In am the ex racing manager of Honda in the UK Retired 1986 and former manager of Snetterton circuit, Where David Sears Motorsport was based) I also ran the JPS Norton from 1989 to 1993.
My father G R Symmons was a shareholder in AC Cars at Thames Ditton and a friend of Derek Hurlock a member of the AC Owners club, as a youngster we used to visit the factory regularly. I sat in and steered the le Mans AC Cobra coupé when it was pushed from the body shop area to the paint shop in 1964. My father owned 2 of the saloons and I believe the first retail Greyhound which the factory used in the Paris motor show at its launch 900 OPA. I was lucky enough to be taken down the Kingston by Pass by Jock Henderson in the factory demonstrator, a Red AC Cobra and we managed 154 MPH which is still the fastest speed I have ever travelled in a car. We lived in Oxshott and was eventually married in Thames Ditton.