Bunty

Halwart Schrader has written, translated, edited and/or published more than 300 books, mainly on motoring. After finishing studies in Commercial Art and Art History (BA degree) 1954-1957 in Berlin, he was co-founder and associate of Friedrich W Heye Advertising Agency, Munich. From 1964, he worked as freelancer and contributor to various motoring magazines in Germany, France, Switzerland, and USA, founding, in 1973, AUTOMOBIL CHRONIK, the first collectors’ car magazine in the German language. From 1973 to 1995 he ran his own publishing business; specialising in automotive history. He has been a member of the A.A.C.A., USA; the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust, UK; a Contributor to the Beaulieu World Encyclopaedia of Motoring; a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, UK; a member of he Society of Automotive Historians, USA.

• ContentsForeword by Gregor FiskenA name of renown Visitors From England. O Tannenbaum!Chips but no Fish"Call Me Bunty"A Rolls-Royce... what a temptationBrave and Quite The Swimmer!A Passion for Cars Attributed to his MotherInkwells Were Flying occasionally...Escape From A Police Raid In A Dinner JacketUncle Horace's Corrupting InfluencePurveyor to the Nobility and GentryNo Knothole for the Backside of a Carousel HorseThe Maharaja's improper WishA Talented StuntmanFun On The Backseat With LoreleyA valuable Car For A One-Night StandA Gentleman Has Come To Warn StalinKiss your Hand, Herr Hitler!Thinking About Getting MarriedAn Everlasting Love For MercedesDo Girls' Shirts Burn Brighter?London's Traffic was Brought To A StandstillA Young Lady From A decent FamilyThe Spy With The Diamond In The SoapInto Exile With A 12-Cylinder Motor CarCaught Behind, In Front Of, And Right Between The CrossfireOnly A Two-Pronged ForkA Motor Yacht, Or A Bugatti...?The Journey To ScandinaviaBunty's First BookDon't Just Give Up!Comrade Stalin Will Have To WaitOnce A Bugatti, Always A BugattiFlirting With Daimler-BenzBunty's Life In The CountrysideChicken Farming, Piglet Fattening, Mercedes DreamingBill Boddy's Visit To the SquirearchyThrough Cowpat In a TVRA Soft Spot also For LagondaA Fascinating, Insufferable BossLife's HandicapsThe Weeping Worm and a Rather Bitty Beer!500 Ten-Dollar Notes Down The TrousersOut And About With The Dashing CharlotteHearses Never Bite The DustNo Viewing Pleasure WhatsoeverWould You Be A Sweetie?Introducing Timothy, The Glass-EaterThe Ambassador Of British Automotive CultureAn Opportunity OversleptThe Customs CatastropheThe Echoes Of UmtataTaking The Tow Truck To ChurchBunty rules the wavesOnwards To Vienna - For The Red Light District?Bunty Discovers His Passion For CitroenA Little Border incidentNo Rolls-Royce On The South Pacific AtollTravelling Australia In A GullwingEngine-Knocking KnockersThere's No Fool Like An Old FoolA Girl named RosemaryTo India For Permanent Care?Bad Eyes, Bad Circulation, Bad MemoryPeking-Paris at last?No Help From The Helpful Dragon One Final Dream Is Fulfilled"We Never Close!"PHOTO CREDITS

A good read. Auto Express -- As a portrayal of a way of life which won't come again, this book is recommended. NZRR&BC Magazine -- An endearing - and enduring - read for long-standing members of the vintage car club scene. Classic Car Weekly -- If you want to immerse yourself in the type of eccentric motoring (and occasionally boating) life that we won't see again, this 216-page soft-cover should do the trick. Classic Driverit’s -- plenty entertaining! SpeedReaders---It is an hilarious romp from start to finish and guaranteed to chase off any lingering blues ... Bunty had triumphed again---Big End/All Torque