John Miles RIP
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I met John on three occasions, the first of which was to film an interview for my Lotus 72 documentary. He and his wife were most hospitable to us, we had a great afternoon, he gave us lots of info on the new 72 (not a good car) and also gave us a specific piece explaining anti-squat and anti-dive at the end of which it was for me, a light bulb moment-so that's how it works! But explained in layman's language, brilliant stuff. At the end of our shoot we had a cup of tea to finish off and I think he was pleased to learn that my interest in the theatre was really kick started by a childhood school visit to the Mermaid Theatre in London which had been started by his father, Sir Bernard Miles. I next met him at a Lotus weekend that Michael Oliver and I arranged a few years later, again he was such interesting company. I'm very sad this evening.
Sad news indeed.
He was a staff writer at Autocar in the late 1970’s;and his column ‘Miles Behind The Wheel’ was just superb. It specialised in testing modified cars, from touring cars to single seaters, he then analysed what made that model special or otherwise.... What seemed to me from memory to be a real favourite of his was a 3.0 Capri and he also tested the first Renault Turbo F1 car for that series. If they ever did a compilation of all those articles it would make a great read.
He was a staff writer at Autocar in the late 1970’s;and his column ‘Miles Behind The Wheel’ was just superb. It specialised in testing modified cars, from touring cars to single seaters, he then analysed what made that model special or otherwise.... What seemed to me from memory to be a real favourite of his was a 3.0 Capri and he also tested the first Renault Turbo F1 car for that series. If they ever did a compilation of all those articles it would make a great read.
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