Lindsay Eccles

Sir,
Your most interesting article on Lindsay Eccles brought back many happy memories of both Brooklands and Donington for, over a period of several years, the late Hubert Papworth prepared my various Bugattis alongside those belonging to Lindsay. We both started in the same way on Type 37s, graduating to 35Bs and Cs, and then to 51s, Lindsay going on to a Type 59 which must have caused him considerable disappointment and great expense.

His accident at Dieppe was most unfortunate, but new tyres insufficiently scrubbed and melting tar were responsible for a crash from which he was lucky to escape with minor injuries.

I recall having to bring back his touring Bugatti from Dieppe, a Type 57, and the first example of this type to be imported into the UK.

T.A.S.O. Mathieson.
London.