When I was 8 or 9, I would often take a small Matchbox sized car to school to race against my mates’ cars, the car that could roll the furthest without tumbling would be the winner. Models of Formula one cars were good at this because they were low and had the wheels wide apart, using a Formula One car felt a bit like cheating. My favorite for racing was a VW Double Trouble Hot Rod (Corgi Juniors) with the new-fangled whizzwheels, it was fast and rarely tumbled. Last week, 50 years on, I found a similar model in a local secondhand toyshop. Racing it across the floor today gives me a tremendous nostalgia buzz.
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