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PHIL IVES was not the only sportsman at the launch. There was, for instance, David Vine, the BBC television sports presenter, who compered the show.
What, you may ask, does he know about commercial vehicles? Well, Harvey Smith drove a horsebox over his foot at Hickstead.
The lights lowered, velvet cur tains parted and there was a white-shirted Barry Sheene, champion racing motorcyclist and DAF protege, bathed in dazzling light for all the world like the Archangel Gabriel, in the cab of the great yellow tractor. He is an HGV 1 driver and convincingly described the vehicle's latest features as they would affect the driver.
Meanwhile, what was Alan Minter, another DAF protege, doing? Probably training for his fight with America's Marvin Hagler at Wembley on September 27, in which, again sponsored by DAF, he will defend the world middleweight championship title. As an encore he will knock out Hino in the first round of the British heavy vehicle contest.
A newsletter from the International Transport Workers' Federation about its congress in Miami speaks of "an emergency resolution condemning the murder, abduction and torture of large numbers of workers and trade union officers by the Coca-Cola franchise ..." pre sumably in Guatemala.
I know Coca-Cola is world famous for its sophisticated marketing and selling techniques, but this is ridiculous.