A Topolino from Down Under

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Last week's story about the Topolino Gathering brought back many happy memories to Reg Harris from Australia. He writes: "We bought our 1949 Fiat Type B in 1956, when we were young, new baby, new house and every penny counted. I remember one day preparing to reverse into a parking spot when the gear lever came loose in my hand. My first thought was "No! Not more expense." Then I looked at the lever, noted the screw thread on the end and promptly screwed it back in with much relief. In changing gears I obviously twisted the lever more in the anti-clockwise than the clockwise direction. The photo was taken in 1958 and shows the Topolino loaded up ready to head off on holidays. The homemade roof-rack just fitted our two suitcases. There was no room inside as I had fitted a small seat for our two year-old daughter. You may notice in the photo there is a small flag on the extended radio aerial. As the car was so small I fitted the flag to make us more conspicuous in traffic. By the way, the young lady beside the car is the same one with the 1934 Hillman shown on the July page of this year's PreWarCar/PostWarClassic calendar: my wife now for 57 years, Pam!"

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