End of an era for Sydney classic MG owners as 87-year-old shuts up spare parts shop
Like the thousands of classic cars he's helped fixed, Bruce Smith has clocked up plenty of miles.
Once an amateur race car driver, Smith knows almost every piece of equipment in the MG spare parts shop he has run for 34 years from Sydney's northern suburbs.
But poor hearing is forcing the 87-year-old to shut up shop, and he can't find anyone to take over the business.
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While he's retiring from the nine-to-five life, Smith is adamant he's still got plenty of kilometres left in him. Nine
"I can't hear the customers on the phone [and] the younger people don't know the old cars," he told A Current Affair.
While he's retiring from the nine-to-five life, Smith is adamant he's still got plenty of kilometres left in him.
"I'm fit enough, I play squash twice a week, on Wednesday nights I normally play with my doctor," he said.
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