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E of the men I look ford t meeting at the Cornvia Motor Lorry Driver of Y r Competition silver le dinner at Cranfield orr w is Peter Privett, the Lorry Driver of the Year. doubt whether I shall ignise him for I have not 1 h m since I was his host he Commercial Motor le jubilee luncheon at id e's Hotel in London in l5. The public relations sul ants who organised lu cheon wanted him to ye in his AEC shortBel ase eight-wheeled er ut the management of id e's — at that time unus omed to vulgar lici — would have none et r Privett was a true ipe itor as well as a firstdijiver and he took full legitimate advantage of sketchy regulations. As a It they were substantially te ed up. He was mainly ton ible for the regulation ib ting special mod ificas ts vehicles for the pur
o the competition.
le ad a handle attached le leering wheel so that :o Id turn quickly from c o lock. He also fie ally increased the rth of his lorry so that in d f being the longest in cl ss, it was the shortest lie next. The regulations w d him to do so and ad could blame him for an erprise and k een-witles .