There was a notice with a telephone number on the windscreen. In a quiet street off their hotel, he observed an unusually old car, partly parked on the pavement. Some years ago, Vella and his wife Maria were holidaying in Nice, France. I only drove it at the weekend, and whenever I was caught in the rain, I would return to the garage and wash it immediately, even if it was after midnight.” The Peugeot remains in mint condition to this very day. The maroon-coloured car was the apple of my eye. “My first vehicle was a hardly-used 1971 Peugeot 304.
Consequently, when the dust has settled down at the end of a long, hard day, Joseph Vella and his son Roderick leave the family quarry in Naxxar and head to the father’s residence in Mellieha, to spent some quality time enjoying their collection of classic cars.
