Ivan Berg

Full Throttle Ivan Berg

High Octane Adventure Stories by Top Gear magazine's Data Dad Ivan Berg.

Three stories from the golden age of Motor Sport, the 1950s and 1960s.

Full Throttle - Wonder mechanic Charlie tunes a vintage Bentley for his pal Pete and opens the door to motor racing adventure...

Scorpion - The Story of a Racing Car - Against all odds, engineers Peter Russell and his business partner David Wilmer design and build a world-beating Formula One racing car...

To Monte For A Million - A tale of a mischievous old uncle, an extraordinary will, a million pounds, two playboy nephews, two Morris Mini-Coopers - and the thrilling Monte Carlo Rally...

These three stories were originally written and published as weekly serials in 1960 and 1961 in a comic-style magazine for boys called TV EXPRESS. I kept copies in an old cardboard suitcase that lived for 50 years in a dusty cupboard under the stairs. With three grandchildren, all boys, all of the ages of my long-ago readers, I thought it would be fun to see if the stories still had an appeal. They did. So here they are. Ivan Berg - October 2015

Front Cover Photograph courtesy of Bentley Motors - Brooklands Heritage Drive Photographer - Nick Dimbleby