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particularly dangerous and a sliding door bolt additional to the
original MG catch was installed.
Wheels came off and the brakes were stripped and cleaned.
It was only when refitting the brakes that Peter fell out with
our cat “Mac”.
Mac had made a sort of nest in the same cardboard box as
the brake shoes. Peter found what he thought was a pile of old
grease, only closer inspection with his fingers revealed it to be
something the cat had left behind !
While up on stands the exhaust was repaired with a long
length of copper pipe.
Underneath the lightweight body was a sturdy, painted,
girder chassis and four strong “cart” type springs supporting
the front and rear axles.
Almost everything had a grease point, and those around the
steering arrangement were too numerous to mention.
Although not normally needed, a leather strap was found to
hold down both sides of the “bonnet”.

The “slab” type fuel tank was located right at the rear of the
car behind the bodywork. For this, a wooden fuel “dip stick”
was fabricated out of a splendid piece of mahogany and duly
graduated.

Our preparations for going on the road were almost
complete. All this was before the modern complicated MOT
testing with the exhaust emissions analyser and rolling road
brake testers. Requirements were very basic, the car passed
without any problem even though it was then over 30 years
old.

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