Originally Posted by
JEM60
CHEVVRON. I bet his first words, as always, were 'what's going on?
I spent some time in the passenger seat of his car, an Alvis, or a Lea Francis, whilst he attempted to get it to spin on the wet concrete at the dispersal. If I remember, it understeered like you wouldn't believe, and he couldn't get the back to slide at all. Happy, wonderful days.
He always had a Peugot when I was at 613.
His saying in my day was 'what's the holdup' always preceded by either one of his coughs or a blast on his whistle.