Itare Sam
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you young 'uns, nostalgia is not what it used to be.
How true - I deduce I'm a trifle older than the ages of most participating in this thread. I was a complete car nut as a child in the 50s, my mother was fond of telling people I could name every car on the road when I was about 5. I remember having a poster of an MGA Twin Cam on my bedroom wall (and a jam jar labelled 'MGA fund' located close-by hopefully for donations).
But the car I really fell for was the original Lotus Elite - surely one of the prettiest cars ever designed. I was convinced I'd have one, one day. Then I read about the problems...
Soon after my attention was diverted, by the TV series "Route 66", to the attractions of the Chevrolet Corvette. It possibly had something to do with the appearance of the impossibly cute Tuesday Weld in the series, but I've had a soft spot for Corvettes ever since. The route 66 'Vette was what we'd now call a C1 Corvette.
I never did get an MGA, or an Elite, or a Corvette, though I did have a Mercury Cougar. And sadly I never married Tuesday Weld. My first car was a 1955 Vauxhall Cresta, 6 cylinder engine (and with 'added lightness' courtesy of the rust holes) bought for £50 when I was 16. That was 50+ cars ago.....