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Classic & Sports Car mag
In the latest (well, April) issue of Classic and Sports Car magazine in our public library there is an obituary for Dorothy Caldwell, b. 1918, d February this year in Hamilton, aged 103. She began rallying in her 90s with a 1963 Silver Cloud 3 with her youngest son Alistair, who had been a McLaren Formula One team manager in the 1970s. She was recognised by Guinness Records as the oldest co-driver/navigator. Their first event was the 2012 13000km TransAmerica Challenge, New York to Alaska. They completed that rally and then drove back to New York. She received the Spirit of the Rally award. According to the magazine they then competed in the 2016 Haka Classic (don’t recall reading about that one - RGM) 5000km around both North and South Islands. Hope for us in later years yet!
There is also an article on how wonderful Alfasuds can be (if you can find a rust-free one) and a comparison between a 1971 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Mulliner-Park Ward coupe and a 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 coupe. Interesting reading! Finally an article about the Wolseley Hornet/Riley Elf Mini. Times change: LJK Setright said the upmarket Minis were for “those small-minded snobs who found the idea of a Mini intriguing but the Austin or Morris name offensive.” Motor Sport said the Elf was an “appropriate gift for debutantes, daughters, wives and mistresses..”
