Daniel Ward

The London-Brighton Veteran Car Run regular reveals what it’s like to drive the oldest car on this storied event

INTERVIEW RACHAEL CLEGG PHOTOGRAPHY MICK McCARRON, DANIEL WARD

WE USUALLY WAKE at 4.30am on the day of the Run – always the first Sunday in November – but this year we’re able to have a lie-in, which means we can snooze until 5am! After our ‘lie-in’ there’s very little time for breakfast; our 1888 Truchetet is a steam-powered machine and prepping it for the day’s exertions is a lengthy process. The pressure has to be just right – the whole engine has to be warmed through with steam before it’s properly run up, and if the steam comes into contact with anything cool it will condense and contract rapidly. The startline in Hyde Park begins to get a bit crazy at about 6am, so it’s good to get there early. But as the Truchetet is the oldest car in the…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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