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Eric no did not know him. I was in Rhodesia working as a photographer 1962-1975 and did all my motor racing there and in S Africa. (Pix by the way was taken with a Nikon F, with something called film?
Shame...you missed a real character. He worked from buildings behind his family pub in Watford, where I lived. He did some bodywork repairs on my wife to be's car and we got to know him very well. He introduced different bodywork to mini racing and was always trying new things. A bit of a 'lad' in many ways. The local constabulary kept an eye on his antics. They included driving a formula (not sure which one) racing car from Watford to Rickmansworth one night....with his girlfriend 'sat on the back'. The police stopped him and he was genuinely bemused at their astonishment. After 'dropping' her off..he shot off with two police cars chasing him...one ended up in a ditch. Shortly afterwards he lost his licence ...I believe even his racing licence.
On a positive note, he did a brilliant repair job on the wife's car.....twice. While awaiting for it to be picked up outside his yard, a refuse vehicle backed into it....so he had to repair the other side as well. Lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=heL84f5limE
Health and safety???
Those were the days.
Last edited on Mon Apr 25th, 2016 13:32 by Eric
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