LETTERS

THE WAY THEY REALLY WERE

I’ve spent all my life in the motor trade, indeed I am still a part-time MoT tester, and I’ve just really enjoyed reading Classic Tails in the July issue – indeed they don’t 'make ’em like they used to.'

My grandfather was a school headmaster with a love of cars, and for many years he had a new Vauxhall each year. He started with Vivas. I remember going to his house around 1978 to see his new 1300GLS – all very smart with twin headlamps and the Magnum style dashboard, very fetching in dark blue metallic. However, it was sitting slightly strangely after being delivered to his house by Batchelor Bowles, Leicester’s Vauxhall main dealer, who had failed to notice that both rear springs were snapped!

When he later moved on