Many of you know that I parted company with my car last week because of my failing eyesight. I had a few MG accessories left over that I no longer needed, so flogged them on eBay.
Sale completed, I dispached the goods along with a simple cheery note to the buyer saying that I'd sold my MG but hoped he enjoyed his, and forgot about it. Until.....
I got a lovely letter in the post yesterday from the man that had bought the bits. Turns out that at the grand old age of 71, he'd just bought himself one of the last MG TFs to be produced. He told me the story of how he'd bought his first MG in 1955 - a 1932 J2 - and drove it until the crankshaft fell out (a bit like Stewboy's SV
). Unbeknowing, he hoped that I might have the opportunity in years to come to enjoy a final fling with the car.
What a lovely story, and sweet of him to take the time to write to me - brung a tear to my eye. Just about to drop him a line back to say I'm glad the bits went to a good home.