Thanks to the enthusiasm of a few locals who have missed seeing my S-Cargo out and about in the hood and a cycle lobbyist reported her sitting on the road without a WOF. That was the ‘kick-in-the-butt’ required to get ‘Snael’ back on the road.
She was described as “one of the three icons of Auckland” along with the Sky Tower and the Harbour Bridge, by a gargle of K’ Road drag queens just after Lockdown.
Snael comes with a story. The S-Cargo was designed by the head of Japan’s Automotive Design School for Nissan, the Citroën 2CV (their partners), as a play on the word ‘escargot’, and the joke: the snail wanted an ‘S’ on the side of his car so that when he drove by everyone would say “see that S car go!” When I was growing up, my sisters used to call me “Gael Snail” to make me cry, now I love saying, “I’m Gael and I drive a Snael.”
So, first step for the WOF was a new tyre from Tyreworx and a battery charge. She was caught on her way there by Jay Platt of the Ponsonby News who took this photo.
As part of my spring cleaning, I’ve also dusted off my design business, ‘Gael Force Design’ and the wind emoji logo will be added to her. The office, for appointments, is 173 K’ Road in Lambs Pharmacy. There are a few design projects percolating, including the Seawall Mural project [June PN].
After all, Karangahape Road is my home-away-from-home and spring is the time to create new plans.
Gael Baldock, GaelForceDesign@gmail.com
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