Meet the rest of the family ...

Despite the healthy mileage I've totted up in my first month of Daimler-ing, Dame Zara isn't really intended to be everyday transport.

Therefore, meet Beryl. Beryl is a 1975 Chrysler Valiant Galant hardtop coupe (what a mouthful!). She was made in Japan by Mitsubishi and was a limited-edition import in her day (in Japan she would have been known as a Mitsubishi Galant, in the US a Dodge Colt). We bought her for a very reasonable price last year from a dealer who had in turn bought her from the deceased estate of a nice granny called Beryl. Beryl (the granny) had only managed to rack up 52,000 kms in 30 years! So Beryl (the car) is in remarkably fine health for her age. Her body's not 100%, but after a bit of mechanical work (reco carby, new fuel pump, new front shocks, new alternator regulator ...) Beryl is a faithful daily driver ... if only we could get her to be a bit more sprightly on the acceleration ... she's rather sluggish, especially when cold.