I was just reading the 1000th Issue of Motor Sport & came upon a advertisement from Bonhhams and Goodman for an auction of the Late Hon. John Dawson-Dames Lotus race cars. Dawson-Dames was killed in one of them, a Lotus 63, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed a few years back. The first thought that sprung to my mind was how sad it would be that some of these great cars that were in his collection would be sold off overseas (as obviously, he has been dead a while, so my thoughts were not immediately with him...). Whilst most of the cars have importance to people from all over the world (he had one of Jim Clark's World Championship winning cars), there were a couple that had historical importance in Australia, such as one that Clark and Leo Geoghegan raced in the Tasman Series.
I did jump on line though and saw a note saying that two of the key cars (the two mentioned above) were bought by Australians, which I think is just sensational. One of my favourites though, a Lotus 79, was sold to a Japanese collector.
I think that it is always important to keep hold of your history, or historically important items or belongings. I guess this makes me a bit of a hoarder, but you should always know where you've been in order to know where you're going. I'm just glad that I can see these beautiful cars again, in Australia, in the future.
After reading this, I think ill have to go to Goodwood as well. It is simply a must. Maybe 2010? It must be done!
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