p Mr Tomasz, who sometimes introduced himself as Tomasz the Vagabond, was called by his friends Mr Samochodzik He owed his nickname to an unusual vehicle inherited from his uncle-inventor This car, although ugly, quot a cross between a canoe and a wheelbarrow quot , as the malicious people called it, had incredible capabilities: with a Ferrari 四一0 engine, it could run at a speed of 二八 p