Hi All,
What is it that makes things worth collecting?...is it because Dad or Grandad bought one way back then and you remember them cutting the lawn with it. Once you move onto the early seventies...
In my opinion, you tend to collect what you remember, which is what you saw when you were a kid.I was born in the early 70's so I like things from about that era. Once you start collecting your era, and the 'bug' gets you, your era becomes limiting and I think you then expand your horizons, so to speak, especially towards those items perhaps more rare or of particular interest to you. Often the attraction seems to be to have something someone else doesn't, bragging rights so to speak.
We had a Morris 1100 followed by a bronze 1974 Volvo 144 GL. Those two cars, plus others of the era particularly interest me.
We had a Rover Princess 2-stroke Villiers powered mower. I'd have liked one again. The Barons appear to be the 4-stroke version, there were 3 of them at the local recycling depot recently, I was eyeing them off but no space for more junk storage currently.
Oh, and guess what colour the Rovers were? Hammertone blue of course...now where have I seen that recently?
Enough of the pub psychology (back to the pub?!!)
