CAn-Am Challenger ,Peter Bryant
Another good read I found was Can-Am Challenger by Peter Bryant it tells his personal story,of his career in one of the greatest eras in motorsports history. Bryant started his career as a lowly fabricator in Colin Chapman’s original Lotus Cars workshop. He later became a freelance racing mechanic, until in 1962 he was engaged as a mechanic in Formula 1
in 1964, fate took him to America. It was here that Peter made his mark in motor racing—as the designer of the most successful American-built race cars during the heyday of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup. His cars broke new ground in the use of advanced materials such as titanium, as well as emerging ground-effect technologies. It was an amazing achievement for a guy with no formal training in design or engineering. But Peter overcame these limitations through a ability to learn by doing and an incredible capacity for hard work. He also had a great sense of humour that reveals itself in this story
In all I believe it tells a great story and certainly one that will appeal to those of us that can relate to a working background in Motor Sport
Ralph Watson Special Engineer
Earlier I did not consider posting within this thread, as I was concerned that I might be regarded as engaging in a form of self promotion. However I now note that Steve has included details of a book he has coming out, so now am no longer shy. ;)
The book Ralph Watson Special Engineer, has proven quite popular and I have been told that it is a good read. There have been four print runs, but there will be no more and only a dozen or so might still be available. Techbooks in Newmarket may have a few left. Price close to $40.00
The venture was in no way commercially motivated and was specifically undertaken and financed on an amateur basis, in order to lastingly record the efforts of an admired friend. As no profit motive exists, quite some time ago I had the book made available on the internet and it comes across very well in this form. As I am not sure how to record a hot address here, you may possibly have to copy and paste. Whatever, if interested go here for free. :D ----
P.S. The Contents page enables you to click and jump to individual sections. You will find plenty of photos and illustrations.
http://ralphwatson.scienceontheweb.net/
http://ralphwatson.scienceontheweb.net/
Trevor.