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bought Firestone Tyres as “original equipment” for their
machines. I had come to know their sales manager quite well
and he happened to be on long term sick leave but able to
drive and willing to have the chance to “get out of the house”.
He was a practical chap and I felt he was easily capable of
doing what we required.

COLLAPSE
I still had to live with my “reputation” for a while within the
Firestone community and even my closer clients had the
knowledge that something had been going on, so I enlightened
them as to the actual facts.
Eventually though, things went very wrong at Hull Docks.
My “driver” friend was constantly irritated by the attitude of
the Dockers and he let them know how he felt once too often.
Our business was declared “blacked” and not allowed onto the
docks so we lost the contract.
Ruth and I decided that I should remain with Firestone for
the foreseeable future and we began to dispose of the land
rover and trailers. The large “Magyar” trailer went to the
concessionaire in Windermere who was delighted and
eventually began to collect the imported boats himself.

DROP TANKS
My company car had been changed earlier in the year and I
now drove a smart, mark one Ford Escort with an 1100 cc
engine. Ruth now had a second hand white Ford 105E Anglia
for her runabout.
Another “garage” find, this time from a client at Tattershall
near Lincoln, where I had been running a tyre promotion.
The “Cyclops” Rover had long since found a new home in
Skegness but I had found another Rover, this time a “90” model
to help me with another “project” that dropped in our lap as
the boat delivery business stopped.

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