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7. A Moggy Thou convertible...

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:19 PM

Jul 2019

... down in Dixie! Wow, I bet that was a great conversation starter!

Mine was a 1980 Talbot Sunbeam 1.6GL in red. It allegedly had about 70bhp, but there was no power steering, airbags, anti-lock brakes, or any creature comforts. 4 on the floor again, and a gnarly old cable clutch that needed a seriously heavy shove to operate.

Amazing what can be found on YouTube, eh?

I kept a carboard box on the back seat to collect the many bits of trim that had fallen off, with the intention of one day, fixing them back on. Unsurprisingly, that never happened.

But it was great fun to thrash the red rascal around the deserted twisty lanes of North Yorkshire. The Mk2 Ford Escort was the car for young blokes to have way back then, but I loved my Sunbeam for being different and so much fun.

And I swear I was much better attired than the guy in the TV clip... honest.

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