SOME MONTHS AGO, WE HAD CAUSE TO RE-CONTACT COLIN WARDLE (Blackwood Hodge India), AND A RESIDENT OF NORTHAMPTON, REGARDING A REQUEST WE HAD RECEIVED FROM AN OUTSIDE ENQUIRER REGARDING THE VISIT TO BH CALCUTTA BY AN AUSSIE ADVENTURER TYPE CALLED BEN CARLIN, WHO HAD SPENT TIME WITH COLIN, BRIAN LACK (m/d), JERRY JOWETT, BERT SAMEK & OTHERS AT THE DEPOT IN THE 1950`s, ON ONE OF HIS MAD EXPEDITIONS.
THIS CONVERSATION LED TO ANOTHER TOPIC, THE SUBJECT OF THIS ARTICLE........HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO DRIVE A 1947 STUDEBAKER 6 CYLINDER SALOON FROM CALCUTTA TO LONDON IN 1955 ??
WELL, THE ANSWER IS FOLLOWING IN A FASCINATING GOODYEAR TYRE PUBLICATION SUPPLIED BY COLIN, COMPLETE WITH HIS LETTER TO THE (BEN CARLIN) ENQUIRER INTRODUCING THE ARTICLE WHICH HE HAD SENT TO HIM, ANOTHER COLIN BY THE WAY, COLIN BASS, IN CASE YOU GET CONFUSED.
WE ARE SURE IT WILL ALL BECOME CLEAR, AND WE WISH COLIN MANY HAPPY RETURNS FOR HIS NEXT BIRTHDAY, WHICH WILL BE HIS 90TH !!
Yet another example of the intrepid sort of blokes The Company seemed to set on in those far off days. I doubt you would get any of todays plug-in computer reps & managers having the nerve (we would have liked to say balls, but decided not to) to try this sort of caper.
Long may these ancient Hodgites be remembered for their daring do of yesteryear. Ed.
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