[Frank Catt]

First drive and MOT test today. Big learning curve on 108 year old carburation and ignition systems, all of the controls are backwards from what we are used ( ie close throttle on carb to go faster !! / throttle pedal is a decelarator / the one brake lever similtaneously throws out the clutch and puts gearbox in nuetral, so hill starts without jumping off and putting a block under a wheel is impossible etc etc ) The guy at the test station was completely bemused, all he could do was walk round the car, kick the solid tyres and fill in what he could on the test sheet. With no lights, no windscreen or wipers, no brakes as such ( wooden blocks onto the wheels ) no anything that usually gets tested, he couldnt do much than sign us off and we got the approval. We still have a lot to do, but the Brighton run looks much more a possibility now. Frank