Les véhicules de collection, ou comment l'imperfection rend amoureux

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I´ve managed to lose my little Fuvia brochure so I can´t quote the vehicle´s weight, except to say, in Rolls-Royce style, it is "adequate.” The Fulvia´s driven wheels are located forward of the driver´s ashtray.

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Naturally the front-driven Fulvia is prone to understeer yet I found this much less unsettling than the Dolomite´s tendency to swing its tail at the lightest of touches. Even the lethal Herald had more stability, which is saying something.

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Incidentally, the Butler´s Plough outside Chaulkham is a fine place for a good lunch. The ox-tongue sandwiches deserve a special mention. I have not had any finer since roadtesting the Riley 4/72 in the Lake District in 1972. It was there we were treated to a smashing basket of home-baked bread, thick slices of ox-tongue, English mustard, cress, lettuce, creamery butter and a baker´s dozen of Slattern´s Extra Dark Imperial Stout. For me this transformed my views of the Lake District. I´d previously been unable to find a single decent pint of beer or a half-way palatable luncheon in nearly twenty years of testing in that otherwise pleasant region. When Riley summoned us there (back when I worked for the Weekly Manchester Advertiser) I was filled with a deep dread, despite my fond regard for Riley cars, God bless them, because I thought we´d be forced to eat awful vittels for three days straight. The tongue-sandwich thankfully saved the Lake District for me.

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