A father who bought a sports car in the year his first child was born, finally made a modification to the vehicle after 27 years. David Townend who is 60 years old, bought a 1974 MG Midget model car in 1994 for almost £300 (around RM1, 727).
He then kept the old car in his garage with the intention of refurbishing it.
However, the wish was delayed due to many other things going on in his life.
The father of two then wanted to do it after his son Michael asked to use the car on his wedding day.
David who lives with his wife in Poole, Dorset in England said: “My son’s wedding gave me the impetus to finish it. I just needed that to do the final push.
“We’re hoping to use it for the wedding. It’s a very small car so I think they will have trouble getting his wife, Millie, into it in her wedding dress. They want to do a photoshoot with the sports car in the New Forest, “he said.
The wedding day was originally scheduled for April but was postponed following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Still, it gave David more time to complete the car’s modifications.
“It did give me a bit more time because it had to be professionally sprayed. You don’t do that kind of thing yourself because the quality of the paint is the first thing that people look at.
“I haven’t been working on it continuously for 27 years. I did bits here and there but life gets in the way. We had a family, we moved and did a lot of house extensions which I did all myself. There were other priorities but those have faded away a bit now, “he added.
Repairing the car was not cheap, so much so that David did not count the actual amount he spent on his small sports car all this time.
“It has cost a lot of money – so you have to justify it. I have no idea how much I’ve spent. I haven’t added it up because I don’t want to know – it will be far more than the car is worth,” said David.
Sources: Daily Star