The AC Bluebird Team waiting for the organisers at Brescia for the start of the checking in process for the Mille Miglia. Duncan is hiding to avoid embarrassment. Today is a day of waiting around for things to happen.
Reckless! The Fall and Rise of AC 'Bluebird'
By Kevin Shilling
The book about how a global star became a farmyard wreck â then, thanks to a full restoration, rose again onto the international stage.
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