Around 1956 We lived in Bulawayo Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe), we had a Ford Custom Saloon, the one you see in all the old Cop Movies with the big Chrome bullet in the front. My old Mum really loved that old car until we went on holiday in it to Cape Town (1,300M). Starting off on the second day we were at the beginning of the Kalahari Desert with a dead straight road for 75 miles to the next town, my old man put his foot down from the off but we only got 15 miles and it steamed to a halt. We later learned that the V Block was steel and the heads were alloy which meant they expanded at different rates and needed to be warmed up slowly. it turned out to be a bit of a miserable holiday as all the spending money went on fixing the car. But what a car. bench seat in the front, steering column change, all the knobs were trimmed with what looked like Ivory and at night the dash board lit up with that green glow like a Firefly. Bril.
