Our local aristocrat had 3 vintage Bugattis and used to go down to the Fish and Chip shop in one or other of them. A member of my classic car club has a type 35 and when you looks at it at meet ups etc, you have to be impressed by the quality of the engineering for that time period. But to own one these days requires either a willingness and ability to get down and under looking after the car or alternatively the finance to have a little man somewhere who does it for you.
I have just sold my Ferrari and that latter issue more than anything is what killed my interest in it. At my age I am past doing much more than replacing a lightbulb and where I live there are no small skilled independant garages with prices I can afford.
Pity but time moves on and my final years, hopefully long ones, will be spent in modern cars that are serviced by the main dealer. I can still sign a cheque if its not too big!
Last edited by howard; 29/07/25 02:50 PM.
