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The All-British Marendaz Special - The Man, Cars and Aeroplanes (Paperback)
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The All-British Marendaz Special - The Man, Cars and Aeroplanes (Paperback)
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This is the story of Captain Marendaz, a pilot in the RFC in the
Great War and his life as a manufacturer of cars in the 1920s and
1930s when he competed extensively at Brooklands and elsewhere,
before moving on to designing and building aircraft. He was closely
associated with Stirling Moss's parents and Kaye Don, being
involved in trialling and record-breaking with his own cars and the
American Graham-Paige. His passage through life was not smooth,
being frequently coloured by disputes, ending up with him being
arrested under the notorious Category 18B regulations in 1940,
causing him to move to South Africa after the war, where trouble
followed him before his return to England in 1972. The book also
contains a considerable number of first-hand accounts, by people
who worked for Captain Marendaz, of life in a small car and
aircraft factory before the war, giving a revealing insight into
the social history of the period. His sports cars are attractive
with good lines, a point brought out in the many illustrations
taken in period and more recently of survivors. His correspondence
with the author and others provides an insight into his
controversial life.
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