RFL 574X Spitfire 1500
Posted By : Andy Cook, 31-May-2006, 01:52pm
Hi Stephen,
I know two of the previous owners!
Eddie Tee owned the car in the 80's and early 90's. Kim Charlton (nee Woodward) owned it during the mid to late 90's . I knew them all well as they were Essex area members when I was the local AO. Both owners took the car to Europe on our annual Essex area tours we did throughout the 90's.
Next time I'm in the loft I'll see if I can find any pictures. I've got a feeling that it may be the 3rd or 4th car in the following picture taken on the convoy at the international Spitfire Weekend in Holand in 1994, Kim and her then boyfreind, now husband Trevor were certainly there that year in it.
I also remember a story from a trip to Halland in 1989 regarding this car when Eddie Tee was the owner. Eddie drove his car through a gap between two wooden posts to park it next to the chalet we were staying in and he clouted one of the sills on one of the posts on the way through resulting in a big dent. He was well upset as the car was his pride and joy, that evening he got extremely drunk to drown his sorrows. While he was drunk the rest of us Essex area members played a prank on Eddie, we pushed his car back out through the wooden posts and parked it back in the proper car park. When he woke up the morning he found his car was missing and was understandably upset, we told him that his car wasn't missing but that he had moved it while he was drunk and parked it in the car park, we joked that he had managed to get it through the narrow gap when he was blind drunk even though he couldn't when he was sober! He believed us and we didn't tell him the truth until several months later!
I know two of the previous owners!
Eddie Tee owned the car in the 80's and early 90's. Kim Charlton (nee Woodward) owned it during the mid to late 90's . I knew them all well as they were Essex area members when I was the local AO. Both owners took the car to Europe on our annual Essex area tours we did throughout the 90's.
Next time I'm in the loft I'll see if I can find any pictures. I've got a feeling that it may be the 3rd or 4th car in the following picture taken on the convoy at the international Spitfire Weekend in Holand in 1994, Kim and her then boyfreind, now husband Trevor were certainly there that year in it.
I also remember a story from a trip to Halland in 1989 regarding this car when Eddie Tee was the owner. Eddie drove his car through a gap between two wooden posts to park it next to the chalet we were staying in and he clouted one of the sills on one of the posts on the way through resulting in a big dent. He was well upset as the car was his pride and joy, that evening he got extremely drunk to drown his sorrows. While he was drunk the rest of us Essex area members played a prank on Eddie, we pushed his car back out through the wooden posts and parked it back in the proper car park. When he woke up the morning he found his car was missing and was understandably upset, we told him that his car wasn't missing but that he had moved it while he was drunk and parked it in the car park, we joked that he had managed to get it through the narrow gap when he was blind drunk even though he couldn't when he was sober! He believed us and we didn't tell him the truth until several months later!
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RFL 574X Spitfire 1500
Posted By : Andy Cook, 01-Jun-2006, 00:03am
Stephen,
Here are a couple of photo's that include your car RFL784X, taken when Eddie Tee owned it. These were taken on one of our Essex area trips to Holland back in 1989.
Eddie is the guy in the dark blue top with his back to the camera talking to the blonde girl (my sister Lizzie!) in the centre of the lower picture. Last time I saw Eddie he owned a TR6.....
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RFL 574X Spitfire 1500
Posted By : Stephen Lee, 01-Jun-2006, 11:17am
Andy,
Thank you - those photos are great! Really nice to see some of it's history. I knew it had spent quite a time in Essex before I bought it and I recognise those names from the log book. They certainly did a good job looking after it - it's still in a really good condition.
Funnily enough I am just about to take the car over to France on a rally, the first time I've taken it abroad. It looks like it's been something of an international traveller already!
If any of the previous owners read this and can post any more photos, I'd be really pleased to see them!
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RFL 574X Spitfire 1500
Posted By : Andy Cook, 01-Jun-2006, 09:27pm
Stephen,
I found another photo, RFL574X is the car at the front of the 5 Triumphs, this is on a TSSC Essex visit to Spa Race circuit in Belgium when we stayed on in Europe for a few days touring afte the International Spitfire weekend. The main road forms part of the Grand Prix circuit at Spa and we are parked up on the main straight albeit facing the wrong direction!
The year is 1989.
Previous owner of your car, Eddie Tee is the guy walking forward from the line of cars.
RFL 574X Spitfire 1500
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