If you’ve read my book Flaming Floorboards you know that I’ve always been infatuated with driving old cars. Not beautifully restored antiques, mind you. I feel compelled to rescue broken down “clunkers” and use them as daily drivers. This perverted obsession has led to innumerable roadside breakdowns, barked knuckles, and grimy fingernails. It’s also inspired a few short stories. Some of these stories are true and some are fiction, but they’re all based on situations I’ve actually experienced.
| The Healey | The MG That Would Not Die | Erecting The Hood | The Lug Nuts | Driving Impressions – 1948 MG TC |
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| Rust, rattles, sloppy suspension, but it still went like stink! | What could be more frustrating than a car that won’t start? | Ever try to put up the top on an old British convertible? | The frustration of trying to get a simple part for an old car. | What it’s like to drive an ancient classic. |
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Erecting The Hood and The Lug Nuts were originally published in Moss Motoring magazine and are reprinted here with their permission.
If you enjoyed these stories you might want to check out my articles in Moss Motoring Wake Up Maggie, A Dear School, Like Father Like Daughter, and The Lucas Uncertainty Principle.
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