As a young teenager, he was always tinkering with old banger cars and his day was made when he got his hands on an old MG sports car, and of course it didn't go, but Norman spent many hours working on it, and Yes, he got her ticking over nicely. Because he was only 16 and underage for driving he used to run along the backsies of Underwood Lane where he lived, much to the pleasure of all the other kids in the block.