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The entire drama is related in painstaking and enormously revealing detail — warts and all — supported by contemporary internal reports, private correspondence and above all often hilarious first-person recollections and anecdotes from contemporary team members, including numerous mechanics and engineers, in addition to Tony Rudd, Graham Hill and Sir Jackie Stewart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBRM was the racing wing of the vast Owen Organisation industrial combine, and David, John and Jim Owen, heading the modern company, have been instrumental in opening the enormous industrial archive of their late father — Sir Alfred Owen — to the authors of this remarkable Saga.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut there is much more within these pages than the impressive story of the monocoque V8-engined Formula 1 BRMs alone. 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Originally founded 70 years ago, just prior to World War Two, the club was set up to cater for motorsport enthusiasts with 750cc motor cars, mainly Austin Sevens. The club, despite, but also because of, post-war austerity, provided an opportunity for young men with new skills and aspirations to take part in many competitive events, and to meet, share information and test their own pet theories on how to go fast in a motor car.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the British motor racing world this marked a shift from the dominance of motor manufacturers' works-supported cars, providing opportunities for fast-evolving specials run by impecunious entrepreneurs to reap the rewards of their efforts. The 750MC has always provided entry-level motorsport, on which many inspired designer-builders have cut their teeth. Some, such as Colin Chapman of Lotus, Eric Broadley of Lola, Derek Bennett of Chevron and Tony Southgate, would go on to achieve world-beating success on the international motor racing scene. Others, such as Jack French and Arthur Mallock, have become revered by grass-roots enthusiasts for their innovative, but affordable, designs which have stood the test of time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 750MC has become the epicentre of British club motorsport, providing events available to enthusiasts every weekend of the year. Within the club, hundreds of members have raced, rallied, trialled and sprinted their own creations and experienced great personal satisfaction doing so. Illustrated with a wealth of archive photographs, this book tells the story of the creation of the club, with a decade-by-decade account of the development of the club and its manychampionships. Comprehensive chapters look at the cars that have appeared in the many 750MC championships — from Austin Sevens and trials cars, to Stock Hatches and Radicals — as well as the personalities who have shaped the club and learned their craft in 750MC racing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor David Morgan is a life-long member of the Seven Fifty Motor Club and an all-round motorsport enthusiast, writing in the club monthly magazine, the Bulletin, as well as on Lotus, military subjects and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eOther Details\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePublisher Code:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e9781844257164\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e9781844257164\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePublished:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e2009\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e210x275mm\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePages:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e224\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eHard Bound, Colour and b\/w Ill\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e9781844257164\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haynes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47627991646428,"sku":"9781844257164","price":142.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/8297\/3404\/files\/b14996b_seven_fifty_motor_club__81669.1339460495.1280.1280.jpg?v=1772089330"},{"product_id":"world-sports-car-championship-cyril-posthumus-1961","title":"World Sports Car Championship (Cyril Posthumus, 1961)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorld Sports Car Championship (Cyril Posthumus - 1961), 2nd hand book in very good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Automoto Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47627992662236,"sku":"B42675B","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/8297\/3404\/files\/Photoroom-20250807_133839_13__67831.1754538041.1280.1280.jpg?v=1772089396"},{"product_id":"bits-and-pieces-b-bira-1972","title":"Bits and Pieces (B Bira, 1972)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBits and Pieces (B Bira, 1972), 2nd hand book in good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Automoto Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47627995578588,"sku":"9780854291403","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/8297\/3404\/files\/20240625_140405__36866.1740618648.1280.1280.jpg?v=1772089508"},{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-vintage-sports-car-club-of-australia-broken-hill-division-1952-1961","title":"A History Of The Vintage Sports Car Club Of Australia - Broken Hill Division 1952 - 1961","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy: Neville S. Webb .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePrologue\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is appropriate that I apologise in advance for the surfeit of the photographs press cutting and data related to my own vehicles included in this \"History\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders may understand that we all tend to collect and treasure any printed references to our own memorable happenings — as I did in the happy years of my association with the Broken Hill Division of the Vintage Sports Car Club of Australia from 1952 to 1960. Fortunately many photos and some data included in this collection has been provided by previous members of the Club, a lot of photographs being enlargements of small Box Brownie type, taken long before coloured prints and digital cameras were available. 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