Spen King, designer of ultimate in Parisien chic, the Range Rover

[just john]

Spen King dies after accident on his bike,  Range-Rover-creator-Charles-Spencer-Spen-King-1925-2010

designer of the Range Rover (winner of the first Paris-Dakar rally in 1979) (and a few other classics, such as the SD1 and Stag).

[Alex H]

Sorry to highjack your thread, but don't you just love journalists.

The Telegraph - "died last weekend

from injuries sustained when his bicycle collided with a van a

fortnight

earlier

I prefer Auto Express News (but then I am biased ) "a result of injuries he

sustained in a collision between his bicycle and a van"

Octane Magazine is even better "an injury he received when

riding his bicycle."

A pity he retired, then we perhaps wouldn't see the ugly box on wheels the Range Rover has now become.

I can just see people going off-road in this................

[IMG]http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/alexh01/range_rover_1.jpg[/IMG]

[just john]

I see what you mean but I read the collision details as ''silly old fool should have known better at his age than to ride a bike where Vanman goeth, but we can't say that''. I'm just sorry his great designs were so poorly produced by BL.

Everything can be modded as far as I'm concerned and some are better for it, witness Offroad Overfinch outdrags 3.2 Mercsports (1.50 on)

[Alex H]

[quote user="just john "]some are better for it, witness Offroad Overfinch outdrags 3.2 Mercsports (1.50 on) [/quote]

And some are not, I presume you know of the "Barry Boys" Forum?

http://www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1

[just john]

til now 'fraid not, on that point, perhaps you could advise me if la Veuve Poignet really does mean Merchant bankers?[8-)]