Ronnie Johnston

Brilliant article Ronnie! (as always!)

A very nice email received from an attending (as yet non-member) we thought might fill in some info for you:

A big thank you to the “General” himself, Mr. George Frame who once again has excelled in organising another great and worth while outing to Morris Leslie car collection at Perth, Scone.
We set off on an early start from Heathfield Retail Park at 7:15am , 8 endeavouring members excited and full of wonder what lay ahead ,the questions were being asked on the way there how many cars what type etc only to be left wondering what lay ahead.
The remaining members attending were leaving from Kilmarnock to meet us there and the race was on.
It was a pleasant drive and a little surprise find for the General , he found out his car had a cassette player so proceeded to press play in wonder of the cassette that was in it we were ear bashed with some country music for a spell then more curios ejected the tape to see what other wonders we could be ear bashed with so it was The Fury’s but after a couple of numbers it was too much for young Robert who was ready to slash his wrists and begged for the radio on.
We arrived around 10:00 am and headed for a refreshing coffee and bite at the Touch Down cafe,
We all seem to make in good time apart from 3 other members who decided to attend at another venue. You shall remain nameless – you know who you are.
We were greeted by Trevor in the Touchdown Cafe who was our guide for the day and a big thanks to him for his lovely manner and knowledge of the collection and happily answered any questions we had of the cars.
So once fed and watered off we went to the collection , the General had to round up the 3 lost sheep so all together now .
There was a vast and varied mix of vehicles , commercial , buses motorcycles and I’m sure there was something for every individual members pleasure. The collection was stored between two buildings and probably totalling over 300 vehicles.
A nice touch was the presence of Morris Leslie himself who happily mingled and chatted with the members and answered any questions on his collection.
A big thank you to the General for a wonderful day out and going by the vibe on the day all members who attended were pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
This is a must visit for any car enthusiast and those who missed out this time I’m sure the General could be persuaded for another future visit,
So once again a big thank you General from I’m sure all attendees for an inspiring venue and insight to an amazing collection of classics, you are an asset to Ayrshire Classic Cars,
Thanks,
Delboy.