He had certainly impressed Bill Boddy veteran editor of Motor Sport covering a 1950s Charterhall who gushed: “Try as Moss did in (Tommy Wisdom’s) XK120C Ian Stewart of Ecurie Ecosse won by 15.6sec, setting fastest lap. Clearly Wilky (sic) Wilkinson has given the Scottish car something others haven’t got”.
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Four days after it was announced I took one of the first press MGBs to Charterhall. Did anyone get a picture of MGB 523CB on 23 September 1962? New to The Motor road test staff I was putting in the miles, grateful for the tutelage and relishing every minute. I was so taken with it I had one of my own (above).
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