When Harry Met Peggy
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When Harry Met Peggy

The Perils of Restoring a Classic Austin 1100

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eBook - ePub

When Harry Met Peggy

The Perils of Restoring a Classic Austin 1100

About this book

'Told with charm and humour. Anyone who has ever fought with a project in a shed will recognise this tale of wonder and woe!' – Danny Hopkins, editor of Practical Classics magazine

Harry's life had been stuck in neutral until he discovered Peggy lying in a field. It then promptly went into reverse. Is Peggy the romantic interest of this story or two tons of automotive scrap metal?

Harry's subsequent restoration project takes us on a journey through a life that has more bumps than the A12 and a cast of eccentric characters who are caught up in the joy of attempting the impossible, just for the sheer love of it.

This is the story of one man's attempt to restore an Austin 1100. Along the way it also becomes the story of one man's attempt to restore himself; and as anyone who's ever tried their hand at restoration knows, you can't rebuild something without taking it apart first.

When Harry Met Peggy is for anyone who wants to follow their dream but has forgotten to take out breakdown insurance for it.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2026
Topic
Technology & Engineering
eBook ISBN
9781837050543
Subtopic
Mechanical Engineering
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword by Dave Wilkins, Editor of Idle Chatter
  7. Preface
  8. Prologue: 1967
  9. 1 Snowberry White, with a Black Dual Strip
  10. 2 How Hard Could it Be?
  11. 3 Almost Without Realising, I Had Started to Care
  12. 4 This Could Be the Start of a Beautiful Friendship
  13. 5 The Smell of Melted Car Radio
  14. 6 In a Galaxy Far, Far Away
  15. 7 She’ll Have to Go
  16. 8 A Game of Vehicular Russian Roulette
  17. 9 Another Attempt to Defy the Laws of Physics
  18. 10 The Lights Go On, and So Does the Kettle
  19. 11 Where Was Charlton Heston When I Needed him?
  20. 12 Looking Down the Wrong End of the Telescope
  21. 13 Whodunit?
  22. 14 What Next?
  23. 15 The Fatal Lure of the Heroic Failure
  24. 16 A Moment of Supreme Decision Making
  25. 17 A Silly Man and his Silly Dream About a Silly Car
  26. 18 Let the Wacky Races Begin!
  27. 19 I Found Myself Smiling
  28. 20 The Work is Never Over
  29. Getting there …
  30. Afterword by Suzanne Johns
  31. Glossary

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