Tony....
My Isis is an (almost) daily driver - but I see very few cars of similar
vintage in daily use (honourable exception is one very smart Minor saloon, with
whom I exchange waves as we go past in opposite directions). The Isis confuses
people at my client sites - it is impossible to "image" it, which is in
contradiction to the usual problem faced by any consultant driving onto client
sites (expensive car = high fees, inexpensive car = suspect performer, whereas
Isis = total confusion and significant discussion item).
Talking daily drivers, some recent experiences from a couple of interstate
visits.
Melbourne in Victoria last week for a couple of days produced one Jaguar MkII
on the road and a parked MG Y-Type but nowt else.
Perth in Western Australia for four days the week before saw two Morris Minors
(one was a van and obviously still in commercial use), a Morris Major and two
Jaguar MkIIs. Other than these - nothing, zip, zilch - so where have the
earlier cars gone?
Speaking to a Morris Minor specialist the other week he said that the Minor
business had dropped dramatically, although his other business refurbishing
British sports cars was still as strong as ever.
Is this situation peculiar to Australia, or have listers in other countries
noticed a recent decline in LBC appearances? Has time finally caught up with
the cars, or just the drivers?
Regards....Andrew
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Subject: RE: British Car Week - Australian version
Andrew
I try to drive the Traveller every day - not just during BCW. We use the
Traveller as the support vehicle for our MG club and it is usually "loaded
down" - but that's what they were built for, eh?
Cheers!
Tony Burgess,
Morris Minor Registry of North America
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