Nick's Picks

		Ideally, I would write something here about my outlook or the view ahead or something. Or even some gag about screening. Frankly, I can't be arsed. The only things that I will say are that: (a) if you look at the speedo, you can see how fast the car can go and (2) I'm inordinately proud of the high-tech onboard computer.

Here is the "before" picture of the Morgan (It's got a wooden chassis you know). Actually, it's really an "after" picture as it was taken after the aerobatical display which first got me interested in rebuilding the car. I started off with a standard barrel roll but then I noticed Von Eisler coming out of the sun in his Rumpler and I just had time to pull an Immelman and strafe his fuselage aft of the cockpit. I took a hit from a stray piece of Ack Ack and had to pancake.

		And here is the real "after". As you can see, everything ended happily. Note the hefty roll-over bar which, for some reason (call it superstition) I added during the rebuild.

I don't always drive an old-fashioned, low-tech Morgan. I also have a old-fashioned, low-tech 2CV. This gets taken out to play on long-distance trials organised by the MCC (not that one). These involve long distance (clue's in the name) trips through bits of the country which don't have mobile 'phone coverage if you break down and then trying to break the car by bouncing it over various bumpy, sticky-up bits of the scenery. Here I am pathetically scrabbling up the side of one of the Derbyshire Alps (related to the Hertfordshire Alps but, frankly, a bit common my old aunt used to tell me).

		Whereas here, in pointed contrast, I am pathetically scrabbling up the side of one of the Cornish Alps. This particular Alp is known as Simms and people have been trying to drive up it since before the war. Sometimes, the cars can tip over a bit and so, on this occasion, I took along Mark Robinson to perform the highly-skilled role of being heavy. Some people are born heavy, some achieve heaviness and others have heaviness thrust upon them. Mark is unusual in belonging to all three categories.