In 1968 he located in East Germany one of the pre-war Silver Arrows, a Mercedes W125 Grand Prix car. Colin reckoned he had to be one of the last great gentleman amateurs at the cutting edge of motor sport. ![]() He cut his teeth during 1969 as an owner and team manager in Formula One having found he was too large to fit an F1. ![]() Dalton Watson’s latest autobiography is the life and times of that larger-than-life character, Colin Crabbe, who found himself at the forefront of motor racing, firstly as a privateer racing Ford GT40s in 1966 then driving in the 1967 World Championship.
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