Bunty - Halwart Schrader

Bunty

Remembering a Gentleman of Noble Scottish Descent
Buch | Softcover
216 Seiten
2019
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-78711-348-0 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
The biography of a larger-than-life character in the world of motoring, especially among classic car collectors. David Scott-Moncrieff, aka ‘Bunty,’ claimed to be the Number 1 in the Rolls-Royce second-hand car trade. He was a colourful personality, an experienced car expert, a charming entertainer and a passionate vintage race car addict.
The fascinating biography of David Scott-Moncrieff, alias ‘Bunty’ – a colourful larger-than-life personality, enthusiastic car expert, charming entertainer, and passionate vintage car addict.
Bunty’s favourite marque was Rolls-Royce, and, for some time, he claimed to be the Number 1 in the Rolls-Royce second-hand car trade worldwide. Bunty also owned world-famous race cars, heaps of worn-out hearses (to be rebuilt), supercharged Mercedes classics, and even an antique Steamer. Here, you will meet them all, along with some of his many admirers who had the courage and pleasure to enter the passenger seat.
Halwart Schrader travelled to England to meet Bunty on many occasions, knew him well. and has written this long-awaited biography in full co-operation with Bunty’s son, Humphrey Scott-Moncrieff.

Halwart Schrader has written, translated, edited and/or published more than 300 books, mainly on motoring. After finishing studies in Commercial Art and Art History (BA degree) 1954-1957 in Berlin, he was co-founder and associate of Friedrich W Heye Advertising Agency, Munich. From 1964, he worked as freelancer and contributor to various motoring magazines in Germany, France, Switzerland, and USA, founding, in 1973, AUTOMOBIL CHRONIK, the first collectors’ car magazine in the German language. From 1973 to 1995 he ran his own publishing business; specialising in automotive history. He has been a member of the A.A.C.A., USA; the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust, UK; a Contributor to the Beaulieu World Encyclopaedia of Motoring; a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, UK; a member of he Society of Automotive Historians, USA.

Contents
Foreword by Gregor Fisken
A name of renown
Visitors From England. O Tannenbaum!
Chips but no Fish
"Call Me Bunty"
A Rolls-Royce... what a temptation
Brave and Quite The Swimmer!
A Passion for Cars
Attributed to his Mother
Inkwells Were Flying occasionally...
Escape From A Police Raid In A Dinner Jacket
Uncle Horace's Corrupting Influence
Purveyor to the Nobility and Gentry
No Knothole for the Backside of a Carousel Horse
The Maharaja's improper Wish
A Talented Stuntman
Fun On The Backseat With Loreley
A valuable Car For A One-Night Stand
A Gentleman Has Come To Warn Stalin
Kiss your Hand, Herr Hitler!
Thinking About Getting Married
An Everlasting Love For Mercedes
Do Girls' Shirts Burn Brighter?
London's Traffic was Brought To A Standstill
A Young Lady From A decent Family
The Spy With The Diamond In The Soap
Into Exile With A 12-Cylinder Motor Car
Caught Behind, In Front Of, And Right Between The Crossfire
Only A Two-Pronged Fork
A Motor Yacht, Or A Bugatti...?
The Journey To Scandinavia
Bunty's First Book
Don't Just Give Up!
Comrade Stalin Will Have To Wait
Once A Bugatti, Always A Bugatti
Flirting With Daimler-Benz
Bunty's Life In The Countryside
Chicken Farming, Piglet Fattening, Mercedes Dreaming
Bill Boddy's Visit To the Squirearchy
Through Cowpat In a TVR
A Soft Spot also For Lagonda
A Fascinating, Insufferable Boss
Life's Handicaps
The Weeping Worm and a Rather Bitty Beer!
500 Ten-Dollar Notes Down The Trousers
Out And About With The Dashing Charlotte
Hearses Never Bite The Dust
No Viewing Pleasure Whatsoever
Would You Be A Sweetie?
Introducing Timothy, The Glass-Eater
The Ambassador Of British Automotive Culture
An Opportunity Overslept
The Customs Catastrophe
The Echoes Of Umtata
Taking The Tow Truck To Church
Bunty rules the waves
Onwards To Vienna - For The Red Light District?
Bunty Discovers His Passion For Citroen
A Little Border incident
No Rolls-Royce On The South Pacific Atoll
Travelling Australia In A Gullwing
Engine-Knocking Knockers
There's No Fool Like An Old Fool
A Girl named RosemaryTo India For Permanent Care?
Bad Eyes, Bad Circulation, Bad Memory
Peking-Paris at last?
No Help From The Helpful Dragon
One Final Dream Is Fulfilled
"We Never Close!"

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Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 323 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Auto / Motorrad
ISBN-10 1-78711-348-5 / 1787113485
ISBN-13 978-1-78711-348-0 / 9781787113480
Zustand Neuware
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