The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP couldn’t have created more havoc. “An absolute disaster. It was your editor Charlie Waters’ and your fault, Ed,” accuses Ray Walsh. Then, smiling: “But we thrive on adversity, though I’ll admit our head of logistics–my little brother – shares the blame.”
The extent of my own and the editor’s culpability for the Walshes’ misadventures – from which inevitably they recovered – is a simple case of passing the parcel. Charlie forwarded me an email received from Heritage Commercials reader John Booth.
In his early seventies and still active as a goods vehicle driver, John lives in Ipswich. Aware that the Walshes are always up for a challenge, in his email he wrote that he thought the two rare Austin K8 Three Ways he owned would appeal to Ray and Ken as a restoration project. He admitted the vans were in bad condition, but he believed that between them, the two wrecks had the makings of one good one. And, despite their rarity value, he wasn’t expecting to sell them for a fortune. Could he be put in touch with the Walsh brothers?
I forwarded the email to Ken. He admitted he didn’t have a clue about what an Austin K8 even looked like. Which was a good start. The Walshes buzz off taking on types of vehicle they know nothing whatsoever about. Ken’s interest was also triggered by them only having a couple of smaller projects on the
