Re: RIP Ron Hickman
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:18 pm
Thanks so much for the Elan, Ron and the pleasure you have given us
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elansprint71 wrote:Always an entertaining chap to talk to.
theelanman wrote:...and when Brian let him loose with a marker pen......
types26/36/74 wrote:Yes indeed. RIP....never met him myself but we are all indebted to him, I heard he still had an Elan.....anyone know for sure?
D.J.Pelly wrote: I wonder how many of those original die-cast aluminium framed workmates were made & if they are considered collectible or valuable?
ardee_selby wrote:D.J.Pelly wrote: I wonder how many of those original die-cast aluminium framed workmates were made & if they are considered collectible or valuable?
I wonder if he kept hold of the prototype? The one he called "Dino-Saw"? In a design museum, maybe?
(Assumed that was steel framed since "Lotus Development mechanics" welded it up for him)
Cheers - rd