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PeterL
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 27/06/2015 : 12:21:32
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Dear All
I have been lent "The Twain Have Met" autobiography of Prince Chula who helped Prince Bira with his MGs and racing, Fidget gets a mention and the K3.
It seems Bira had set his heart on an MG Midget and started saving. Prince Chula bought him the Magna. The chapter "Batchelor" carries the bits of interest, page 194... it then goes on about Bira's racing career.
It does seem that he preferred ERAs.
Cheers
P
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
868 Posts |
Posted - 28/06/2015 : 09:10:14
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Chula wrote several books on Bira's pre war career - Wheels At Speed covers his MG career, before he stepped up to ERAs, though there may be a little overlap with his other books.
Regards,
Graham
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PeterL
United Kingdom
1723 Posts |
Posted - 28/06/2015 : 09:51:05
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Graham
thanks for this, I have just bought a copy off Abe Books!
Cheers
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28/06/2015 : 10:46:48
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Peter,
"Wheels at Speed" deals with Bira's efforts in 1935. You should now go back to Abe Books and get "Road Racing 1936" and "Road Star Hat Trick" which deals with the 1937 and 1938 seasons. Chula also wrote "Dick Seaman" which inevitably has a lot about K3011. All three books have many references to M.G. and the men from Abingdon who were so active on the racing scene in those years.
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LewPalmer
USA
3244 Posts |
Posted - 28/06/2015 : 15:50:55
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Another good read is "The Prince and I" by Ceryl, Bira's wife.
Lew Palmer
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Vitesse
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 28/06/2015 : 16:05:20
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And just for completeness, 'Blue and Yellow', in which Chula records the 1939 and 1946 seasons, together with some details of their life during the war.
Plus of course Bira's own book, a slim volume of short anecdotal essays called 'Bits and Pieces'.
'The Twain have Met' is actually quite rare, although the fact that it concentrates less on the racing and more on Chula himself means copies are quite reasonably priced. |
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Richard Hinton
United Kingdom
131 Posts |
Posted - 28/06/2015 : 18:30:15
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Hello Richard.
As you may know David Weguelin of Motorfilms Quarterly still has a biographical DVD in progress on the life and times of Prince Bira
With interviews in Thailand recorded decades ago and not yet released - he probably needs a nudge to get it finished !
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LewPalmer
USA
3244 Posts |
Posted - 28/06/2015 : 23:04:10
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If it is of interest, the ex-Chula PB Airline Coupe which Chula bought from University Motors in September 1935, now is with a forum member in Texas, USA. This is pictured in "The Prince and I" along with Bira's ERA and K3 at Brooklands.
Lew Palmer
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