Watching "The Great Train Robbery" last night I nearly cried to see Jim Broadbent's (DCS Tommy Butler's) car, It was exactly the car I had in the mid-sixties; a black 2.4 Mark 1 Jaguar, there were lots of shots inside too and it was a dead-ringer, all red leather and walnut with that gorgeous fascia for instruments, in fact I began to wonder if it wasn't mine. I couldn't quite see the steering wheel, mine had a feature unheard of today; 'overdrive', a short stalk under the steering wheel which when you flicked it as you were bowling along in top, it gave you an extra higher gear. If only I had it now.
Does anyone feel similarly nostalgic for a car they once owned?
there used to be a place in the North East called Rent a Wreck. dont know if still going but you could hire cars like mentioned. But more for local driving!
I loved my Vauxhall Viva. OK it needed a service every 4,500 miles but it was a service I could do myself in the front garden with a socket set and some feeler gauges. No need to plug it into a computer at great expense when a light comes on. Diagnostics done by an experienced ear. I had that Viva purring like a delighted kitten.
Several years ago I read about a website that told you what happened to your previous cars. The article featured a guy who tracked down a Mini that he had owned years before. I have never heard anything about it since. Is the site still going?