AJC
Western Thunderer
Just once I had one within my grasp - but that was in the physical sense, not the financial one!
We visited a reclusive French gentleman who has a quite unbelievable collection of vehicles - from cars to aeroplanes.
The collection spans from a 1916 chain-drive Mack tipper through to mid- 60s racing cars I guess, and is a veritable time capsule of the American automobile industry.
Throughout our visit (mainly to do with ww2 era U.S. heavy trucks), my conversational input was constantly interrupted by "I 'ave one of those" and a diversion into yet another barn stuffed full with row upon row of automobilia on wheels - some restored, some part-restored, some as-found.
I wish I 'd been more interested in cars - I really had little idea what I was looking at but they were certainly some of the rarest you could find.
In the workshop (with an uber rare Bugatti on the ramps being fettled) was a Riva - the only one I've ever seen.
I'm not a boat enthusiast (my idea of a boat is one you can take pike fishing and not worry about the ensuing mess) but still went weak at the knees.....
And yes I did (grasp) touch it!!
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Never mind the boat, what's the cab off? Lovely bit of signwriting.
Adam