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New Book - BMC Competitions Department SECRETS

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Subject: New Book - BMC Competitions Department SECRETS
From: Patton Dickson <57healey@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:31:41 -0500
No financial interest, just interested.  A rally 3000 is on the UK
cover (ARX 92B)
http://www.carpages.co.uk/news/news-images/bmc_27_10_05.jpg

Amazon shows that US version has Mini's on the cover

Someone read this and let us know if there is enough Healey content to justify

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from 
http://www.carpages.co.uk/news/bmc-competitions-department-27-10-05.asp?switched=on&echo=922483876

BMC Competitions Department SECRETS

By Marcus Chambers, Peter Browning & Stuart Turner
Published August 2005 (UK)
ISBN 1-904788-68-8
#24.99 UK
For the London to Sydney Marathon, team instructions included the
recommendation that a firearm be carried by the crew of each car ...
"A small pistol which can conveniently be located under cover in the
car is what we have in mind" ...

Bullet Points
Be prepared! - much of this is sensational
The truth behind the Mini's Monte Carlo disqualification in 1966
Never before published photos and internal memos and documents
An insight to the politics of BMC and its movers and shakers
Details of planned prototypes
Limited edition! 251 copies signed by all three authors available from
the MG Car Club in Abingdon www.mgcars.org.uk/carclub/

Description
The revealing and surprising inside story of the legendary BMC Works
Competitions Department told by the three Competition Managers of the
highly successful BMC/British Leyland race and rally teams based at
Abingdon. The book reveals the inner workings and machinations of one
of the most successful motor sport teams Britain has ever seen. Based
on previously unpublished internal memos and documents, and the
recollections of the prime movers, the book describes the ups and
downs, and the politics of big time competition in an exciting era. An
excellent and entertaining read and an important factual
documentation, no motor sport enthusiast should be without this book.

The Authors
Marcus Chambers - BMC Competition Manager 1955-1961, the period during
which the Works Austin-Healey was in its heyday. Stuart Turner - BMC
Competition Manager 1961-1971, the era of the Works Mini. Peter
Browning - BMC Competition Manager 1967-1970, when the Department
closed, this was the period when the Works Sebring MGC was at the
fore.

Specification
Hardback. 192 pages. 250mm tall x 207mm. 205 photos and illustrations.

Retail Sales
Veloce books are stocked by or can be ordered from bookshops by
quoting the correct ISBN number. Books can also be ordered on our
website - www.veloce.co.uk



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Patton Dickson - '57 A-H 100-Six
Homepage - http://Austin-Healeys.com/




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