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[AAGR]

Here's an oddity. I have just been looking at several images of Sir John Whitmore racing Fords in the 1960s. Sometimes he wore a blue helmet with a conventional 'Ford' logo on it, but sometimes he raced in a white helmet where the 'Ford' logo was a reversed (mirror) image. 

 

Apart from the fact that he could look in the rear view mirror to re-assure himself that he was .... himself .... what was the reason for this ?

 

 

[Felix Muelas]

[Sharman]

As it is usual for Ambulances to have ECNALUBMA on the bonnet perhaps it is something to do with "SIR JOHN'S...."

I'll let myself out......

[AAGR]

Well, if it is a warning to a car ahead of him, at least it was more civilised than the Senna method of just barging someone out of the way ....

 

I'll let myself out too ....

 

Edited by AAGR, 13 May 2015 - 21:42.

[Catalina Park]

It was probably a way of annoying photographers when they were developing photos.

[mfd]

Peter Windsor's interview "Lunch with Sir John Whitmore" explains it.

 

I'd cut & paste but since the forum was revised, I'm completely baffled (not) using the functions

[Tim Murray]

Here's the link:

http://peterwindsor....-with-sir-john/