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an MGB, a few days later.

When I had my first job I would look through the pages of unique car magazine looking for a car that would be suitable, I didn’t earn very much so I would look at a car and work out how long it would take to own, usually along time, so I would get excited about cars and then realise I could not afford them.

One day on my way to work there I saw one of these MGB’s in a car yard and later on during my lunch break went to have a look, it was probably about 10 thousand dollars out of my price range but got me thinking this may be a sports car I could afford one day.

So I started looking for ways to get one and found there were a few around that were in need of restoration, the price at the time was just affordable, but would need a lot of work to restore one. Looking back at the way my life went I am grateful I didn’t go through with a restoration project at that time.

After being a bit frustrated with the restoration idea, I did find one just like this, it was red and was in fantastic condition, I took it for a test drive and really liked it.

What an experience I had never driven an old car without a synchromesh gear box so it took a little getting used to. I really wanted the car it was just out of my price but with a car loan I could have had it.

The seats were black leather like an old lounge and it had a smell, I can’t describe the smell, unless you have driven one and know the smell I’m talking about you won’t know what I’m on about, but it was an old sports car smell, it smelt like a sort of old oily british machine, it was a good smell, not unpleasant I still remember it years later, it felt cool driving around in that car.

I didn’t get the car, I think the gearbox was the biggest factor, it would have taken a week or so to get used to it. I also had a few friends who convinced me not to get the car on mechanical grounds.

So that was my first encounter with a sports car and thankfully it would not be my last…..

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