FRANK WESTWORTH

“The original 1965 Amal was pouring more petrol onto the freshly revived and enthusiastically sparking magneto than it was into the engine. Clever design, putting the mag’s pickups directly below the fuel leak.”

The words of the sage echoed around the big shed I like to call The Shed. “If it ain’t fixed, don’t break it.” At least, that’s what I think she said. It was hard to tell over the ferocious racket coming from the engine.

During the dark and seemingly interminable days of the lock-up I