Rolls-Royce & Bentley Driver

MARGINAL GAINS

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At the end of the last report, the Silver Shadow was busily creating a shiny green puddle under the front of the engine. The water pump, having held back the coolant for 35 years of storage, had given up the struggle once the car found itself in use again. A phone call to Flying Spares sorted the arrival of an exchange unit, but in late January it was dark and wet and cold, and the prospect of dismantling everything around the front of the engine and then lying in a freezing puddle (indoor storage was lost, temporarily but at short notice) did not appeal. I chickened out

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