How a Morgan, a Cadillac, a vintage promotional truck, a Porsche, and scotch bring three unlikely folk together.
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1. It was the weekend back in the 1930s. Saturday was to begin with Morgan Motor Company's exhaust pipe organs...
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| 2. ...but this one sat silent and blue in the midday sun. |
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| 3. The owner took it remarkably well though, as I snapped for no particular reason. But maybe I should have kept it in check. |
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| 4. Because Al Capone somehow heard the shots and dropped by No. 4, Misty Mountain, in his '53 Cadillac Series 62. |
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| 5. I tried not to look at the sawed-off he kept waving around, and asked whether it was a nightmare to keep the sheepskin interior clean, given bloody gangster livin'... |
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| 6. "Shut up, shoot, or get shot." |
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| 7. "Now that's chromeyum!," I said aloud. But picturing someone putting a baseball cap on Capone inside. |
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| 8. I continued taking pictures, and his 1950s Flying Lady hood ornament was the next object of my lens' desire. |
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| 9. The baddie with the Caddy then proceeded to invite me to his estate for a get together, but warned, "You Can Call Me Shallow Al, because I can't handle more than two rounds." |
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| 10. "Al right. Can I get back to the car?" |
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| 11. "One more pic, then we drink." |
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| 12. "What if I say I don't during the day?" |
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| 13. "Johnnie Walker's taken the trouble to drive all this way, and not to worry, you'll get away scotch free after." |
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| 14. And so Al, Johnnie, and I drank, and it turned out J was taking the promotional truck to Germany the next morning for Oktoberfest. I asked if I could tag along, to which Walker, Scottish Driver, replied, "Hop in!" |
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| 15. We left America in the late 1930s, and only made it for Oktoberfest 2010, more than 75 years later. The scotch in the back had certainly aged better than us, but I was understandably well sick of the spirits. "Ein bier, bitte, mit einem strohhalm." |
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| 16. Cars look very different in 2010, and my tripod doubles up as a walker, but thankfully wheels still go round and round. |
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| 17. Wasn't she something - the 2010 Porsche GT3 RS, with that delicious orange peel... |
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| 18. Most cars were automatics now, but the RS still featured a manual box. Ol' Johnnie thought it was not a Walker in the car park to drive. |
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| 19. We had heard music evolve on the radio over all those years on the road, but agreed with Sir Mix-A-Lot's taste eventually. This Baby Got Back. |
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| 20. We must have been the oldest guys in the world to drive a Porsche for the first time... |
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| 21. ...but it didn't stop me from taking her up to 8,000 rpm. |
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| 22. But then somebody called 911, because this shawty was flame throwing with the gas on the floor. |
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| 23. Ant then? |
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| 24. No ant then. Just when. |
