Last week we focused on Colin Crabbe’s youth up to the time he enlisted in the Scots Guards. After his stint in the service, he found his calling, establishing a classic car business, and almost immediately began to find treasures around the world. Finding, restoring and racing a Mercedes-Benz W125 Grand Prix car was everyone’s dream, but only someone like Colin Crabbe could make it come true. But first a trip to Italy where he finds the 1938 Alfa 2.9 Touring Le Mans coupe…
Establishing Antique Automobiles
My resignation from the Scots Guards came through officially in July 1964. I set up a small garage business north of London that would specialise in the restoration and sale of vintage cars. It was important that we got cracking with this idea as soon as possible and find suitable premises before my departure. We soon found an old Methodist chapel in the village of Baston just north of Peterborough in South Lincolnshire, close to the beautiful mediaeval town of Stamford. [Read more…] about Excerpts from “Thrill of the Chase” Part 2