Ha Ha he was full of it when he told me all about it, hes doing ok, he took early retirement in '03, they moved to Norfolk and are just enjoying retirement lol, theyve just come back from a 6 week trip to Australia, he did have my 1600E up there with him for a few years but i reclaimed it and its back home now lol, nowadays he makes do with a Range Rover and BMW Z3 (hairdressers special lol), he still dreams about having a mk1 Lotus Cortina one day, did u ever see the sit up and beg Prefect he had ?, i remember he was using it for work during summer months, i ended up with that too when they moved but just couldnt get on with it lol, ill tell him you said hello when we speak next, all the best, Marc