Loose change pays for a roller
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0 ome things in life are worth waiting for. Teenager Ray Burdett dreamed of owning a RollsRoyce one day. From the age of 15 he began saving loose change in a jam jar: 46 years later Ray. now a truck driver, is the proud owner of a £9,000 1975 Silver Shadow. (Don't worry RR— he doesn't use it for hire or reward-Ed),
Ray lives on a council estate and earns .E200 a week, He says the dealer thought it was a "wind-up" when he saw where he lived.
The car itself is faultless96,000 miles on the clock but it runs "like it just left the factory" according to Ray.
But why a Roller? Ray says he wanted one all his life because "everybody looks when you go past—they think you must be a millionaire". That may well be the case although the Hawk has had similar experiences when motoring with the good lady wife in my humble Reliant Robin. Indeed, many kind folk gesture expressively to me as I sail majestically past.
(Perhain, you should get that exhaust fixed—Ed).