Comments on: First We Get The Hopkirk Mini, Now We Get Hopkirk Himself! http://www.leighsdiary.com/2009/02/26/first-we-get-the-hopkirk-mini-now-we-get-hopkirk-himself/ Diecast as it happens. Tue, 22 May 2012 02:44:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Tony Bailey http://www.leighsdiary.com/2009/02/26/first-we-get-the-hopkirk-mini-now-we-get-hopkirk-himself/#comment-1606 Tony Bailey Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:52:21 +0000 http://www.leighsdiary.com/2009/02/26/first-we-get-the-hopkirk-mini-now-we-get-hopkirk-himself/#comment-1606 Hi Mike Hawthorn's Jaguar Mk1 did NOT have the registration 881 VDU... Nigel Webb spent many years creating an accurate replica of the original car (that was destroyed by Jaguar in 1959) and, as the DVLA would not reissue the original registration of VDU 881, he managed to obtain the reverse, 881 VDU at auction. All this is fully detailed in the new book Mike Hawthorn Golden Boy (now almost sold out). TB Hi

Mike Hawthorn’s Jaguar Mk1 did NOT have the registration 881 VDU…

Nigel Webb spent many years creating an accurate replica of the original car (that was destroyed by Jaguar in 1959) and, as the DVLA would not reissue the original registration of VDU 881, he managed to obtain the reverse, 881 VDU at auction.

All this is fully detailed in the new book Mike Hawthorn Golden Boy (now almost sold out).

TB

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