MPN11,
...I'm assuming they were interested in us, rather than the vehicle, although it was certainly eye-catching...
Large assumption ! Girl friend
du jour told me in early '50s they all lusted after "A red MG, with Leslie Phillips driving". My clapped-out Bond "Minicar" didn't cut the mustard, and she rubbed it in by telling me that one of the well-heeled young men-about-town had just taken her for a ride in his new XK120. Furiously jealous - but she then thanked me for being so ......Women !!
Danny.