At Queen Mary reception Eoin Young and I marvelled at how obsequiously Walker was addressed. There were flowers and notes of welcome from Rancho Mirage over by Palm Springs, invited him for dinner. “Miss Ginger Rogers”, the desk almost curtseyed, told him solemnly, “Left these for you, sir”.
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The Guardian was an unlikely medium for a sports car feature. In 1969 I was its motor racing correspondent, a contributor to its motoring column and now that Morgan has made its last V8, here is what I wrote about its first. I drove to Malvern to try out the first demo Plus 8, along with Autocar’s Eoin Young. I don’t expect The Guardian, or me would write about “a masculine car” any more. This was half a century ago.
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