It seems ludicrous looking back to the mid-70s, when the front window of the Trigger Bros Chelsea store was highlighted with Blaze fireplaces, but those were the extraordinary steps Phil would take to secure a deal. Had he outsmarted himself? Maybe, because we now owned 10 very heavy potbelly stoves taking up valuable floor space!

Phil, Wilko, Cocky, and myself all took one home, but we still had six left to sell. Larry Pope did the signwriting on the window, and after three to four months, this bizarre chapter in running a surf shop was finally closed.

Remarkably, Ian Cochrane's Potbelly Turbo 10 is still working perfectly some 40 years later!