Morris 8 Tourer Stamp Design
Morris 8 Tourer Quotes
"In 1963, my dad bought me my Morris 8 Tourer for 65 pounds. Good old dad."
"My friends and I went all the way to Yugoslavia in my Morris and an original Fiat 500. We ended up in a placed called Raika. We hired canoes and camped in a campsite overlooking the alps."
"We came back via Venice. That was the first time I'd ever had Spaghetti Bolognese and I loved it! I was having spaghetti bolognese for breakfast, lunch and dinner."
"When the huge German lorries were going uphill on the autobahn, we could overtake them. Coming back down the other side, they'd overtake us with loud hooters as they went past."
"John and I were camping in Austria. We went into Innsbruck because they had bierkellers. We drank these great steins of beer. Bloody great things."
Austin Healey Sprite Mark I Stamp Design
Austin Healey Sprite Mark I Quotes
"We'd all go out together and there'd be four Mark I sprites all in convoy, off to the pub. I loved it."
"In 1966, I went to Costa Brava. We stopped on the way at a French bar to watch the World Cup Final. We celebrated in front of some Germans, which was really good."
"It was my wedding car! We got married in it. Although, Margaret didn't like getting into it very much with her wedding dress on."
"Off we went with all the toilet roll stuck on the back. There was this strange smell which would not go away. The smell got worse, really pungent. I tweaked what they had done... they put fish in the air intake for the heater."
"I was racing with a Porsche down the A4. It started because we had a motto. There's always room for three, which is a bit dangerous. So I overtook him, he didn't like that."
Riley 1.5 Mark II Stamp Design
Riley 1.5 Mark II Quotes
"In 1977, after using the car for six years, I decided that I would sell it. Your Auntie Emma overheard and she burst into tears. 'You can't sell the Riley, NO!' She cried. I said I'll keep it"
"I started work on the car in 2001 and then I finished it in 2023. It was a long-term commitment because it's an expensive project to rebuild a car."
"We were looking a bit lost, heading towards the Pyrenees. A French man asked if we needed help. I said oui, oui, oui, and he said follow me. So when people say the French are miserable b*ggers, well, I disagree."
