Speaking of emotional reunions, I meant to post this at the time, but got sidetracked by various things.
A wee while back I was at the Jackie Stewart Classic at Thirlestane Castle on the Sunday (I couldn’t make the previous day due to prior commitments). Many wonderful sights & sounds fantastic cars galore. Walking around the fields I literally had a cartoon “double take” moment when I spotted a JCW50 at a car detailing stand. Not just any JCW50, this one had 4 spotlights and an Ecurie Ecosse grille badge. It was “The Beast”!
I immediately had many happy flashbacks to various NMS runs with Malcolm & Sioban, particularly our Yorkshire adventures. Quite an emotional few minutes I can tell you. I found out the Beast is now in the custody of their son and the detailers were demonstrating their skills on it at the show. It was like unexpectedly bumping into an old friend out of the blue, or in this case out of the green. Emotions and Minis tend to go hand in hand which is why so many of us are still involved with the things after so many years, and as we’ve heard, it’s often the people as much if not more than the cars themselves…
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