My brother David is an alright sort of bloke, though I'd never say that to his face of course.

At the end of March 2003 he drove the hundred miles from his home in Nottingham, to London.  Then ungaraged my Herald, cleaned it, emptied the junk I'd left in it, filled it with petrol and drove it a further 80 miles to the docks in Southampton... before having to do the journey home.

Then on April 2nd the good ship Tai Shan (a ro-ro car transported) set sail for the New World... well, New Jersey to be exact.

My head was full of images of a rusting old wreck, and I tried to forget that roll-on roll-off car transport ships are often referred to as "roll-on roll-off roll-over" because of stability problems.

On Wednesday March 16th I picked up the car at Port Newark and drove it into the city.  The terrible potholes in New York's roads are a cause for concern, but so far she really seems to have turned NYC's head... no easy task.

On Friday the 18th the car was registered with the New York State DMV and received a standard NY license plate, on the same day the 64HERALD plates were ordered (four week delivery time).

Herald next to 1959 Buick Electra, Long Island, May 2003

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For a write-up on the car's 2004 road-trip,
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