Description
Author: Rivers Fletcher, Hardbound, 240 Pages, ISBN: 9780856140747, 1st Edition, 1981 -** SIGNED "To Paul" by author - personal correspondence, exclusive photographs and card dated from 1983 ** - Book in excellent unread condition !! **
MG is and always has been the greatest British sports car, and the models that have emerged from the Abingdon works have created a cult following which has generated the largest club membership of any marque in Great Britain.
This book does not attempt to be a history of the MG company but an impression of MG personalities and MG cars by an MG enthusiast par excellence, who has known them all and driven most of them.
Indeed, the very first car the author drove at Brooklands was one of the rarest, the 18-100 Tigress. Since then he has driven MGs in all their multifarious forms: from the earliest bull-nosed MG sports, through all the Midgets, the 'M Type', the Double-Twelve. the Montlhery, the series, the `P's and the Ts; all the Magnas and Magnettes including the famous super charged `K3's as well as the special Monaco cars: the 'A's, 'B's, 'C's and the V8 in their many variants.
Rivers Fletcher, from his unique vantage point, writes with considerable wit and style about the world of MG. The book includes well over 200 black and white photographs, most of which have never been published before, covering the entire history of the marque up to present day competition and club events.
This is a fascinating and compelling book by someone who really was and still is very involved in MGs; a must for everyone interested in this increasingly popular marque.
Alec Francis Rivers Fletcher, known to motor racing enthusiasts all over the world as 'Rivers', grew up in the golden age of motor racing.
Even as a school boy he was 'car mad', and fortunately he met all the right people at the right time. When still a school boy he was taken on as a riding mechanic to Sir Malcolm Campbell when he won a Grand Prix at Brooklands.
Once he left school he joined Bentley as an apprentice. quickly involving himself with the Racing Team. He developed a special aptitude for the behind-the-scenes organization of motor racing and took many photographs and films.
At Brooklands he marshalled and tested many famous racing cars and was motor consultant to Gainsborough Films. During the war he instigated the famous 'Rembrandts', a series of meetings, and organized the first racing event after the war.
He has competed successfully in sprints and speed hill climbs with his small private equipe.
He has also travelled with the Owen Organization BRM team for nearly 20 years and gives talks and film shows throughout the English-speaking world. He acts as consultant to several companies and today drives some of the fastest vintage cars as well as his own MGs in sprints and hill climbs.
