Hello, Brum here again! The other day Graham came up to me and said “Brum, do you know how many models there are of you around the museum?”. Well, I can spot a trick question when I hear one! So, I said in my most innocent voice, “Graham, I’m really sorry but how would I know, I just sit here all day”. “Oh, of course” he said and wandered away mumbling to himself about being busy.

Well, due credit and all that, it was a good question, so, when all was quiet, I thought I would have a look for myself – quite literally! I was quite surprised, there is a whole cabinet devoted to models of me and I counted at least ten, nearly all different. I think there is one quite high up in Paved Paradise but my headlights couldn’t see that one.

My favourite is the one in the unopened pack with a message from Mike Cavanaugh. It says:

“Thank you for visiting, love from Brum and Mike” and is dated 19 September 1996. 

If you’ve watched me on TV (BBC iPlayer or YouTube apparently) you will have seen me drive around Mike when he wasn’t looking at the start and end of each programme.

Better still, if you’ve visited the museum and counted the number of models, I would love to know. If you haven’t, then do please come and let me know how many you see. The cars are good as well!

Take care,

Toot, Toot

Brum