Michael Hipperson new book " Let them stare"

[Christine]

This is going to be a  book worth buying .. I've got one on order , can't wait !!    Some of the stories about his cars were on the internet for some years, but they've all suddenly vanished , they must be in the book . Buy one,  it's all for kids charity  

http://letthemstare.co.uk/

 

 

 

More here, which is where i originally clocked it

 

http://forums.autosport.com/topic/201396-michael-hippersons-book/

[Junkman]

Who is Michael Hipperson?

[Christine]

An utter petrolhead, .. who was lucky enough to own some fabulous period supercars , and he does one heck of a lot of charity fund raising .. buy the book  .. and read about the crippled up boy who wanted a ride in his GT40, and the pretty nurse who couldn't possibly allow the kid in the car ..Boy and Michael  won    

[Christine]

It's landed ... and its good !!! 

[Crankshaft]

I have this book and it's definitely worth a read. Some nice stories about some interesting cars (from V12 Ferraris to racing Minis/Escorts) mostly during the 70s.

[Guest Breadvan72]

A misguided friend bought me this book.  It is awful.  The author comes across as a smug cock, a huge sexist, and an all round dickhead.  He inherited money, and appears not to have done a stroke of work in his life.  The book is the vanity product of an entitled twat.   The title tells you all you need to know.

[tooSavvy]

A misguided friend bought me this book.  It is awful.  The author comes across as a smug cock, a huge sexist, and an all round dickhead.  He inherited money, and appears not to have done a stroke of work in his life.  The book is the vanity product of an entitled twat.   The title tells you all you need to know.

...... Nice put down M8

 

Pity the subsequent posts have gone.. poof!

 

.... 'this place...'

 

TS

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

A misguided friend bought me this book.  It is awful.  The author comes across as a smug cock, a huge sexist, and an all round dickhead.  He inherited money, and appears not to have done a stroke of work in his life.  The book is the vanity product of an entitled twat.   The title tells you all you need to know.

 

 

Not at all envious then.............

 

 

Mind you, I was given the Alan Clarke book to read. Now he really was an utterly vile man with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

[cort1977]

Alan Clark was quite funny on occasion and clearly did not give a fuck.   Compare him to a contemporary sleazebag like Jonathan 'sword of truth' Aitken and he doesn't seem so bad.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Not at all envious then.............

 

 

 

 

Nope, not at all.  I don't like the things (cars included) that the appalling author of the appalling book likes. 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Not at all envious then.............

 

 

Mind you, I was given the Alan Clarke book to read. Now he really was an utterly vile man with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

No redeeming qualities? Didn't he shag two sisters and their mother, put 356 running gear in a Beetle and bought a DS Decapatoble(sp?) new then kept it till he died ? Not to mention uttering the immortal put down about Nouveau Hestletine ;" He had to buy his furniture".

The man was Alan B'stard incarnate and my idea of just what a Tory MP should be.

 

I remember him writing in his column in Car , that when travelling between his Castles in Kent and Scotland his Tdi Disco was faster than his ( modern ) Continental R, because even though it would only cruise at 95 ,you didn't need to stop as often for fuel.

[AMC Rebel]

No redeeming qualities? Didn't he shag two sisters and their mother, put 356 running gear in a Beetle and bought a DS Decapatoble(sp?) new then kept it till he died ? Not to mention uttering the immortal put down about Nouveau Hestletine ;" He had to buy his furniture".

The man was Alan B'stard incarnate and my idea of just what a Tory MP should be.

 

I remember him writing in his column in Car , that when travelling between his Castles in Kent and Scotland his Tdi Disco was faster than his ( modern ) Continental R, because even though it would only cruise at 95 ,you didn't need to stop as often for fuel.

 

I remember that very article.  I also remember that in spite of hating his politics and pretty much everything he stood for, I had to allow him some grudging respect for turning up pissed in the house -

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-day-i-addressed-the-commons-when-drunk-1117137.html

 

Oh and for shagging all those women from the same family - there's a small part of me that envies him that experience.  I don't think he ever pretended to be anything he wasn't.

[AMC Rebel]

Alan Clark was quite funny on occasion and clearly did not give a fuck.   Compare him to a contemporary sleazebag like Jonathan 'sword of truth' Aitken and he doesn't seem so bad.

Indeed or fucking David Mellor or John Bummer, or Cecil bleeding Parkinson.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Nope, not at all.  I don't like the things (cars included) that the appalling author of the appalling book likes. 

 

 

Yeah right.........

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I remember that very article.  I also remember that in spite of hating his politics and pretty much everything he stood for, I had to allow him some grudging respect for turning up pissed in the house -

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-day-i-addressed-the-commons-when-drunk-1117137.html

 

Oh and for shagging all those women from the same family - there's a small part of me that envies him that experience.  I don't think he ever pretended to be anything he wasn't.

 

He openly admired Hitler, so can't have been all bad I suppose.

[AMC Rebel]

He openly admired Hitler, so can't have been all bad I suppose.

ooops - oh well, back to the drawing board.