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If Only I Could Have It Back.
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?
Does anyone feel similarly nostalgic for a car they once owned?
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The car I learned to drive on was a Reliant three wheeler, later models being called the Robin. It had an old Austin 7 engine, improved by Reliant by fitting a down draught carburettor (such refinement !). It was a great car if you didn't put anything above about 2lbs in the boot; any more weight there made for exciting handling !
First car I remember my family having was a pre-war Buick, complete with designer holes in the bodywork. My favourite was a 1954 Bentley, which came complete with make-up mirrors, separately lit, and a powder compact and lipstick holder. It also had fold down, glass-topped, walnut picnic tables, fitted to the backs of the front seats. Interior was all walnut and leather. Mechanically it was interesting. The steering column had levers to adjust the fuel mixture and also the ride. Even though the Bentley was sporty, the handbook was in terms that suggested that one's chauffeur alone would read it or drive the car; well, it was made by Rolls Royce !
First car I remember my family having was a pre-war Buick, complete with designer holes in the bodywork. My favourite was a 1954 Bentley, which came complete with make-up mirrors, separately lit, and a powder compact and lipstick holder. It also had fold down, glass-topped, walnut picnic tables, fitted to the backs of the front seats. Interior was all walnut and leather. Mechanically it was interesting. The steering column had levers to adjust the fuel mixture and also the ride. Even though the Bentley was sporty, the handbook was in terms that suggested that one's chauffeur alone would read it or drive the car; well, it was made by Rolls Royce !
