13-12-2021, 11:06 PM
Ray, there may be journalists asked to write a piece about vintage cars. To find out what they might be they look in a pub car park filled with various old machines whose gleaming new badges say Vintage Sports Car. Our worthy journalist notes the marques and models, and files a piece about TR2s, Swallow Dorettis and a Connaught. His editor gets back to him to say, all these are post 1945, are you correct? Get a car built before 1939. Jonny Journalist ventures out again, and is happy to see many muddy cars getting ready for a trial. Aha, he thinks, a J2 MG, that must be vintage. Sadly the owner tells him that although the 1172 Ford engine was installed in 1949 for many decades of competition, it is not eligible as vintage. He decides to ask a couple of Austin Seven owners, two competitors in specials and two spectators in Rubies. It’s a mystery to us, mate they reply, we are PWA7C members. Anyway, one of our bouncers has not turned up, why not spend a day getting cold and wet, then you can write a report of the event. Oh lucky scribe, he ended up hours later muddy and bruised and very happy indeed. End of story.