The sad death of John (popularly known as "Jumbo") Goddard in Australia, robs the world of vintage motoring of one of its great and colourful characters. As a teenager at college…

Today impecunious young enthusiasts buy shot Minis and have their fun via Issigonis's front-wheel-drive. When I was a young man in the early 1930s one looked for an old cyclecar,…