https://velocetoday.com/mike-sparken/ The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://velocetoday.com/mike-sparken/comment-page-1/#comment-27413 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:50:46 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/index.php/?p=39663#comment-27413 When I was working on the Alfetta 158/159 book, I arranged to visit Mike at his place in France. Peter Collins…the other one …the photographer and writer…went with me to take some photos for the book. First there was a test to see if I really had done my homework on the history of the Alfetta. I must have passed because after he quizzed me about when the project had started, he pulled original blue prints off his shelf…dated 1935 and signed by Colombo. Then came the long tale of how he had acquired the only Alfetta to escape into private hands. As I had already driven the car, we were soon working on the same plane….it’s a great memory.
Ed

]]> https://velocetoday.com/mike-sparken/comment-page-1/#comment-27410 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:30:43 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/index.php/?p=39663#comment-27410 Toly: Glad you liked the story. It is a pity you two did not meet . I would have enjoyed being the third man to make the introductions and you should have told me the last time we met up last year and we could have paid Mike a visit. Graham.

]]> https://velocetoday.com/mike-sparken/comment-page-1/#comment-27409 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:25:35 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/index.php/?p=39663#comment-27409 Interesting you bet. It shows once again that drivers you have never heard of can tell some great stories. A home run for Graham Gauld. Looking forward to more.

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