With a Little Bit of Luck
Code No: 20353
Price: $69.95
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Author: Chambers, Marcus
Published: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
No. Pages: 304
Dimensions: 15 x 22
Illustrations: Cover picture only
Description: This is the autobiography of the remarkable Marcus Chambers. Few people can have had such a long life in motorsport and motoring - he has owned and run some remarkable cars - a 1907 GP Renault, lots of handbuilt specials, Bentleys in the Land's End Trial and of course Brooklands. And he was the first to take a Mini on an International, finishing the '59 Viking Rally in a basically bog standard 850.
With a little bit of luck! is about much more than the motor car because it also covers his earlier life including his wartime adventures and his work with the Overseas Food Corporation.
One incident described in the book justifies the title - he was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917 when a collision in the harbour involving a ship with 3000 tons of explosives on board caused a huge explosion and many deaths. If Marcus and his father had been just six minutes later in finishing their breakfast they would undoubtedly have been killed because the explosion blew in the huge plate glass windows in their house.
Just one of the many absorbing stories in this book. It is a fascinating book about an amazing man and a must read for any true motor sports enthusiast.
With a little bit of luck! is about much more than the motor car because it also covers his earlier life including his wartime adventures and his work with the Overseas Food Corporation.
One incident described in the book justifies the title - he was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917 when a collision in the harbour involving a ship with 3000 tons of explosives on board caused a huge explosion and many deaths. If Marcus and his father had been just six minutes later in finishing their breakfast they would undoubtedly have been killed because the explosion blew in the huge plate glass windows in their house.
Just one of the many absorbing stories in this book. It is a fascinating book about an amazing man and a must read for any true motor sports enthusiast.
