AHA! "If at first you don't succeed, TRI, TRI, AGAIN!"
Mike Cook
Paul Richardson wrote:
> Hi FOTers
>
> Reading the recent story on the list about the Morgan front wheel parting
> company with the car reminds me of a story concerning Peter Bolton the
> Triumph works Le Mans driver.
>
> In the early fifties Peter was a member of a three car works Morgan team
> entered in the Monte Carlo rally. The three Morgans had only got about
> three hours into Northern France when the cars suffered front hub failure
> and a front wheel fell of all three in roughly the same area of France.
> Peter and his navigator managed to find a French pub nearby and later the
> other Morgan drivers and navigators - by fair means and foul, met up with
> Peter at the same pub. Lots of French ale was tasted and a discussion took
> place about the inevitable message that had to be sent to the Morgan
> company to tell them the bad news.
>
> More ale was consumed and eventually a telegram was sent to Henry Morgan
> that read:-
>
> "Sorry Henry but all three cars have reverted to type"
>
> Paul
|