Subject: Re: [TR] A new book with an interesting Standard-Triumph flavour

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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 13:45:31 -0600

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Oi Mate,=20

=20

Happy you have knocked out another biological attack!

 =20

Me thinks your own memoir is overdue? =20

=20

=E2=80=9CShadow=E2=80=9D was very good, many have not read the Crocus, =
Turn Left at the Pacific sort of puts things in some order, but =
let=E2=80=99s have a Jonmac Memoir in your own right, eh?

=20

What say all?

=20

Glenn aka StagByTriumph

=20

From: Triumphs <[email-masked]> On Behalf Of JOHN =
MACARTNEY
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2026 12:53 PM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: [TR] A new book with an interesting Standard-Triumph flavour

=20

A week or so ago, I was laid low in bed for a few days with an oddball =
infection and urgently needed something 'interesting' to read. =
Fortuitously on the same day I took to my pad of moss and leaves, a copy =
of a book written by my great friend and former Standard-Triumph =
colleague arrived in the mail. I knew it was imminent and it could not =
have come at a better time. I read it in one hit. Then I read it again =
and thoroughly enjoyed it just as much the second time around.

=20

The author is one Peter D. Cole who I first 'met' when I was working at =
the Coventry plant and Peter had just come into central London from the =
company's main Service Division in the west London suburbs. I was then =
moved from Coventry to the London showroom in 1967 and Peter and I =
became close friends and colleagues, sharing a mews cottage with another =
colleague, Roger Maingot, who later went on to work for Ferrari and =
after that as Managing Director for Rolex watches. It's unusual for =
three guys to be happy and  fulfilled when working together, let alone =
living together as well - but the three of us 'had a ball' in the London =
of the swinging sixties. The early part of Peter's book, called "Driving =
Success", addresses some aspects of Standard-Triumph life (he mentions =
both Roger and myself) but the main guts of it is the development of his =
career selling Bentley and Rolls Royce cars from prestigeous showrooms =
in London's West End. Peter has truly amused me on many occasions during =
our long friendship and his sometimes outrageous observations of people =
comes through in very carefully worded sentences in what he has written. =
I so vividly recall him once describing to me a customer who came in to =
buy a TR5 who was very shabbily dressed, in urgent need of a shower and =
deodorant as "looking and smelling rather like an out of work Greek =
goatherd!" On another occasion, his description of a potential customer =
with chronic acne on his face was "rather like talking to someone with a =
facial complexion akin to a paper bag full of burst plums!"

=20

All that to one side, this is a charming and fascinating book that =
certainly opened my eyes to the somewhat eye-watering inefficiencies of =
Rolls Royce and Bentley products before the companies came under BMW and =
VW control. You'll enjoy it because it's Peter's very successful  =
career, while giving exposure to some of the hurts and problems that =
life threw at him - as it does to all of us from time to time. The =
details of the book if you decide on a copy (and I recommend you do) are =
as follows:

=20

Title: DRIVING SUCCESS

Author: Peter D. Cole

ISBN #: 978-1-9193807-4-2

Publisher: MEREO BOOKS

Web URLs:  <http://www.memoirsbooks.co.uk> www.memoirsbooks.co.uk AND  =
<http://www.mereobooks.com> www.mereobooks.com

Book type: Paperback, 145 pages

=20

It retails in the UK for GBP9.99 (US$14.50 approx @ GBP1 =3D USD1.45) =
but I'm not sure if its available yet via Amazon. If you can't find it =
listed for the US and Canada, I suggest an email to  =

=20

Absolutely no financial interest on my part in any accruing sales and =
I'm just so pleased that my dear friend has (yet again) recounted =
stories of his very successful automotive life and made me laugh - as he =
did so often in the past, bless him. The story of Peter and Roger =
Maingot jointly driving and delivering a Mk3 Spitfire in fully de-toxed =
condition from London to Athens in Greece (which journey took about a =
week just to get there) for a customer who was usually smashed out of =
his head on booze at any time of the day, is worth the book price in =
itself. Buy a copy for your auto library. You won't be disappointed. =
Sorry for the length but DRIVING SUCCESS deserves a much wider =
readership than I feel the publisher has fully taken on board.

=20

Enjoy

=20

Jonmac

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class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Oi Mate, =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</=
o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Happy you =
have knocked out another biological attack!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>=C2=A0 =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Me thinks =
your own memoir is overdue?=C2=A0 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</=
o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>=E2=80=9CShad=
ow=E2=80=9D was very good, many have not read the Crocus, Turn Left at =
the Pacific sort of puts things in some order, but let=E2=80=99s have a =
Jonmac Memoir in your own right, eh?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</=
o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>What say =
all?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</=
o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Glenn aka =
StagByTriumph<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</=
o:p></span></p><div><div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 =
1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span><=
/b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> =
Triumphs &lt;[email-masked]&gt; <b>On Behalf Of =
</b>JOHN MACARTNEY<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 6, 2026 12:53 =
PM<br><b>To:</b> [email-masked]<br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] A new =
book with an interesting Standard-Triumph =
flavour<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A week or so =
ago, I was laid low in bed for a few days with an oddball infection and =
urgently needed something 'interesting' to read. Fortuitously on the =
same day I took to my pad of moss and leaves, a copy of a book written =
by my great friend and former Standard-Triumph colleague arrived in the =
mail. I knew it was imminent and it could not have come at a better =
time. I read it in one hit. Then I read it again and thoroughly enjoyed =
it just as much the second time =
around.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&nbsp;<o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The author is =
one Peter D. Cole who I first 'met' when I was working at the Coventry =
plant and Peter had just come into central London from the company's =
main Service Division in the west London suburbs. I was then moved from =
Coventry to the London showroom in 1967 and Peter and I became close =
friends and colleagues, sharing a mews cottage with another colleague, =
Roger Maingot, who later went on to work for Ferrari and after that as =
Managing Director for Rolex watches. It's unusual for three guys to be =
happy and&nbsp; fulfilled when working together, let alone living =
together as well - but the three of us 'had a ball' in the London of the =
swinging sixties. The early part of Peter's book, called <strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&quot;Driving =
Success&quot;</span></strong>, addresses some aspects of =
Standard-Triumph life (he mentions both Roger and myself) but the main =
guts of it is the development of his career selling Bentley and Rolls =
Royce cars from prestigeous showrooms in London's West End. Peter has =
truly amused me on many occasions during our long friendship and his =
sometimes outrageous observations of people comes through in very =
carefully worded sentences in what he has written. I so vividly recall =
him once describing to me a customer who came in to buy a TR5 who was =
very shabbily dressed, in urgent need of a shower and deodorant as =
<strong><i><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&quot;looking and smelling =
rather like an out of work Greek goatherd!&quot;</span></i></strong> On =
another occasion, his&nbsp;description of a potential customer with =
chronic acne on his face was <strong><i><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&quot;rather like talking to =
someone with a facial complexion&nbsp;akin to a paper bag full of burst =
plums!&quot;</span></i></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&nbsp;<o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>All that to =
one side, this is a charming and fascinating book that certainly opened =
my eyes to the somewhat eye-watering inefficiencies of Rolls Royce and =
Bentley products before the companies came under BMW and VW control. =
You'll enjoy it because it's Peter's very successful&nbsp; career, while =
giving exposure to some of the hurts and problems that life threw at him =
- as it does to all of us from time to time. The details of the book if =
you decide on a copy (and I recommend you do) are as =
follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&nbsp;<o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Title: =
<strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>DRIVING =
SUCCESS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Author: =
<strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Peter D. =
Cole</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>ISBN #: =
<strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>978-1-9193807-4-2</span></stro=
ng><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Publisher: =
<strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>MEREO =
BOOKS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Web URLs: =
<strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a =
href=3D"http://www.memoirsbooks.co.uk"><span =
style=3D'font-weight:normal'>www.memoirsbooks.co.uk</span></a></span></st=
rong> AND <strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a =
href=3D"http://www.mereobooks.com"><span =
style=3D'font-weight:normal'>www.mereobooks.com</span></a></span></strong=
><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Book type: =
<strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Paperback, 145 =
pages</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&nbsp;<o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>It retails in =
the UK for GBP9.99 (US$14.50 approx @ GBP1 =3D USD1.45) but I'm not sure =
if its available yet via Amazon. If you can't find it listed for the US =
and Canada, I suggest an email to <strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a =
href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]"><span =
style=3D'font-weight:normal'>[email-masked]</span></a></span></stron=
g><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&nbsp;<o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Absolutely no =
financial interest on my part in any accruing sales and I'm just so =
pleased that my dear friend has (yet again) recounted stories of his =
very successful automotive life and made me laugh - as he did so often =
in the past, bless him. The story of Peter and Roger Maingot jointly =
driving and delivering a Mk3 Spitfire in fully de-toxed condition from =
London to Athens in Greece (which journey took about a week just to get =
there) for a customer who was usually smashed out of his head on booze =
at any time of the day, is worth the book price in itself. Buy a copy =
for your auto library. You won't be disappointed. Sorry for the length =
but <strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>DRIVING =
SUCCESS</span></strong> deserves a much wider readership than I feel the =
publisher has fully taken on board.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&nbsp;<o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Enjoy<o:p></o:=
p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>&nbsp;<o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Jonmac<o:p></o=
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From: John Macartney <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 11:59:01 +0100

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Hi, Glenn,

Thank you for those kind words, greatly appreciated. In all honesty, I can=E2=
=80=99t think why anyone would want to read a book about my career history:)=

=E2=80=9CCrocus=E2=80=9D (aka Night Flight to Freedom) is effectively ready t=
o go and its such an amazing story of luck against all odds and I=E2=80=99d l=
ove to see it in print. That said, uploading it to Amazon, Kindle and Ingram=
 Spark for print on demand in the US and Europe is a process that=E2=80=99s a=
bout as user friendly as dealing with an angry, cornered rat! I=E2=80=99m no=
t sufficiently computer savvy to do it since my stroke in 2006 and it would b=
e so nice to find someone who could do it for me. The same goes for the sequ=
el for my 1998 book about Dad and Liife at Triumph. Lots of as yet unpublish=
ed stories of how things were, with a later view of classic car ownership fr=
om a UK perspective. That=E2=80=99s why I=E2=80=99m releasing some of those a=
necdotes to this list.

John

> On 6 Apr 2026, at 20:45, <[email-masked]> <stagbytriump=
[email-masked]> wrote:
> Oi Mate,
> Me thinks your own memoir is overdue?=20
> =20
> =E2=80=9CShadow=E2=80=9D was very good, many have not read the Crocus, Tur=
n Left at the Pacific sort of puts things in some order, but let=E2=80=99s h=
ave a Jonmac Memoir in your own right, eh?
> =20
> What say all?
> =20
> Glenn aka StagByTriumph
> =20
> From: Triumphs <[email-masked]> On Behalf Of JOHN MACARTN=
EY
> A week or so ago, I was laid low in bed for a few days with an oddball inf=
ection and urgently needed something 'interesting' to read. Fortuitously on t=
he same day I took to my pad of moss and leaves, a copy of a book written by=
 my great friend and former Standard-Triumph colleague arrived in the mail. I=
 knew it was imminent and it could not have come at a better time. I read it=
 in one hit. Then I read it again and thoroughly enjoyed it just as much the=
 second time around.
> =20
> The author is one Peter D. Cole who I first 'met' when I was working at th=
e Coventry plant and Peter had just come into central London from the compan=
y's main Service Division in the west London suburbs. I was then moved from C=
oventry to the London showroom in 1967 and Peter and I became close friends a=
nd colleagues, sharing a mews cottage with another colleague, Roger Maingot,=
 who later went on to work for Ferrari and after that as Managing Director f=
or Rolex watches. It's unusual for three guys to be happy and  fulfilled whe=
n working together, let alone living together as well - but the three of us '=
had a ball' in the London of the swinging sixties. The early part of Peter's=
 book, called "Driving Success", addresses some aspects of Standard-Triumph l=
ife (he mentions both Roger and myself) but the main guts of it is the devel=
opment of his career selling Bentley and Rolls Royce cars from prestigeous s=
howrooms in London's West End. Peter has truly amused me on many occasions d=
uring our long friendship and his sometimes outrageous observations of peopl=
e comes through in very carefully worded sentences in what he has written. I=
 so vividly recall him once describing to me a customer who came in to buy a=
 TR5 who was very shabbily dressed, in urgent need of a shower and deodorant=
 as "looking and smelling rather like an out of work Greek goatherd!" On ano=
ther occasion, his description of a potential customer with chronic acne on h=
is face was "rather like talking to someone with a facial complexion akin to=
 a paper bag full of burst plums!"
> =20
> All that to one side, this is a charming and fascinating book that certain=
ly opened my eyes to the somewhat eye-watering inefficiencies of Rolls Royce=
 and Bentley products before the companies came under BMW and VW control. Yo=
u'll enjoy it because it's Peter's very successful  career, while giving exp=
osure to some of the hurts and problems that life threw at him - as it does t=
o all of us from time to time. The details of the book if you decide on a co=
py (and I recommend you do) are as follows:
> Web URLs: www.memoirsbooks.co.uk AND www.mereobooks.com
> It retails in the UK for GBP9.99 (US$14.50 approx @ GBP1 =3D USD1.45) but I=
'm not sure if its available yet via Amazon. If you can't find it listed for=
 the US and Canada, I suggest an email to [email-masked]
> =20
> Absolutely no financial interest on my part in any accruing sales and I'm j=
ust so pleased that my dear friend has (yet again) recounted stories of his v=
ery successful automotive life and made me laugh - as he did so often in the=
 past, bless him. The story of Peter and Roger Maingot jointly driving and d=
elivering a Mk3 Spitfire in fully de-toxed condition from London to Athens i=
n Greece (which journey took about a week just to get there) for a customer w=
ho was usually smashed out of his head on booze at any time of the day, is w=
orth the book price in itself. Buy a copy for your auto library. You won't b=
e disappointed. Sorry for the length but DRIVING SUCCESS deserves a much wid=
er readership than I feel the publisher has fully taken on board.
> Jonmac

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,=
 Glenn,</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Thank you for those=
 kind words, greatly appreciated. In all honesty, I can=E2=80=99t think why a=
nyone would want to read a book about my career history:)</div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">=E2=80=9CCrocus=E2=80=9D (aka Night Flight to Freedom) is effectively re=
ady to go and its such an amazing story of luck against all odds and I=E2=80=
=99d love to see it in print. That said, uploading it to Amazon, Kindle and I=
ngram Spark for print on demand in the US and Europe is a process that=E2=80=
=99s about as user friendly as dealing with an angry, cornered rat! I=E2=80=99=
m not sufficiently computer savvy to do it since my stroke in 2006 and it wo=
uld be so nice to find someone who could do it for me. The same goes for the=
 sequel for my 1998 book about Dad and Liife at Triumph. Lots of as yet unpu=
blished stories of how things were, with a later view of classic car ownersh=
ip from a UK perspective. That=E2=80=99s why I=E2=80=99m releasing some of t=
hose anecdotes to this list.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">John</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On 6 Apr 2026, at 20:45, &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>=
&gt; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">stagbytriumph@=
triumphstagclub.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d=
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--></style><div class=3D"WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D=
"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Oi Mate, <o:p>=
</o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font=
-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quo=
t;,sans-serif">Happy you have knocked out another biological attack!<o:p></o=
:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fa=
mily:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,=
sans-serif">Me thinks your own memoir is overdue?&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></=
p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;C=
alibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=
<span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">=
=E2=80=9CShadow=E2=80=9D was very good, many have not read the Crocus, Turn L=
eft at the Pacific sort of puts things in some order, but let=E2=80=99s have=
 a Jonmac Memoir in your own right, eh?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans=
-serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">What say all?<o:p=
></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&qu=
ot;,sans-serif">Glenn aka StagByTriumph<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans=
-serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div style=3D"border:none;border-to=
p:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><=
span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:=
</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,s=
ans-serif"> Triumphs &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; <b>On Behalf Of </b>JOHN MACARTNEY<b=
r><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 6, 2026 12:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailt=
o:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [T=
R] A new book with an interesting Standard-Triumph flavour<o:p></o:p></span>=
</p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&qu=
ot;,sans-serif">A week or so ago, I was laid low in bed for a few days with a=
n oddball infection and urgently needed something 'interesting' to read. For=
tuitously on the same day I took to my pad of moss and leaves, a copy of a b=
ook written by my great friend and former Standard-Triumph colleague arrived=
 in the mail. I knew it was imminent and it could not have come at a better t=
ime. I read it in one hit. Then I read it again and thoroughly enjoyed it ju=
st as much the second time around.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,s=
ans-serif">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><sp=
an style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">The a=
uthor is one Peter D. Cole who I first 'met' when I was working at the Coven=
try plant and Peter had just come into central London from the company's mai=
n Service Division in the west London suburbs. I was then moved from Coventr=
y to the London showroom in 1967 and Peter and I became close friends and co=
lleagues, sharing a mews cottage with another colleague, Roger Maingot, who l=
ater went on to work for Ferrari and after that as Managing Director for Rol=
ex watches. It's unusual for three guys to be happy and&nbsp; fulfilled when=
 working together, let alone living together as well - but the three of us '=
had a ball' in the London of the swinging sixties. The early part of Peter's=
 book, called <strong><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-se=
rif">"Driving Success"</span></strong>, addresses some aspects of Standard-T=
riumph life (he mentions both Roger and myself) but the main guts of it is t=
he development of his career selling Bentley and Rolls Royce cars from prest=
igeous showrooms in London's West End. Peter has truly amused me on many occ=
asions during our long friendship and his sometimes outrageous observations o=
f people comes through in very carefully worded sentences in what he has wri=
tten. I so vividly recall him once describing to me a customer who came in t=
o buy a TR5 who was very shabbily dressed, in urgent need of a shower and de=
odorant as <strong><i><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-se=
rif">"looking and smelling rather like an out of work Greek goatherd!"</span=
></i></strong> On another occasion, his&nbsp;description of a potential cust=
omer with chronic acne on his face was <strong><i><span style=3D"font-family=
:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">"rather like talking to someone with a faci=
al complexion&nbsp;akin to a paper bag full of burst plums!"</span></i></str=
ong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>=
</span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;=
font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">All that to one side, this is a c=
harming and fascinating book that certainly opened my eyes to the somewhat e=
ye-watering inefficiencies of Rolls Royce and Bentley products before the co=
mpanies came under BMW and VW control. You'll enjoy it because it's Peter's v=
ery successful&nbsp; career, while giving exposure to some of the hurts and p=
roblems that life threw at him - as it does to all of us from time to time. T=
he details of the book if you decide on a copy (and I recommend you do) are a=
s follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;<o:p>=
</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:=
9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">Title: <strong><span style=
=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">DRIVING SUCCESS</span></stro=
ng><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">Author: <strong><s=
pan style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">Peter D. Cole</span=
></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">ISBN #: <st=
rong><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">978-1-919380=
7-4-2</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">=
Publisher: <strong><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif=
">MEREO BOOKS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans=
-serif">Web URLs: <strong><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,san=
s-serif"><a href=3D"http://www.memoirsbooks.co.uk"><span style=3D"font-weigh=
t:normal">www.memoirsbooks.co.uk</span></a></span></strong> AND <strong><spa=
n style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><a href=3D"http://www=
.mereobooks.com"><span style=3D"font-weight:normal">www.mereobooks.com</span=
></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">=
Book type: <strong><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif=
">Paperback, 145 pages</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p cl=
ass=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&q=
uot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNorma=
l"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif=
">It retails in the UK for GBP9.99 (US$14.50 approx @ GBP1 =3D USD1.45) but I=
'm not sure if its available yet via Amazon. If you can't find it listed for=
 the US and Canada, I suggest an email to <strong><span style=3D"font-family=
:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif"><a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]"><spa=
n style=3D"font-weight:normal">[email-masked]</span></a></span></strong=
><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font=
-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">Absolutely no financial interest on=
 my part in any accruing sales and I'm just so pleased that my dear friend h=
as (yet again) recounted stories of his very successful automotive life and m=
ade me laugh - as he did so often in the past, bless him. The story of Peter=
 and Roger Maingot jointly driving and delivering a Mk3 Spitfire in fully de=
-toxed condition from London to Athens in Greece (which journey took about a=
 week just to get there) for a customer who was usually smashed out of his h=
ead on booze at any time of the day, is worth the book price in itself. Buy a=
 copy for your auto library. You won't be disappointed. Sorry for the length=
 but <strong><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">DRIV=
ING SUCCESS</span></strong> deserves a much wider readership than I feel the=
 publisher has fully taken on board.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quo=
t;,sans-serif">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">=
Enjoy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p=
></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt=
;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">Jonmac<o:p></o:p></span></p></d=
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