OAP reunited with his old car
- 16 August 2008 05:385002I read this article and thought quite amusing.
A pensioner is back with an old flame he fell in love with 50 years ago - a car called Emmeline.
John Nagle, 67, of Lower Earley in Reading, Berkshire, recently started pining for his first car, a 1934 Morris Minor he bought in 1958 and later sold in 1963.
He then traced the green two-seater convertible to her latest owner in Basildon, Essex, buying back for £4,500 the car he paid just £30 for first time round.
My Dads first car was a 1948 Bradford Jowett only had 3 gears and started with a cranking handle..the number of bruises on my shins that thing gave me is unbelievable.However I digress walking around Morrisons in Canterbury I saw a jigsaw puzzle and on the front of it was ..yes you guessed it a Bradford Jowett van same year and model as ours but a different colour.I immediately bought all they had and sent them to my siblings for Chrissie pressies.Amazing.We went to Poland and back in that old bone shaker in 1960..I'll try and find a photo and download it using PaulB's added extras..
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 16 August 2008 05:445003Hi
This is the only way I could download this shot of the car...sorry
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 16 August 2008 05:545004Hi just found this pic on the web which is the same colour and in the same state as our old banger was in 1960.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 16 August 2008 06:505011Yours was posh - it had windows in it !!
My Dad's first car was a 1948 Rover - no idea of the model though, but it was built like a tank - so solid.
Roger - 16 August 2008 07:135017Roger
My father found that having windows in the car was quite useful...especially when he wanted to see where he was going!!!
Surely even your old Rover must have had windows??? 
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 16 August 2008 08:535019What a super car
- 16 August 2008 11:565033Love it! I once owned a Morris Oxford and Austin Cambridge at the same time.....great cars!!
- 16 August 2008 15:245040Yes indeed Marek, when I made that first posting, I must have been asleep as I thought the colour photo vehicle, didn't have side (passenger) windows - my mistake sorry.
Roger
