<p><strong>These days, a nice original Vauxhall Viva costs an arm and a leg, but back in the 1970s, ¿100 bought you a ¿good little runner¿, with the rust, bald tyres and dodgy MOT thrown in for free. All you needed was someone who knew how to fix it when it broke down!</strong></p><p>Brian Cunningham is that someone ¿ or, at least, he used to be. Under the Bonnet is the totally true* story of being a car mechanic in the old days, when fixing a car was one thing, but keeping it fixed was something else entirely. These are the tales of a bygone age, full of secret scams, chaotic characters and cars almost bursting with personality.</p><p>* some tales may be taller than others</p>