Well, we now have a definitive answer, androids do not just dream of electric sheep.
We are talking about the car, yes?
You have saved me a lot a typing. Similar problem, different car. Porsche 928, new clutch - Haynes manual, and it was an overtight thing at the pedal box! OH, how I laughed.
If my memory holds it was a bronze brazed road racing frame with a BSA Rocket 3 engine, custom seat and exhaust and with borrowed handlebars.
Yes, I can imagine that ‘partial decapitation by typewriter’ would seem odd today. As a cause of death. In a road accident. Mind you though, the chess board could have mistaken for a fragmentation grenade by an inexperienced paramedic in similar conditions.
It has occurred to me that my slip of the tripewriter could be seen as sexist and offensive. I am sure that there were female directors of international companies who would have enjoyed the help of an experienced and cunning linguist while traveling.