[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

It is a bit of a conundrum, isn't it? Brian Kitcher went through the same with his LAA, which Richard mentioned; he wanted to drive it and his 40mm Bofors around the country to shows, but couldn't possibly afford it on petrol! Thus the diesel... the truck is immaculate, yet the moment it's started, one loses all sense of the esotheric which you mentioned.

My most recent experience was last summer when I acted as a foot guide to two Universal Carriers making their way back to the parking lot from our allotted display space. The whine of the flatheads was... wonderful. I could imagine - and hope I'll see sooner or later - a dozen or more of them in formation. A bloody diesel just wouldn't have been the same.