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The main theme of this year\u2019s show will be the Swinging Sixties<\/em> and how apposite considering that the Kings Road is but a stone\u2019s throw away. Mind you if you went down to The Chelsea Drugstore these days you will find a Big Mac and Fries rather than getting your prescription filled, perhaps \u201cYou Can\u2019t Always Get What you Want.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Aside from the inevitable fashion and musical references that this homage to half a century ago will bring there are also contemporary automotive legends to be celebrated. The 50th<\/sup> birthdays of the Mini and the E-type, both icons of the period, will be the excuse to have a comprehensive displays of these quintessentially Sixties cars.<\/p>\n SuperCars<\/p><\/div>\n Significant road cars will also feature in a run of Super Cars from the RAC Club in Pall Mall which should make quite a splash when the arrive en masse at the Royal Hospital. Not to be outdone the two wheel brigade will also bring a pack of bikes, old and new, from the marginally less salubrious Ace Caf\u00e9 on the North Circular. Autocar will have an exhibition of the ten most important road cars of the period since 1960 that have been tested by the magazine. Autocar<\/em>\u2019s top ten were named following the publication of the magazine\u2019s 5,000th road test earlier this year.<\/p>\n Pensioners<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThe\u00a0Autocar\u00a0road test has often been copied but never bettered. Every car, whether a 200mph supercar or supermini is given the same exhaustive treatment,\u201d<\/em> said Autocar Editor Chas Hallett.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great that our top ten all will be on display at Chelsea AutoLegends \u2013 they are the cars we think have made the most significant contribution to motoring over the years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cJaguar\u2019s iconic E-type was named as the number one test of all time. It may not have been as important a car as the Mini, nor have broken quite so much new ground as the McLaren, but it means most to our readers and to us as writers and testers. It is a car of beauty, power, driving pleasure and value.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The ten cars, in no particular order, are the Audi Quattro, Ferrari 458 Italia, Volkswagen Golf GTi, Range Rover, Rolls Royce Phantom, Morris Mini-Minor, E-type Jaguar, Ferrari 365 GTB\/4 (Daytona), Porsche 911 GT3RS and the McLaren F1.<\/p>\n Late Night Line Up<\/p><\/div>\n Also on display at the show will be the Bugatti Veyron SuperSport, current holder of title of the World\u2019s fastest production car\u2026\u2026\u2026.267mph if you must know.<\/p>\n The Management<\/p><\/div>\n The Chelsea AutoLegends show was created by the imagination and hard work of local resident, Michael Scott. That being the case, there will always be a strong Le Mans element in the cars on display while he is involved. This year will feature those that were prominent in the Sixties and to introduce this theme at the launch Rob Walker\u2019s Ferrari 250GT SWB was reunited with Sir Stirling, recalling the victory that he posted in the 1961 Tourist Trophy at Goodwood. He also raced at Le Mans that year in this Ferrari, partnered by Graham Hill.<\/p>\n Mention of Rob Walker brings out another theme of this year\u2019s AutoLegends, a salute to the team Patrons of that era, John Coombs, Tommy Sopwith, and Colonel Ronnie Hoare joining Rob Walker on the pedestal. Moss spoke with great affection about his old team boss and friend.<\/p>\n \u201cRob was a true gentleman and a real enthusiast. But he was also a damn good team manager and our win together at the Goodwood TT was one of the highlights of my career. I am delighted that Chelsea AutoLegends is honouring Rob, and some of the other British private entrants, at this year\u2019s event. Without people like Rob Walker, motor racing in the 1960s just wouldn\u2019t have been the same.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cRob Walker had written in his passport where his business was described as being a Gentleman. I think that sums it up, a wonderful man.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhen he raced at <\/em>Le Mans<\/em> (1939) at around <\/em>six o\u2019clock<\/em> Rob came into the pits for an unscheduled stop. He came in because Gentlemen don\u2019t wear brown shoes after Six. He had to change his shoes to suede.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThen just before the end of the race he had a signal to stop at the pit, once there he asked why? The team replied that he had done such a good job that they were celebrating with some <\/em>Champagne<\/em> and they didn\u2019t want him to miss out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThat was what racing was all about back then.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>