Our 1914 Form Model T, Gladys Emmanuel, is clean again. Poor thing has been locked away in her garage for a year or three during and after Covid. Apart from her cooling water being drained she has had no attention whatever. But she has gather dust and grime big time. Her seats had acquired a sort of mouldy patina and she was looking very unloved.
Time for a serious clean and reinstatement to running order. Somebody had put an entry on the Settle Chat Facebook page asking if there was a car valet operating in Settle nowadays. A chap called Richard Darbey from Crosshills was suggested and he was able to fit us in. Yesterday was the day. What an absolutely splendid and expert job he did too:
Interesting 'interview' with Richard before he was let loose. He had not excelled at school and went to work as a car cleaner at a large garage in Huddersfield, learning how to bring traded-in vehicles back to showroom shine for resale. He gave that up when fatherhood happened x2 and he became a full time house-husband - a job that stretched him to the limit and well beyond. He decided he would return to car valeting, self employed. Early days but he is gathering satisfied clients in fine style. I referred him to DCC concepts next door and so impressed were they with the Gladys job they took him straight on for their small fleet of vehicles.
Richard was delighted and so are we. He took loads of photographs of the Gladys job and has put 30 of them on Facebook. Here are a few:
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