Marcus Chambers, late of the Rootes and European Chrysler competition
departments, has died at the tender age of 98. He was a driver, winning
his class in the 1939 LeMans, and the first manager of the BMC
Competition Department, developing the MG and Healey rally cars, and
later the Mini Cooper S cars that won BMC several championships in the
'60's.
In 1964 he came out of retirement to head up the Rootes Group
Competition Department, being responsible for overseeing the development
of the Hillman Imps for competition, and later the Sunbeam Tigers. After
the Chrysler take-over the department was downsized and Chambers retired
for good in 1968.
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