It's great to finally meet in the flesh an enthusiast who you have talked to and whose project you have followed.
And, no disrespect, but it is perhaps even a tiny bit better to finally see that project in the metal (or in this case, glassfibre).
That's why the easy highlight for me at Essen this year was to walk into my first hall and hardly have gone 50 yards when I saw the Ockelbo.
For those who don't remember it, this fascinating car was featured in Lost & Found in the June 2010 issue of C&SC.
The svelte Mondial-alike was built by famed racer Erik Lundgren in Sweden, modelled on a friend's Ferrari, clothed in a super-lightweight GRP body and named after his village.
Just a score or so of the cars were built and only a dozen are thought to survive.
The one I had happened across is the long-term obsession of Belgian enthusiast Stoffel Mulier, so when a very polite man approached as I was snapping away and asked if I would like to know more, I was instantly aware who it must be.
