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| Subject: | [TR] A new book with an interesting Standard-Triumph flavour |
| From: | JOHN MACARTNEY <johnbmacartney@gmx.com> |
| Date: | Mon, 6 Apr 2026 20:53:02 +0200 |
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--===============2246252328581349871== Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12= =2E0px;"><div>A week or so ago, I was laid low in bed for a few days with a= n oddball infection and urgently needed something 'interesting' to = read=2E Fortuitously on the same day I took to my pad of moss and leaves, a= copy of a book written by my great friend and former Standard-Triumph coll= eague arrived in the mail=2E I knew it was imminent and it could not have c= ome at a better time=2E I read it in one hit=2E Then I read it again and th= oroughly enjoyed it just as much the second time around=2E</div> <div> </div> <div>The author is one Peter D=2E Cole who I first 'met' when I wa= s working at the Coventry plant and Peter had just come into central London= from the company's main Service Division in the west London suburbs=2E= I was then moved from Coventry to the London showroom in 1967 and Peter an= d I became close friends and colleagues, sharing a mews cottage with anothe= r colleague, Roger Maingot, who later went on to work for Ferrari and after= that as Managing Director for Rolex watches=2E It's unusual for three = guys to be happy and fulfilled when working together, let alone livin= g together as well - but the three of us 'had a ball' in the London= of the swinging sixties=2E The early part of Peter's book, called <str= ong>"Driving Success"</strong>, addresses some aspects of Standar= d-Triumph life (he mentions both Roger and myself) but the main guts of it = is the development of his career selling Bentley and Rolls Royce cars from = prestigeous showrooms in London's West End=2E Peter has truly amused me= on many occasions during our long friendship and his sometimes outrageous = observations of people comes through in very carefully worded sentences in = what he has written=2E I so vividly recall him once describing to me a cust= omer who came in to buy a TR5 who was very shabbily dressed, in urgent need= of a shower and deodorant as <em><strong>"looking and smelling rather= like an out of work Greek goatherd!"</strong></em> On another occasio= n, his description of a potential customer with chronic acne on his fa= ce was <em><strong>"rather like talking to someone with a facial compl= exion akin to a paper bag full of burst plums!"</strong></em></di= v> <div> </div> <div>All that to one side, this is a charming and fascinating book that ce= rtainly opened my eyes to the somewhat eye-watering inefficiencies of Rolls= Royce and Bentley products before the companies came under BMW and VW cont= rol=2E You'll enjoy it because it's Peter's very successful&nbs= p; career, while giving exposure to some of the hurts and problems that lif= e threw at him - as it does to all of us from time to time=2E The details o= f the book if you decide on a copy (and I recommend you do) are as follows:= </div> <div> </div> <div>Title: <strong>DRIVING SUCCESS</strong></div> <div>Author: <strong>Peter D=2E Cole</strong></div> <div>ISBN #: <strong>978-1-9193807-4-2</strong></div> <div>Publisher: <strong>MEREO BOOKS</strong></div> <div>Web URLs: <strong>www=2Ememoirsbooks=2Eco=2Euk</strong> AND <strong>w= ww=2Emereobooks=2Ecom</strong></div> <div>Book type: <strong>Paperback, 145 pages</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>It retails in the UK for GBP9=2E99 (US$14=2E50 approx @ GBP1 =3D = USD1=2E45) but I'm not sure if its available yet via Amazon=2E If you c= an't find it listed for the US and Canada, I suggest an email to <stron= g>info@mereobooks=2Ecom</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>Absolutely no financial interest on my part in any accruing sales and= I'm just so pleased that my dear friend has (yet again) recounted stor= ies of his very successful automotive life and made me laugh - as he did so= often in the past, bless him=2E The story of Peter and Roger Maingot joint= ly driving and delivering a Mk3 Spitfire in fully de-toxed condition from L= ondon to Athens in Greece (which journey took about a week just to get ther= e) for a customer who was usually smashed out of his head on booze at any t= ime of the day, is worth the book price in itself=2E Buy a copy for your au= to library=2E You won't be disappointed=2E Sorry for the length but <st= rong>DRIVING SUCCESS</strong> deserves a much wider readership than I feel = the publisher has fully taken on board=2E</div> <div> </div> <div>Enjoy</div> <div> </div> <div>Jonmac</div></div></body></html> --===============2246252328581349871== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs http://www.team.net/archive --===============2246252328581349871==-- |
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