My recollection of getting to know Archie was that my father went to Cambridge University and was a member of the Cambridge University Motor Club. The club had an annual dinner through which I met Archie and Peter Riley (later to become a works Healey driver), both of whom became lifelong friends. A speed trial was organized for the day after the dinner, at a place called Bedwell Hay Farm, not too far from Cambridge. I would have my TC…

At Oulton Park in 1955, the mustachioed Archie Scott-Brown drove this Lister Bristol to a convincing victory in the British Empire Trophy contest.
Photo: Ferret Fotographic