Hi everyone,
Glad to be on board. If all goes well I'll be taking delivery of my 1972 Twin Cam later this week. Fingers crossed.
In the meantime... I was visiting my parents the other day. Dad's nearly 90. I mentioned to him that I'm thinking of trying to buy a Lotus Europa.
"You know they've got Triumph running gear" he said.
"Yes, I know" I replied.
"How do you know?" he asked me.
"Well, I've done my research" I said.
More interesting though, is how did my Dad know? He's not interested in cars at all.
"But how did *you* know?" I asked him.
"That Graham fella told me" he answered.
"What Graham fella?"
"That bloke Graham wossname from Lotus."
"Do you mean Graham Chapman?"
"Yes, that's him. He told me."
Dad reminded me that in the early 70s he was production manager at the Alford and Alder factory in Hemel Hempstead. Where they manufactured suspension parts for many British Leyland models.
He told me that one Sunday back then he had to go in to the factory because a customer was coming to collect some parts. It turned out that customer was Graham Chapman who had driven over himself to collect suspension parts and told my Dad they were destined for Europas.
