Starting young!

Sir,
I have known the McKenzie family for very many years and always had great respect for Mr. Lewis C. McKenzie and his son, Don, as motor engineers. However, the Stanley Mann advertisement on page 198 of your February issue makes me think that I underestimated Mr. Don McKenzie’s ability, as it would appear that at the age of about ten years (actually, I think he was nearer eight in 1935) he rebuilt a Bentley for his own use, presumably waiting another ten years before he could drive it. Actually, I believe the first motor car he drove was my own 3-litre Bentley which I bought for £7 in 1945 and lent to his father for a couple of weeks or so.

I hate to think of the number of years I have been reading Motor Sport but I would say that I think when I enjoyed it most was during the dark war years.

C.J.L. Mertens.
London, N.W.2.