and very few cars... anyway traveling over there I was spending the night in a Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. The bellhop guy took me up to my room...