Reader\'s Digest Australia & New Zealand - June 2018

102 | June• 2018

FIRST PERSON

Olly Mannfindshecan’tkeepup

with his son’s burgeoning interest

Driven to

DISTRACTION

I

NEVER MUCH LIKED CARS.hiswassomethingofan

issueinmyfamily,asmyfatherverymuchlikedcars.

Hisirstbusinesswasastart-upselling‘funky’hubcap

covers.HisculinkshadBugattisonthem.Idon’tre-

member him ever reading anything apart fromClassic

andSportscar.Bythetimehewasmyage,he’destab-

lishedhimselfasaforemostspecialistintheartofrestoring

vintageBentleys.Ourhousewasfullofmemorabilia.he

vaguestsnifofadoer-upperwouldhavehimoutinthesnow,

blazing a trail to West Sussex. As I say, he very much liked cars. ILLUSTRATION: KEVIN WALKER/KWCREATIVE.CO.UK