Posts Tagged ‘ron’

Scene: 1960-something Jaguar E-Type

Monday, November 9th, 2009
My uncle, Eric, and the owner, Henk, man bonding.

My uncle, Eric, and the owner, Henk, man bonding.

I absolutely love a morning walk along the Sea Point promenade. Skipping along at a ferocious pace this morning with my uncle today, we were feircely debating whether the BMW 507 was faster than the Jaguar E-Type of the time, when, serendipitously, one appeared in front of us.

Hit the jump for a gallery and chat with the owner.

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We think you’ll like it here: Alonso joins Scuderia Familia

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Ron Dennis is a weirdo. Not since Howard Hughes locked himself in a hotel room with jars of urine and wore tissue boxes as shoes have we seen anyone display such an aversion to germ-carrying scruffiness. His level of Second-World-War-matron-at-a-Catholic-hospital idea of cleanliness even extended to not allowing employees at McLaren to have any personal effects on their desks. Not even pictures of their families.
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