Tim Ashworth | Austin Metro Launch Archive, Applejack Paint & the Cassette Nobody Has Played
Wheels & Deals with The Old Car Lady
Tim Ashworth | Austin Metro Launch Archive, Applejack Paint & the Cassette Nobody Has Played Wheels & Deals with The Old Car Lady ยท Jun 15, 2026
Tim Ashworth | Austin Metro Launch Archive, Applejack Paint & the Cassette Nobody Has Played
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HowmanyIknowyou'veownedagazillionmetrosovertheyears.
Howmanyhaveyoucomeacrosswiththissortofafile,withthissortofapack?
Notmany.
No.
Many.
Becausetheyweretheywereeverbigcars.
Theywereusedandabusedandtheymayhavebeenscrappedorsoldon.
Andpeopledidn'tkeepthestuff.
Didn'tvalueit.
Didn'tvalueitatthetime.
Sothisisacollectionofstuffthat'sbeenamassedovermanyyears.
IsupposetheprecursorfordoingitallwastheGJJWcar,whichI'vegot,whichisapresslaunchcar.
AndsoIthought,hangonme,whatweneedtodoistryandgetthestufftogetherthatwouldhavebeenavailableatthetimewhenthatcarwasbeingtestdroveand/oratthelaunch.
Sothisis.
Ijustneedtohavealookatthis.
Soit'sSothisisfromOctober1980.
MotorMetroBL'snewwinner.
Questionmark.
Ilikethewaythattheyputthequestionmarkinthere.
Questionmark,yeah.
Ultimatesportingluxury.
Legondatested.
SowhatdoesLagondatestedmean?
Thereyougo.
ThatwastheLagonda.
That'stheMartinLagonda,Iguess.
OhIthoughtyoumeantthattheytestedtheMetroagainsttheLagonda.
Right,sweetiemeaning.
Buttherewasametrofilemetrospecialfeaturehere.
SoifwegotoBallTiedIn,becauseitwaslaunchedatthemotorshowinOctober1980,whichIthinkwaswasoneofthefirstmotorshowstobeheldatuhtheNEC.
UmsoBecauseyoustillthinkoftheNECasbeingthenew.
Iknow.
Thenew,thenew.
Yeah.
Ifyougoto47here,sothisisthemetrophile.
SothisisallthesothesearetheearlyVeryodd-lookingtheprototypeswe'redoing.
Verystrangelooking.
Minimetromorphosis.
BLwentalloutlaunchingthis,didn'tthey?
Theydid.
Theydid.
TheytheyreallydidcapturetheimaginationofIwasaroundatthetime,IwasyouwereSam,andIIrememberwhenitwaslaunched.
Iwasjustgonnasayit'sbeforemytime,Iwon'tgetawaywithitnow,youtellthetruth.
You'reolderthanyoulook,obviously.
Yeah,Imadetheymadeabigshowofit.
That'sinteresting.
Youcanseethere,sothiswasthe9XthatwasdesignedbyAlecIsigolisinthelate60s.
WhoalsodesignedtheMini?
Correct.
Sothiswasthemeanttobethesuccessorsofthemoon,butvariouspeoplewithinBiawerenotkeen,despitethefactthatnumberone,ithadahatchbackin1968.
Yeah.
Truepioneerinmotoring.
Andnumbertwo,ithadquiteanadvancedlittleengineaswell.
Thatsothatnevergotbuilt.
Thenstepforward,say,tenyearsorso,andhere'stheprecursor,thestylingmule,asitwere.
ThiswaswhatwasgoingtobelaunchedasNimetro,thisstrangerearhere.
ThatlooksabitlikeaNovabackwindowtome.
Sothat'sthecarthatwenttoallthecustomerclinics,andcustomerssay,Idon'treallylikethat.
Andasaconsequence,itgotreredesigned.
Thelegendthatwenowknow.
Tothelegendthatwenowknow,andafarbetterlookinglegend,actually.
Absolutely.
Sothisisallthisisallreallythisisallveryinteresting.
Ofcourseyou'vegotLongBridgethere,whichisnomore,butyou'vegotspecificproductionlineforthemetro,whichwasneededbecauseatonepointintimetherewasawaitlist.
Isthatbecauseofthedemand,orthattheyjusttheyjustfailedtogetoutofthefactorywhentheyshouldhave?
No,absolutelynodemand.
Absolutely.
That'swhatthisisquiteinteresting.
Sowe'vetalkedaboutwe'vetalkedaboutcoloursbefore,Sam.
Sothisislovely.
Sothatthere,Ithinkthat'sanLbecausethat'sgotthestripedowntheside.
ThatisanAppleJack.
IloveApplejack.
IIwelloneofthelesserseen,butthebestcoloursforthese,Ithink.
That'ssuchagoodcolour.
That'sSnapdragon,yellow,that'sonanS.
You'vegottheinteriorthereoftheS.
SolikeIsaidbeforeaboutstrobeseats,theyarespectacularseats.
Andthey'recolour-codedtowhatevercolouryouhad.
SotheSnapdragononeshadthegreenones.
Ifyougotabrowniecoloured,you'vegotthebrown.
Thatmustbeararered.
Ararethingnow.
You'vegottolookatit.
Doyouthinkitsayssomethingaboutthepeoplethatwerebuyingthemthatjustthethosekindofbravecoloursweren'torderedinbignumbersbecausemetrosreallythatred,white,blue?
Yeah,generallyspeaking,theonesthatyouseeoutandaboutnow,it'squiteraretoseeanApplejackMetro.
Idon'tthinkI'veeverseenoneinametro.
MyfriendMasshadone,whichhecompletelyrestored,whichwasamazingwhenitwasdone.
Butthereyougoagain.
SobacktothatisstillbeingreferredtoinOctober1980astheminimetro.
Astheminimetro.
Sothat'sthat'squiteinteresting,thatone.
We'vegotthisdealerpackhere,whichisMetroMechanicsforMetroMechanics.
That'sreallysomeguidancenotestotheguysthat'dbeworkingonmetrosindealershipswhentheycamebackforwarranty.
Soit'slikeit'slikeaHaynespamphlet.
Yeah.
It'snotyeah,I'mguessingtherewereandtherewereadditionalthingsthereaswell,whichIcanshowyou.
Butthisisalmostlikeapictureguideofthevariousbitsandbobsgoingonwithmetros.
SoIsupposeifyouwereinatookyourbrandnewmetrothatthemechanicshadn'tseenbeforetoyourlocalgarage,you'dhandthemthat.
Yes.
Yes.
Andyoumightalsogivethemthisherebecauseyou'vegottheguidancenotesthereontheChurchillpump-upmachineforthehydroelastic.
Okay.
You'vegotGod,thisiswhereItendtohave.
Someadditionalguidancehereintermsofhowthemetrowasbuilt.
Metrointheworkshop.
I'mtryingtoohyeah.
Sothatthatthat'sagreatcolourthat.
SothatcolouriscalledPeridot.
Andit'slikeIlikegreeny,yellowymetallic.
It'sjustthemostamazingcolour.
AndIthinkwhatBLweredoinghereatthetime,Ithinktheyhadaverytheyhadabroadrangeofcoloursavailableatthetime,butalsotheunipartstuffaswell.
Youcouldreallybespokeyourmetroifyouwantedto.
Youcouldreallytailorittosomethingreallyquitespecial.
Andothercarswhenyouwerebuyingothercarsinitsclass,soforexample,aForgeFiestaoraVGVideoPolo.
Itseemslikeaverybigaccessoriescatalogueforthosemetroscomparedtotheothermarksthatareavailableatthecars.
Ithinkitwas.
Yeah,lookatthis.
SothisisanAustinMiniMetrosupplementaryjobsheet.
Sothisiswhatthemechanicwouldfitinwhenthemetroarrived,intermsofwhatwasrequiredtobedone.
Howdidshegetholdofthat?
Fromtheoldgarage.
Youknowwhat,Sam,Idon'tknow.
It'salllostintheit'salllostinhistory.
Lostintheannalsoftime.
Andthenhere'salittlethisisjustalittlecataloguethere,alittlehandbook.
Again,BanchofMiniMetros.
Thatisdata,I'mguessingthat's1980.
Thereyougo,it'sa1980before.
Soit'sit'squiteasamark,it'squiteconfusing.
Soit'sAustinMorrisMiniMetro,thenitwasAustinMetro,butyoucouldalsogetthemGMetro.
Yes.
AndtheniteventuallychangedtotheMorrisMetroaswell.
Sothat'ssothat'stheinterestingthing.
Soconfused.
SosotheMorrissoyoutheyhadtheMorrisAtown.
Yes.
WhichpeoplegenerallythinkwasthelastMorrisyouproduced.
Butitwasn't.
BecauseMorrisalsomadeaMorrisMetrovan.
Andthatwasgoinguntilabout82,83.
SothatwasactuallythelastMorristhatwasbuilt,nottheItaly.
Funfact.
SowhendidthewhendidtheystartproductionoftheMorrisMetros?
IthinkIIthinkitwas82,83,84,roundaboutthattime.
Ithinkitwasshortproduction.
Shortproductionrunthen.
Okay.
Yeah.
Sobadengineeringgonemadthereaswell.
Andyeah,soandthenwhatelseI'vegotinhere?
I'vegotsothisisallrelatedtothelaunchofthemacho.
Thisistheoriginal.
Nowthisisquiteinteresting.
Sothisistheoriginallaunchbrochureforthemachofrom1980.
Andtheyreallywenttotownonthisbecauseit's,youknow.
Applejackagain.
It'sApplejackthereagain.
There'sapictureinhereIjustwantedtoshowyou,Ithink,whichisthewhereisit?
It'sthefullrange.
It'sthefullrangeofthem.
Ah,therewego.
Sothisisthecollectionthatyouwon'ttouch.
Yeah,thiswasthestartofit,really.
Ithoughtwe'regonnahaveeverything,butIIneverreallygotthere.
Mymypre-productionpresscarisanHLSuhinCinnabot.
ItmightactuallybefamiliarbecausetheyintroducedCinnabotafteramillion.
I'vehadaMetroLbeforeaswell.
I'veneverhadanS.
I'veneverhadanHLE,I'veneverhadastandardMetroorabase.
Butthatwastherangethatwaslaunchedin1980.
ABritishcartobeattheworld.
Thereyougo.
Thatthatkindofpatriotismagain.
Goodtiming.
Andthenhere'sthehere'stheaccessoriesagainfromthenewpartthatwe'vetalkedaboutalready.
Afewextrapicturesthere.
Yeah,sothatthat'squitenice.
Andthenyou'vegotthishere,whichiswhichisThisI'mfascinatedbythisterm.
Ican'twaittoseethis.
ThisgotI'mactuallygonnabecauseIreallywanttogetsomethingsenttothis.
Sothispackgotsenttoallthedealers.
Okay.
Yeah.
Sothispackgotsenttoallthedealers.
Justoneperdealer,orcouldtheyhandthemouttocustomers?
No,custnotcustomerissueatall.
Okay.
Andinthiscardboardfolder.
SoifIgetthisasiteasier.
Soyou'vegotanenhancedversionofthelaunchbrochurehereforstart.
SothiswasinSeptember.
ThiswasascheduleofthelaunchoftheMetro.
Sothiswasthebuild-up.
Soyoucanseehereonthe29thofSeptember1980,displaythespecialUnionJackteasematerial.
Again,thepatriotismthankandkindofbuilding.
TheywerereallyleaningintothatBritish.
8thofOctober,thepressembargoislifted.
Newspapercoveragewillstart.
13thOctober,thebignight,launchpreviewevenings.
Iwenttothelaunchpreviewevening.
IwastheMetrotrainatJamesEdwardsinHesville.
Sothatmusthavebeenon13thOctober,thatwaswhenIwas13.
Soyoureallyhavebeenwiththesemetrosfromtheverybeginning,haven'tyou?
IthinkIhave.
IthinkIhaveinthe14thOctober,thebigday.
Sothat'stherundownthere.
CanIjusthaveaquicklookatthis?
I'mabsolutely.
Whereelsewouldyouactuallygettoseeacopyofthis?
Makecertain,alongwithyourself,allyourdepartmentalmanagers,readthemarketingguideincluded.
Yeah,sotheyweretheywerereallygoingforit.
Sohere'sthat,AJcomingatOpsDirectorProjectMarketing.
Andthenwe'vegotthishowwe'llsupportyourmetrofromOrange.
Sothisishowthebusiness,howBLwillsupportyou.
Asadealer.
Thisisallthemarketingmaterialthattheywouldprovide.
Sobythispoint,it'sallAustinMetro,isn'tit?
Iknow.
Yeah,it'sallyeah,it'syeah.
They'reunderthebannerofAustinMorris,butitwasn'tknownasanAustinMiniMetro.
Howtoorganisethesmoothestlaunchintown.
OhyouwentTim,wasitthesmoothestlaunch?
Yeah,itwas.
I'lltellyouwhat,frommemory,itwasbusy.
Itwaspacked.
Wasit?
Itwaspacked.
Doyouthinkthere'slotsofexcitementaroundthis?
Therewas.
Becauseknowinghowlongandhowpopularandhowwelllovedtheminiwas,whatwasthehighhopesforthis?
Therewashighhopes,andIthinkaswell,atthetimethematchupwaslaunched,therestoftheBLrangewasfairlytired.
You'dbeMaxiDeMarinaStrokeTow.
Theyweredated.
Theyweredated.
Alittlebitdated.
Thiswasthenewkidontheblock,thiswasthewayforward,thiswasthefutureofBishopSainland,whichwerethenitwouldmorphintotheMaestro,morphintotheMontego.
ButthebuildingblockofallofthatwastheMetro.
Themetrohadtosucceedfortheothercarstocomeonstream.
TheMaestroMontegowereactuallyreallydisappointedforthemintermsofsales,weren'tthey?
Theywere.
Ithinkthattheythoughtthatonthebackofthemetrotheywouldbuildawholebrandrangeanditdidn'thappen,didit?
CanIjustdemonstrationsarevital?
Thereyougo.
Yes.
Ialwayssaythatthebestwaytosellthemonacaristogethimtodriveit.
Bestwaytosellapersonalcaristogetthemtodriveit.
Absolutely.
Andthenwe'vegottheorderformsforallthedisplay.
Soforthemarketingmaterial,soyoucouldorderSothat'sforyourpostersandmulticolouredtubelights,youcouldorderamotorslashedcurtainsforonepoundninety.
FortheGrandReveal.
Youcouldorderaperfumepack.
Thesmellofmetros.
Yeah,donethat.
What?
Foils.
Fileforburning.
Soyeah,sothisisthisisallgoodstuff.
Coffeemugs,ยฃ3.30.
Seethat'sXยฃ3.30
in1988,soit'squiteexpensive.
Numanumberofplates,dunno.
Andthenyeah.
It'swonderful.
It'sgreat,isn'tit?
Itreallyis.
There'salittlebrochurethereaswellaboutthere'stheasymmetricrearsplit.
Soyouknow,ifyou'reloadingupapop-upbook.
It'sapop-upbook,yeah.
Youputthatdown,whichmeantyoucouldstillgetAuntieSallyinthebackthere.
Oryoucouldifyouwantedto,youcouldputthatonedownandhavetwokidsinthebackthere,butstillhaveyourstepladdersthere,oryoucanhavethembothdown.
Soyou'vegotuhbearinmindthattheysaidthatthey'dgonefromaminiasahatchbackwithfold-downseats.
Thatwasaareallyinterestingandusableconcept,wasn'tit?
Absolutely.
Testdrivethecarwithtwobackseats,thereyougo.
Wow,it'squiteasymmetricrearsplit.
There'sa12,000mileserviceinthere,Simon,thatyoumentioned.
Youroptimisticservicingschedule,yeah.
TestdrivetheBritishcartobeattheworld.
Ithinkthat'spaintermetro.
They'vereallygood.
Oh,it'slikehaven'tthey?
Soyoucouldkeeptheyoukeepthekidsbusywhenyou'reslottingthecarsintothemother.
HalftherobotsinBritaincan'tbewrong.
Robotbuilt.
We'venotmentionedthat,wehaven'ttouchedthat.
No,wehaven't,haven'twe?
Wehaven't.
No,it'sabrandnewproductionline.
62milespergallon.
62milesattheHLE.
AlthoughI'msureI'veseenanothersignthatsaysoh,hereyougo.
Itdoes83MPGatasteady30.
Thereyougo.
83milespergallonontheMetro.
Arewehavingthat,Tim?
I'mgonnahavetocallbollocksonthatone,Ithink.
Andthenwe'vegottheengines.
Yeah.
That'llbelowcompression,that'llbehighcompression,that'llbeHLE,whichistheeconomyversion,that'llbeon1.3
there.
Somaximumspeed.
You'regonnatouchhopefully100mileanhournearlyortailwind.
Butitisgonnatake18.2
secondstogetto60.
Correct.
Quitenippy,quitenippy,0to60,10.
No,12.3,
yeah.
12.3.
Andthen30to50,10.3.
See,30to50isinterestingbecausethat'syourovertakingspeed.
0to60isabitofanonsense,unlessyou'regonnayourchillfortrafficlightswillgotoSantaPod.
30to50,Ithink,isareallyinterestingstatisticbecauseinreallife,inreallifedriving,30to50iswhereifyou'regonnaneedacceleration,yeah,that'swhereyou'regonnaneedit,isn'tit?
Yeah.
Sothe1.3,
1.3,
yeah,quiteatimeline.
Nippy,nippy.
Areyoumissingyourfinesthour?
Idon'tknow.
AmI?
Sojustsowewouldreadthisout.
ThenewAustinMetrogets62milespergallon,goes12,000milesbetweenservices,alsohasanasymmetricsplitactionbackseat.
Youchoosebetweenmoreseatsormorespacetomakeanappointmentforatestdrivertopickupthephone,bringyourfamily,itcouldbeyourfinesthour.
Musthavebeensoexciting.
Itwasexciting.
Itmusthavebeenexciting.
Itwasexciting.
Itwasexciting.
I'vejustseenacassette.
Yeah.
I'veneveractuallyplayedthisbecauseIdidn'twantthetapetobreak,butI'mguessingit'ssomekindofinstructiontothedealersintermsofwhatthispack'sallaboutandwhattheyneedtobedoing.
I'mguessing.
I'mguessing.
Yeah,you'dneedapencilatthereadytore-spolitjustincase.
Yeah,butIdon'twanttoplayitjustinbecausethatthat'sneverbeenplayed.
40oddyearsold,soIdon'twanttoIdon'twanttoplaythat.
Veryfrustrated,unfortunately,David's.
AndthenIthinktheseareallthisstuffisjustduplicates.
Ah.
Well,that'sinteresting.
JustlikeChristmasonceayear.
Soplusoh,isthisthepark?
Couldyoubuywarranty?
So,yeah,youknowwhat?
ThisisagessinceI'vereadthis.
Sotheyalotofwheelsonthatone.
Yeah,alongsidethestandardmetros,youcouldandthisisalltodoabouttailoringyourcar.
See,IthatlooksIdon'tknow,itlooksquitesnazzy.
Itisquitesnazzy,absolutely.
Imeanlookatthat.
Couldyouoptionitwithoutthemetrolookatthespotlights?
YougetIthinkthisisalmostlikealittlehomage,asitwere,totheCooperS.
Youlookatthebucketseatsthere,thatyoulookattheshortshift.
Lookatthesteeringwheel,yeah.
Thesteeringwheel,thelights,lookatthesteeringwheeling.
Thelightsonthefront,themaplight,thosewheelsaregreat,aren'tthey?
They'regorgeous.
Ithinkthey'reRonalds.
Ithinkthey'reRonaldowheels.
See,IquitewantIquitefancyaMetroPlusnow,too.
Youfindmeone.
Yeah.
Butthesewerenotpartofthestandardkindoflaunch.
Thesewerealmostlikeanadd-on.
Sopresumably,you'dhavetoorderthisasacompletelyseparatecarandyou'dgobacktothefactoryandbeMetroPlus.
Ithinkso.
Ithinkso.
Yeah.
Ithinkso.
Butthatthat'sinteresting,thatevenIdidn'trealiseIhadthat.
IlovethefacttheygivethedealersortofMetro-basedcolouringbookstokeepthekidshappy.
Yes.
Peopleusuallycontactthere.
Anyway,sothat'sjustanicelittlebitofextraExtrainfoaboutthelaunch.
It'sabsolutelyit'samazingyou'restillhere,actually.
It'samazing.
Andlikebeinginthecarandsmilingjustlookingatallofthis.
Yeah.
Idon'tknowwhetherit'sbecauseofourageintermsofnostalgia.
Thisisveryfamiliartous.
Werememberandwelookbackwithfondmemoriestobrochuresandaccessorieslists.
Butevennow,asaasanenthusiast,tobeabletofindafilelikethis,evenifyouweren'taroundatthetime,isaprettyspecialthing.
Itis.
Thankyousomuchforsharing.
No,no,noproblematall.
We'vetouchedontheclubmembershipandwhatawonderfulcommunityandagreatsceneitis.
Yeah.
Sowhatintermsofclubactionhaveyougotcomingup?
Sowe'vegottheMinionMetroshowinJulyandalsotheBMCshowinJulyaswell.
ThoughboththoseeventsareatGaydon,whichistheBritishMotorMuseum.
Atthesametime,ordotheyrunNoweekafterone'sone'soneweekaftertheother?
AttheMotorMuseum.
It'saBamberryturn-offonIthinkit'sJunction12ontheM40.
Andwhichoneareyoutakingdown?
I'llprobablytaketheMG.
Okay.
MyMGMetroonaccountofthefactthatit'sprobablyoneofthemostreliablemetros.
Hesaystouchingwood.
Kissoff,yeah.
Jigsstick.
No,you'vegotthatoneintoit.
Idid.
Nowthethingisaswell,ideally,intermsofattention,youprobablytakeoneoftheturbos.
Buttheturbos,bytheirverynature,arealittlebitfragile.
They'reabitsensitive,aren'tthey?
They'reverysensitive.
Andifsomethingifsomething'snotrightonaturbo,thenthewholecarwon'trunright.
Soitmightbeyourpluggaps,itmightbe,Idon'tknow,somethingelse.
Idustover.
They'rejustmorecomplicated.
They'reabitmorecomplicated.
Thatlittleengineisquitehighlystressedwithaturbochargeandwithaturbocharge.
Andthegearbox,we'vealreadydiscussedthat.
Andthegearboxaswell.
Sointermsofedgingyourbets,asitwere,thenyouwanttomakesurethatyougetthere.
Ithinktheonethingaboutclassiccarownershipthatwedo,allofus,isyoudogiveyourselfaneasylife.
We'reheretoenjoythemattheendoftheday.
Andifyou'vegottwocars,onethat'sgoingtobeastressfuljourneyforyouandonethat'sgoingtobeathoroughlyenjoyableone,youknowwhichoneyou'regoingtogofor.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Andsoconsequently,I'llsticktotheMGMetro,Ithink.
Yeah,Idon'tknow.
Theonewe'vebeenat.
Idon'tblameyou.
HaveyoueverbeentoplacesliketheGreatBritishCarJourneywithstufflikethis?
Ihaven't.
No,it'sonme,it'sonmyto-dolistthisyear.
Okay.
We'regonnahopefullyhaveametromeetthere.
Theclub'sgonnaorganiseameet.
Ithinkifyoushowthemthis,theywouldprobablymakesureyougotaslot.
Yeah,that'safairpointactually.
Ifyouwantthenumberoftheowner,he'slovelybecauseIspoketohimaboutthatblueone.
Ohyes.
IsthatRichard?
Yes.
Yes,I'msorrytoyes,I'mnotsure.
Yeah,he'she'sreallyIthinkifhethoughthecouldhaveaccesstohimbereallyinterested.
Butit'sfabulous.
Soyou'renotquitesurehowmanyyou'vegot,whichisalwaysabitofaTheonesyouhaveSoyou'vegotthethreethethreeyou'veseentoday.
Yes.
Plusanumberofothers,shallwesay?
AnumberofButlet'skeepourpowerpowderdryforthenexttime,asitwere,Sam.
WecangothroughtheIwouldIthinktheprojectonesaredaysfilminginthemselves.
Ithinkthat'saninterestingdaytogoandhavealookatthose.
ButwhatIfortheonesyoubecauseyoudobuyandsellthemaswell.
YouareStocktonClassics,youareaclassiccarDaswellasaownerandenthusiast.
Sofortheonesyouhaveforsale,wheredowefindyou?
Onyourwebsite?
Yeah,stockneyclassics.com.
Whathaveyougotonthereatthemoment?
II'vegotaRover100,IhadtheRoverMetro,whicharethere'saFordStreetcaronthere,whichisquitenice.
Weshouldallbekeepingoureyesoutforthose.
Ithinkso.
Yeah.
Definitely.
Ihadaforthere'saFordFiestaonthereaswell,whichisnowsold,buttherewillbeanotherMarkIIIFiestatakingitsplace,whichItookaspartX.
Okay.
I'vealsojustboughtan18,000mileVauxhallCourseB.
Ihavethatsix.
Whichisquiteinteresting.
Oneownerfromyou.
That'sfabulousmileage.
Yeah,18,000miles.
AndI'vealsoboughtatthecompletelyoppositeendofthescaleisuhRoverMiniRSP.
Butnowthat'sdone124,000milesandruns,starts,anddrives,butitisaproject.
Okay.
Andit'saproperRSP.
That'sararecar.
Thatisararecar.
TheybuiltjustaIthinktheybuilt1,050fortheUKmarket.
Theybuilt1,650,Ithink.
Sooncethey'repreppedandreadyforsale,theydoonthewebsite.
Correct.
Inthemeantime,toseewhatyou'reuptoonaday-to-daybasis.
Socialmedia?
Socialmedia,Facebookismygo-toplace.
Okay.
UmexperimentingwithInstagram.
WehadalittlepodInstagramearlier,anyway.
Wedid,wedid.
Andtheneventuallyaswell.
IamworkingtowardsmyownYouTubechannelaswell.
Yeah.
WhichIquiteliketodo.
Okay.
Butyeah,Facebookinthemainiswhereyou'llfindme.
SoyoucanfollowmeonFacebook.
I'llputyourwebsiteandyourumuhFacebookhandleintheinthenotesinthedescriptionbelow.
Soifanyonecanfindyou.
Umandifanybodycan'tfindTimandwantstospeaktohim,justgetintouchwithme.
I'llsendyouhisphonenumber.
That'dbesuper.
Okay.
Thankyouverymuch,Sam.
Thankyou.
Thanksforthecoffee.
Allright,andtheeggsandthejam.
Allright,noproblem.
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