| Mike
Hawthorn's Standard Atlas Van
The Atlas Van in TT
Garage Livery
Mike Hawthorn, the famous
racing driver and first British Formula One Champion, inherited his
father's business on his death
in 1954. This was the TT garage in East Street Farnham, Hants. and
was the engineering base of his racing enterprises. The garage ran a
Standard 10 Van and later the Atlas pictured here.
From the overhangs the
Atlas appears to be an early 948cc version with slam doors and
it is though to have been photographed here outside the home of John
Adams. John bought the garage business from Mrs Hawthorn after Mike
Hawthorns death in 1959.
Mike Hawthorns's life
is commemorated in a comprehensive tribute site at http://www.mike-hawthorn.org.uk.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of a restorable Atlas, a group of
enthsiasts are interesting in building a replica of this van.
Please contact the webmaster in the first instance.
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