978-1-787113-48-0
9781787113480
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biography
British car dealer
British eccentric
British motoring character
Bugatti
Bunty
Bunty book
buying and selling classic cars
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classic car trade
classic cars
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David Scott-Moncrieff
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English translation
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Halwart Schrader
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Leek Staffordshire
Mercedes-Benz
motor trade
motoring personality
motoring stories
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rich and famous
Rolls-Royce
softlaunch
translated from German
true story
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Veloce
Vintage car journeys
vintage cars
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- ISBN 9781787113480
- Weight: 330g
- Dimensions: 150 x 214mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 2019
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The fascinating biography of David Scott-Moncrieff, alias ‘Bunty’ – a colourful larger-than-life personality, enthusiastic car expert, charming entertainer, and passionate vintage car addict.
Bunty’s favourite marque was Rolls-Royce, and, for some time, he claimed to be the Number 1 in the Rolls-Royce second-hand car trade worldwide. Bunty also owned world-famous race cars, heaps of worn-out hearses (to be rebuilt), supercharged Mercedes classics, and even an antique Steamer. Here, you will meet them all, along with some of his many admirers who had the courage and pleasure to enter the passenger seat.
Halwart Schrader travelled to England to meet Bunty on many occasions, knew him well. and has written this long-awaited biography in full co-operation with Bunty’s son, Humphrey Scott-Moncrieff.
Halwart Schrader has written, translated, edited and/or published more than 300 books, mainly on motoring. After finishing studies in Commercial Art and Art History (BA degree) 1954-1957 in Berlin, he was co-founder and associate of Friedrich W Heye Advertising Agency, Munich. From 1964, he worked as freelancer and contributor to various motoring magazines in Germany, France, Switzerland, and USA, founding, in 1973, AUTOMOBIL CHRONIK, the first collectors’ car magazine in the German language.
From 1973 to 1995 he ran his own publishing business; specialising in automotive history. He has been a member of the A.A.C.A., USA; the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust, UK; a Contributor to the Beaulieu World Encyclopaedia of Motoring; a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, UK; a member of he Society of Automotive Historians, USA.
