Originally Posted by
jackiewilson
That was one of my big problems Phil, I always had to try something different, but looking back, I can list a whole load of firsts.
First tunnel boat ever brought to England, Torrigia !
First "Schultze"
First Molinari.
First Jones KT with a big block Keith Black motor.
First COSWORTH 2litre (In partnership with Bill Brown)
First COSWORTH 3 litre.
First Englishman to make the Mercury team.
First Konig motor to race in runabout E class.(65 HP), the hydro boys had been using Konigs for years !
I think I had the first Carniti, but I wouldn't swear on a stack of bibles, had it on loan from Charlie Sheppard, that was nigh on fifty years ago, and memories shot anyway.