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Re: Books
Also reprinted by Veloce in 2016...
BMC Competitions Department Secrets
By Marcus Chambers, Peter Browning, Stuart Turner
Features
• Be prepared! - much of this is sensational
• The truth behind the Mini's Monte Carlo disqualification in 1966
• Never before published photos and internal memos and documents
• An insight to the politics of BMC and its movers and shakers
• Details of planned prototypes
Description
For the London to Sydney Marathon, team instructions included the recommendation that a firearm be carried by the crew of each car ... "A small pistol which can conveniently be located under cover in the car is what we have in mind" ...
Synopsis
"The revealing and surprising inside story of the legendary BMC Works Competitions Department told by the three Competition Managers of the highly successful BMC/British Leyland race and rally teams based at Abingdon. The book reveals the inner workings and machinations of one of the most successful motor sport teams Britain has ever seen. Based on previously unpublished internal memos and documents, and the recollections of the prime movers, the book describes the ups and downs, and the politics of big time competition in an exciting era. An excellent and entertaining read and an important factual documentation, no motor sport enthusiast should be without this book."
https://www.veloce.co.uk/shop/products/ ... &%20Trucks&
BMC Competitions Department Secrets
By Marcus Chambers, Peter Browning, Stuart Turner
Features
• Be prepared! - much of this is sensational
• The truth behind the Mini's Monte Carlo disqualification in 1966
• Never before published photos and internal memos and documents
• An insight to the politics of BMC and its movers and shakers
• Details of planned prototypes
Description
For the London to Sydney Marathon, team instructions included the recommendation that a firearm be carried by the crew of each car ... "A small pistol which can conveniently be located under cover in the car is what we have in mind" ...
Synopsis
"The revealing and surprising inside story of the legendary BMC Works Competitions Department told by the three Competition Managers of the highly successful BMC/British Leyland race and rally teams based at Abingdon. The book reveals the inner workings and machinations of one of the most successful motor sport teams Britain has ever seen. Based on previously unpublished internal memos and documents, and the recollections of the prime movers, the book describes the ups and downs, and the politics of big time competition in an exciting era. An excellent and entertaining read and an important factual documentation, no motor sport enthusiast should be without this book."
https://www.veloce.co.uk/shop/products/ ... &%20Trucks&
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LMM76C
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Re: Books
"Speight of the Heart" by Oliver Speight is available.
Oliver Speight was Dunlop Competitions Manager during the later period of the works Minis and then later on was behind running Lancia Fulvias in the UK (drivers including Pat Moss and Tony Fall) as a reciprocal arrangement with the Jolly Club (sending F3 cars to Italy).
Although written as a story for his daughter, I understand this covers the Mini matters we would be interested in.
I have it on order, hopefully for next week delivery.
Oliver Speight was Dunlop Competitions Manager during the later period of the works Minis and then later on was behind running Lancia Fulvias in the UK (drivers including Pat Moss and Tony Fall) as a reciprocal arrangement with the Jolly Club (sending F3 cars to Italy).
Although written as a story for his daughter, I understand this covers the Mini matters we would be interested in.
I have it on order, hopefully for next week delivery.