Episode 175 AMHF - Colin Piper.

In continuing our spotlight on the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation, I talk with Colin Piper about his work in curating the Brian Lear Collection.

Colin Piper has been a motorsport enthusiast all his life. An accomplished musician who played with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Colin's first taste of racing was at the old Warwick Farm circuit and did some Formula Vee racing in the day. Colin is also a member of the HSRCA and enjoys their race meetings.

Brian Lear, who created the collection over many decades, was well known in hillclimb and historic racing circles racing Elfins and Coopers. He donated his collection several years ago and in this podcast we find out how far Colin has got in working through 47 folders of media events. Brian's passion was to find all the newspaper articles of events - going back as far as 1905!

Host: Stephen Wells

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Australian Motor Heritage Foundation:

https://motorheritage.org.au

Historic Sports & Racing Car Association of NSW:

https://hsrca.com

GEAR Club:

https://www.gearclub.com.au/

Classic Rally Club:

https://www.classicrallyclub.com.au

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