[Surferdude]

Bill Tuckey was a giant among motoring journalists,  from an era when they weren't afraid to speak their minds.
I have three great memories of him.
The first is as creator of the world's first Car of the Year award at Wheels Magazine in 1964 (it was the Renault R8 if you're wondering.
Second is the zany road tests done by his alter ego, Romsey  Quints.
And finally, his book (one of many), entitled "The Rise and Fall of Peter Brock" If you only read one motoring book in your life, this should be it.

The following  link to a two year old magazine article tells his story better than I ever could.

Obituary: Bill Tuckey (1936-2016)

[Doggie 1]

When I was teenager I used to look forward to Romsey Quints' columns every month.
I never knew it was Bill Tuckey.
R.I.P. 

[mjt57]

RIP.

I still have "The Rise and Fall of Peter Brock".

In it he wrote that there were many things that were left unsaid due to legal reasons. It would've been interesting to see an update to the book published following Brock's death (the dead can't sue). Even so, the original was damning enough.

I wonder if it collaborated on the upcoming Brock mini-series.

[Surferdude]

I still have the book, too.

As usual, he wrote as he saw it.
And he knew the man pretty well.