St Ives-a new millennium - Flipbook - Page 54
St Ives-a new millennium
4/10/02
3:49 pm
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Mann Egerton/Inchcape
Photos: Stuart Littlewood/Pentax MX
Richard Scantlebury started in accountancy and switched to the motor trade by
chance after working for GKN. He moved from London to St Ives in 1971 and set
up PEAR (Performance Engineering and Racing) at London Road with his wife Sue,
later selling up to the Inchcape Group (Mann Egerton) who appointed him dealer
principal for the Opel franchise. Vauxhall was added in 1981, establishing the
dealership as it still is today.
A lifelong motor sport enthusiast he raced in Formula 3 in the 1960s and went on
to compete in ‘Super Saloons’ driving a Ford Anglia fitted with a Jaguar E-type
engine. Now he cherishes and runs a classic collection that includes an Austin 7
Pearl, an E-type Jaguar V-12, a Daimler Dart SP250 and a Sunbeam Tiger V-8 4.2.
For the last 15 years Richard has organised and sponsored the Christmas trad jazz
concert at the Burgess Hall, which usually features Chris Barber, and has raised
over £40,000 for charity with his annual Beaujolais Run.
He is pictured here (above and right) in 2002 with the four-wheel drive
Frontera Olympus, which caters for the increasing demand for ‘lifestyle’
vehicles, and the VX220 roadster. Lotus had a hand in the VX220’s
development. With its aluminium chassis and fibre-reinforced composite
body shell, this state-of-the-art sports car weighs only 880kg and
accelerates to 60mph in just 5.6 seconds.
Left: Keenly awaited, the new Vauxhall Vectra was due for launch in the
summer of 2002. Re-engineered from the ground up, the New Vectra is
designed to take the fleet market by storm and offers a range of engines
from the 1.8 litre 16-valve to a 3.2 litre V6 24-valve. (Vectra picture
supplied by Vauxhall)
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