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Hi, Glenn,
Thank you for those kind words, greatly appreciated. In all honesty, I can=E2=
=80=99t think why anyone would want to read a book about my career history:)=
=E2=80=9CCrocus=E2=80=9D (aka Night Flight to Freedom) is effectively ready t=
o go and its such an amazing story of luck against all odds and I=E2=80=99d l=
ove to see it in print. That said, uploading it to Amazon, Kindle and Ingram=
Spark for print on demand in the US and Europe is a process that=E2=80=99s a=
bout as user friendly as dealing with an angry, cornered rat! I=E2=80=99m no=
t sufficiently computer savvy to do it since my stroke in 2006 and it would b=
e so nice to find someone who could do it for me. The same goes for the sequ=
el for my 1998 book about Dad and Liife at Triumph. Lots of as yet unpublish=
ed stories of how things were, with a later view of classic car ownership fr=
om a UK perspective. That=E2=80=99s why I=E2=80=99m releasing some of those a=
necdotes to this list.
John
> On 6 Apr 2026, at 20:45, <stagbytriumph@triumphstagclub.org> <stagbytriump=
h@triumphstagclub.org> wrote:
>=20
> Oi Mate,
> =20
> Happy you have knocked out another biological attack!
> =20
> Me thinks your own memoir is overdue?=20
> =20
> =E2=80=9CShadow=E2=80=9D was very good, many have not read the Crocus, Tur=
n Left at the Pacific sort of puts things in some order, but let=E2=80=99s h=
ave a Jonmac Memoir in your own right, eh?
> =20
> What say all?
> =20
> Glenn aka StagByTriumph
> =20
> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of JOHN MACARTN=
EY
> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2026 12:53 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] A new book with an interesting Standard-Triumph flavour
> =20
> A week or so ago, I was laid low in bed for a few days with an oddball inf=
ection and urgently needed something 'interesting' to read. Fortuitously on t=
he 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 colleague arrived in the mail. I=
knew it was imminent and it could not have come at a better time. I read it=
in one hit. Then I read it again and thoroughly enjoyed it just as much the=
second time around.
> =20
> The author is one Peter D. Cole who I first 'met' when I was working at th=
e Coventry plant and Peter had just come into central London from the compan=
y's main Service Division in the west London suburbs. I was then moved from C=
oventry to the London showroom in 1967 and Peter and I became close friends a=
nd colleagues, sharing a mews cottage with another colleague, Roger Maingot,=
who later went on to work for Ferrari and after that as Managing Director f=
or Rolex watches. It's unusual for three guys to be happy and fulfilled whe=
n working together, let alone living together as well - but the three of us '=
had a ball' in the London of the swinging sixties. The early part of Peter's=
book, called "Driving Success", addresses some aspects of Standard-Triumph l=
ife (he mentions both Roger and myself) but the main guts of it is the devel=
opment of his career selling Bentley and Rolls Royce cars from prestigeous s=
howrooms in London's West End. Peter has truly amused me on many occasions d=
uring our long friendship and his sometimes outrageous observations of peopl=
e comes through in very carefully worded sentences in what he has written. I=
so vividly recall him once describing to me a customer who came in to buy a=
TR5 who was very shabbily dressed, in urgent need of a shower and deodorant=
as "looking and smelling rather like an out of work Greek goatherd!" On ano=
ther occasion, his description of a potential customer with chronic acne on h=
is face was "rather like talking to someone with a facial complexion akin to=
a paper bag full of burst plums!"
> =20
> All that to one side, this is a charming and fascinating book that certain=
ly opened my eyes to the somewhat eye-watering inefficiencies of Rolls Royce=
and Bentley products before the companies came under BMW and VW control. Yo=
u'll enjoy it because it's Peter's very successful career, while giving exp=
osure to some of the hurts and problems that life threw at him - as it does t=
o all of us from time to time. The details of the book if you decide on a co=
py (and I recommend you do) are as follows:
> =20
> Title: DRIVING SUCCESS
> Author: Peter D. Cole
> ISBN #: 978-1-9193807-4-2
> Publisher: MEREO BOOKS
> Web URLs: www.memoirsbooks.co.uk AND www.mereobooks.com
> Book type: Paperback, 145 pages
> =20
> It retails in the UK for GBP9.99 (US$14.50 approx @ GBP1 =3D USD1.45) but I=
'm not sure if its available yet via Amazon. If you can't find it listed for=
the US and Canada, I suggest an email to info@mereobooks.com
> =20
> Absolutely no financial interest on my part in any accruing sales and I'm j=
ust so pleased that my dear friend has (yet again) recounted stories of his v=
ery successful automotive life and made me laugh - as he did so often in the=
past, bless him. The story of Peter and Roger Maingot jointly driving and d=
elivering a Mk3 Spitfire in fully de-toxed condition from London to Athens i=
n Greece (which journey took about a week just to get there) for a customer w=
ho was usually smashed out of his head on booze at any time of the day, is w=
orth the book price in itself. Buy a copy for your auto library. You won't b=
e disappointed. Sorry for the length but DRIVING SUCCESS deserves a much wid=
er readership than I feel the publisher has fully taken on board.
> =20
> Enjoy
> =20
> Jonmac
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,=
Glenn,</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Thank you for those=
kind words, greatly appreciated. In all honesty, I can=E2=80=99t think why a=
nyone would want to read a book about my career history:)</div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">=E2=80=9CCrocus=E2=80=9D (aka Night Flight to Freedom) is effectively re=
ady to go and its such an amazing story of luck against all odds and I=E2=80=
=99d love to see it in print. That said, uploading it to Amazon, Kindle and I=
ngram Spark for print on demand in the US and Europe is a process that=E2=80=
=99s about as user friendly as dealing with an angry, cornered rat! I=E2=80=99=
m not sufficiently computer savvy to do it since my stroke in 2006 and it wo=
uld be so nice to find someone who could do it for me. The same goes for the=
sequel for my 1998 book about Dad and Liife at Triumph. Lots of as yet unpu=
blished stories of how things were, with a later view of classic car ownersh=
ip from a UK perspective. That=E2=80=99s why I=E2=80=99m releasing some of t=
hose anecdotes to this list.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">John</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On 6 Apr 2026, at 20:45, <<a href=3D"mai=
lto:stagbytriumph@triumphstagclub.org">stagbytriumph@triumphstagclub.org</a>=
> <<a href=3D"mailto:stagbytriumph@triumphstagclub.org";>stagbytriumph@=
triumphstagclub.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d=
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--></style><div class=3D"WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D=
"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oi Mate, <o:p>=
</o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font=
-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri&quo=
t;,sans-serif">Happy you have knocked out another biological attack!<o:p></o=
:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fa=
mily:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",=
sans-serif">Me thinks your own memoir is overdue? <o:p></o:p></span></=
p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"C=
alibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=
<span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">=
=E2=80=9CShadow=E2=80=9D was very good, many have not read the Crocus, Turn L=
eft at the Pacific sort of puts things in some order, but let=E2=80=99s have=
a Jonmac Memoir in your own right, eh?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans=
-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What say all?<o:p=
></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;fon=
t-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri&qu=
ot;,sans-serif">Glenn aka StagByTriumph<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans=
-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style=3D"border:none;border-to=
p:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><=
span
style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:=
</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",s=
ans-serif"> Triumphs <<a href=3D"mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net";>=
triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>JOHN MACARTNEY<b=
r><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 6, 2026 12:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailt=
o:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [T=
R] A new book with an interesting Standard-Triumph flavour<o:p></o:p></span>=
</p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana&qu=
ot;,sans-serif">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. For=
tuitously on the same day I took to my pad of moss and leaves, a copy of a b=
ook written by my great friend and former Standard-Triumph colleague arrived=
in the mail. I knew it was imminent and it could not have come at a better t=
ime. I read it in one hit. Then I read it again and thoroughly enjoyed it ju=
st as much the second time around.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",s=
ans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><sp=
an style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The a=
uthor is one Peter D. Cole who I first 'met' when I was working at the Coven=
try plant and Peter had just come into central London from the company's mai=
n Service Division in the west London suburbs. I was then moved from Coventr=
y to the London showroom in 1967 and Peter and I became close friends and co=
lleagues, sharing a mews cottage with another colleague, Roger Maingot, who l=
ater went on to work for Ferrari and after that as Managing Director for Rol=
ex watches. It's unusual for three guys to be happy and fulfilled when=
working together, let alone living together as well - but the three of us '=
had a ball' in the London of the swinging sixties. The early part of Peter's=
book, called <strong><span style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-se=
rif">"Driving Success"</span></strong>, addresses some aspects of Standard-T=
riumph life (he mentions both Roger and myself) but the main guts of it is t=
he development of his career selling Bentley and Rolls Royce cars from prest=
igeous showrooms in London's West End. Peter has truly amused me on many occ=
asions during our long friendship and his sometimes outrageous observations o=
f people comes through in very carefully worded sentences in what he has wri=
tten. I so vividly recall him once describing to me a customer who came in t=
o buy a TR5 who was very shabbily dressed, in urgent need of a shower and de=
odorant as <strong><i><span style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-se=
rif">"looking and smelling rather like an out of work Greek goatherd!"</span=
></i></strong> On another occasion, his description of a potential cust=
omer with chronic acne on his face was <strong><i><span style=3D"font-family=
:"Verdana",sans-serif">"rather like talking to someone with a faci=
al complexion akin to a paper bag full of burst plums!"</span></i></str=
ong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p>=
</span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;=
font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">All that to one side, this is a c=
harming and fascinating book that certainly opened my eyes to the somewhat e=
ye-watering inefficiencies of Rolls Royce and Bentley products before the co=
mpanies came under BMW and VW control. You'll enjoy it because it's Peter's v=
ery successful career, while giving exposure to some of the hurts and p=
roblems that life threw at him - as it does to all of us from time to time. T=
he details of the book if you decide on a copy (and I recommend you do) are a=
s follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <o:p>=
</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:=
9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Title: <strong><span style=
=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">DRIVING SUCCESS</span></stro=
ng><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Author: <strong><s=
pan style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Peter D. Cole</span=
></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ISBN #: <st=
rong><span style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">978-1-919380=
7-4-2</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">=
Publisher: <strong><span style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif=
">MEREO BOOKS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans=
-serif">Web URLs: <strong><span style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",san=
s-serif"><a href=3D"http://www.memoirsbooks.co.uk";><span style=3D"font-weigh=
t:normal">www.memoirsbooks.co.uk</span></a></span></strong> AND <strong><spa=
n style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href=3D"http://www=
.mereobooks.com"><span style=3D"font-weight:normal">www.mereobooks.com</span=
></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">=
Book type: <strong><span style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif=
">Paperback, 145 pages</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p cl=
ass=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana&q=
uot;,sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNorma=
l"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif=
">It retails in the UK for GBP9.99 (US$14.50 approx @ GBP1 =3D USD1.45) but I=
'm not sure if its available yet via Amazon. If you can't find it listed for=
the US and Canada, I suggest an email to <strong><span style=3D"font-family=
:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href=3D"mailto:info@mereobooks.com";><spa=
n style=3D"font-weight:normal">info@mereobooks.com</span></a></span></strong=
><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font=
-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;fon=
t-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Absolutely no financial interest on=
my part in any accruing sales and I'm just so pleased that my dear friend h=
as (yet again) recounted stories of his very successful automotive life and m=
ade me laugh - as he did so often in the past, bless him. The story of Peter=
and Roger Maingot jointly driving and delivering a Mk3 Spitfire in fully de=
-toxed condition from London to Athens in Greece (which journey took about a=
week just to get there) for a customer who was usually smashed out of his h=
ead on booze at any time of the day, is worth the book price in itself. Buy a=
copy for your auto library. You won't be disappointed. Sorry for the length=
but <strong><span style=3D"font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">DRIV=
ING SUCCESS</span></strong> deserves a much wider readership than I feel the=
publisher has fully taken on board.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana&quo=
t;,sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">=
Enjoy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p=
></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt=
;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Jonmac<o:p></o:p></span></p></d=
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