Bubble-licious

THE relaunch of the bubble car ( Mail) brings back so many happy memories.

In the Sixties, my late husband and I bought a brandnew, bright red Heinkel. We toured Italy in it, on occasions sleeping in it, even though my husband was 6ft 2in.

Back home, we were pulled over for exceeding the speed limit. The officer’s comment was: ‘This can shift!’ And it did 90 miles to the gallon.

EDNA MERRETT, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan. I DIDN’T buy a bubble car in the Sixties because they had leaky roofs, poor brakes and you couldn’t tackle a steep hill in one. The front opening door was a joke as three rascals could pick up the car and leave it facing a brick wall.

So why, 50 years later, did I buy a wreck of a bubble car costing far more than an original new one?

Well, they are great fun to drive, you don’t pay road tax or need an MoT and insurance is cheap. Keep on Bubbling!

CHRIS BARBER, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.