Theo tells the story of how he eventually bought JS' one from him after a long period of discussion... The real story behind that delay is because the thing used to burst into flames & JS didn't want to cremate a mate. Not sure if Theo knows that.

Yea!!

The Kharmann Ghia is a beauty.
I have my eye on a split screen VW from the sixties. It's currently sitting in a neighbour's barn in Finland. It's been there at least 10 years unloved and in need of some work. I fancy it as a project to do with my brother in law. We have made tentative enquiries but we may have to play a waiting game.
I nearly bought a Saab convertible a while back and now they seem to be going up in price what with the shortage of second hand cars now.

I'm a confirmed/convinced non-driver.  The average modern car, with their daffy names like Nissan Clitoris, also leave me feeling a tad chilly.  My wife and putative son-in-law (the cuddly Mr.Osin) favour/ed the Mini.  We now run an old Polo.  My late father had three VWs in a row: the old 'ugly car'. 
Flask Walk, eh?  Very nice, very nice indeed.  Interesting neighbours I should have thought and perhaps still with that Ruth Ellis/trendy-leftie/intellectual Jewish vibe.

Tom, I love your - avatar, is it?  Who he be?

Woof- I've had a SAAB in the past and have always liked them. My one had minor electrical problems but not much else went wrong until someone drove into me. I remember you had a decent looking SAAB.

Tom, you're right, it does.

Well: one can - and should - complement the other.  'Lifestyle' covers a lot of ground.  I've read, more than once, that carping review and puzzled over its lack of generosity - as though jealousy was gnawing at his vitals.  Maybe he should have gone back to studying old copies of 'Esquire' and 'Playboy'.

To be fair, R, he was treated rather badly on here.  The Internet can be a dangerous place, as we know from death/rape threats etc, being sent to authors, MPs etc.  What should be fun (and interesting): discussing clothing, cars and the like can get unpleasant.  We all have these 'user' names, which simply grant us an internet persona.  Even my wife discusses cancer with other women and uses a pseudonym.  Our JFM was a dedicated wind-up artist who loved nothing more than for people to join his gang.  I did myself for a while then thought better of it.  Better dealing with our TRS or Yuca, each of whom will tell you what's on their mind. 
On the other hand, I did not - and do not - understand Mr. Cs disavowal of an Ivy 'lifestyle'.  The clothing can never really be divorced from music - to give an obvious example: if someone on here claimed to hate black music I'd be scratching the back of my head.  Cars, cigarettes (or not), art, architecture, design - it all goes in the mix.  2 Russell Street was all about that.  Press and Brooks were, I suppose, about something rather different - for their regular customers.  O'Connell's, though, still possesses an air of mystique.  Oh - and more than 'lifestyle', as TRS might confirm - there's 'attitude'.

A lot of rivalry between that pair, R, that did no-one any favours in the end.