Ramblings & remeniscing about 'Small person' assistance.

[themoudie]

Aye andy,

Small person assistance, that can be an oxymoron, but often provides fond memories in later years for both the small person and the parental unit! 

My 'Weeun' now 3* something, always remembers sitting on the Duke aged ~18 months, also 'painting' the Beetle, using black Waxoyl!!    Lovely job of the wheel arches and running boards!

Anorack question: Was the Beetle the last production car with running boards?

Hope everybody is safe and dry?

My regards, Bill.

[Steve Lake]

if you can call the 'Chelsea tractors' production cars, then no, the beetle wasn't the last....
here's hoping everyone is coping ok with this wonderful weather we're having... pretty much ok in east Anglia this time (severe battering and flooding beginning of jan)
pip pip

[andy230]

All good round my bit of Norff Lahndin

Actually reasonably pleasant today.  It started with an hours worth of "skiddling"* in the kitchen sink.

After this we made pancakes.  Then played with a "pull-back" car across the kitchen floor, eating pancakes, sometimes off the floor.

Then we all went out.  He was nice, even to estate agents, who it was out misfortune to engage with today.

We bumped into some other parents at the local community centre type place.  Kids charged about, bumped heads, exchanged snotters.

Then we all went home.  I am knackered, so can't be ar5ed going out to strip off the MZ starter.

Maybe I can get some little hands to help me with this tomorrow...

Bedtime soon!

Beetle's running boards-  Note sure, Bill, all I know is that when my folks had one, I could stand on them.  When I had one, I didn't dare!!

Best wishes to all,

andy

* Scots term?  Or just a Duncan-ism?  For "playing with water".  I did a lot of it as achild

[guest40]

"Chelsea tractors"  Had me going for a minute or so,,, We call them "Toorak Tractors" over in the Eastern States and "Claremont ( pronounced Klaarmont) tractors in Perth. WA.
But the LR "running Boards' were only optional and really only side steps. The beetles were part of the body, as with the Standard Renown and Humber, Bentley etc.