Influence is a broad concept. Maybe a car I drove. Maybe one I saw. Maybe one I read about in Motor/Autocar or Autosport.
I consumed Motor Mag every week and really did hang on every word. Now I look at motoring hacks without the rose tinted glasses.
I really couldn't put my finger on one car. The XJ6 4.2 from 1978 was remarkable. I would never have bought one but it was an astonishing drive.
A brand new TVR 3000M as passenger was hugely impressive. That I could have bought but way outside my budget at the time.
As a youing child, riding in a Lagonda Rapide and having crowds surround us when we stopped in Sheffield city centre was quite something.
The young man at the local pub with a new yellow TR6 with hardtop looked amazing.
Back in the seventies there was too much choice, and most of it too expensive. My main influences were what ticked my boxes and was affordable.
