Speed limits and Austin 7s

[Tony Griffiths]

I remember my wife, Christine, driving her Chummy through Oxford in a 30 area some years ago, we came upon a Police Radar speed check/trap. This was in the days when the radar devices were hand held and looked like a hair dryer. I think she was pushing on a bit but the police officer on seeing the Chummy lowered his radar gun and he and his accomplice stood at the roadside laughing and waving.
There must be a message in this somewhere..........
P.S. Do you happen to be the same Tony Griffiths that we remember driving his 1930 tourer in a VSCC Driving Test and putting it on its side in his enthusiasm? Just after a rebuild, but went on to win the Lycett Memorial Trophy, the VSCCs premier award.

Yes, that me. Fortunately, I only put the car on its side once, at the Madresfield driving tests, while going backwards. The car had recently been rebuilt but, happily, was not damaged. Later on I'll admit, there were a few close calls on two-wheels - the over-enthusiasm of youth I suppose... and I did go on to win the VSCC Lycette Memorial. The next three-plus years were devoted exclusively to every possible VSCC activity and, even though the car was in daily use as No.1 transport - and was only a rather prosaic, late-vintage Chummy in standard trim - assisted by my good friends Mike Costigan and David Wortley, some successes were achieved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AylpIWnuc