Kome outshide and shay that Mr. Muck - I'll take you both on (actually now you know why I don't write many books...me secret's out)
I was about to say, in all seriousness, before MkIV put the boot in, thank you kindly Mr.Townsend and welcome to the site. I'm delighted your wife has perfect taste when it comes to purchasing books. 'Twas nothing of course, just 7 years of toil and heartache - and still nothing to show for it. Oh dear. Back to playing piano in a house of ill-repute. But reading it twice shows a certain - dedication? Mind you, I lost count how many times I read it and someone still transposed a caption and we nearly ended up with the printers info on one page! It was quite a job just putting it all together. I'm still in recovery mode. However, the good news is that I do have a few limited-edition, leather-bound copies of the book left, of the 50 produced, and every serious library should contain one such tome. Visit
www.touchstone-books.com for more info. End of outrageous plug.
I assume that 'kiwi427' denotes an affiliation to a certain marque of Cobra - could it be that your car featured in a magazine article entitled Fierce Creatures, in NZ Classic Cars, or am I on the wrong trail?