I was a young 57 yr old at the time
So that makes you a young 79 yr old now
, unless this confused 60 yr old can't count anymore
. You are in good company Bernie, the average age of the UKGPL membership must be pretty high.
I wonder how many seriously good GPL'ers are younger than the game itself? Let's hope there are a lot more Yannicks out there.
Not quite (yet) Phil , I have the misfortune of being born on 24/12 as anyone with a birthday around that date will tell you its not the best time to have a birthday .
Clive , I also had the ford 100E experience , though mine was a van supplied by the company I worked for . a delight to drive 3 speed box with no synchro on 1st gear , amongst the finer points was the windscreen wipers being powered by a vacuum from intake off the inlet manifold , a joy to use when overtaking HGV,s in the rain as they would die when you used the accelerator to overtake .
No MOT in those days but we did have annual fleet inspections , on one occasion the inspector told me to change a rear wheel as the tyre was bald . out came the jack , fitted to the jacking point and began pumping only to to see the jack moving upwards but the car (van ) still having 4 wheels firmly planted on the road , the inspector was a bit surprised to find the jack poking through to the inside of the vehicle . Most of the fleet had to be written off when checked .
My 1st car was an Austin A35 van bought for £15 from the car auctions , I drove it home with no tax no insurance and no brakes . You had to go down through the gears to 1st then switch off to stop , It taught me a lot about antisipation I had the most fun ever learning to drive in it .