LOL, plug wires are plug leads, aluminum is aluminium. The boot and bonnet thing gets hard to explain on a rear engine car! We have hoods too, but they're the folding roof on a convertible. Good subject.
I'm reading the Tom Bower book called 'No Angel, the secret life Bernie Ecclestone" It's very interesting JC. ISBN 978-0-571-26936-5 is the updated version.
Classic car prices are through the roof again. I saw E-type Jags advertised at well into 6 figures in one of the UK mags last week. And that's in Sterling. God know what a Cobra is worth now.