Mazda MX-5 Old-New

Louwman Museum

Tony Fry interview

Tony Fry(79) was born in 1936, around the time that cars were starting to evolve, so I have interviewed him to ask him a series of questions about his cars.

Q1:What was your first car?
A:It was a 1934 Austin Seven. It had comfortable blow-up seats which tended to deflate within the time limit of 2 hours which meant blowing them up over and over, like mouth-to-mouth resusitation.  

Q2:What did you like/dislike about that car?

A: What I particularly liked about it was its reliability. It was already 25 years old when I bought it for £25! I used to drive from Twyford, England to the Intelligence Corps HQ every weekend whilst doing my basic training.   

Q3:How many cars have you owned? What were they?A:From memory I owned at least 23 cars: Austin 7, Armstrong Siddeley, Austin 10 (2), Renault 4 (2), Peugeot 205, Minis (3), Vauxhall Cavalier, VW Cabriolet, VW Saloon, Mazda MX5 (4), Fords (various) including a posh cabriolet and now the latest Citroen DS3.  

Q4:What car do you want to buyA:I would love to have a Mercedes Benz 220 SL sports car, "so what are you going to do about it"! 

Thank you Tony Fry (grandpa) for your time!