[snakeeyes]

I have never run across any of Miles' Competition Press articles, either. I'd like to see what he had to write. Miles was often described as being irascible, which may have been one reason why interviews of him were few and far between, although he seems willing enough to talk in the few that I've seen. His driving talent was certainly never in question; even after his fatal accident it was never even considered that driver error played a part.

There were two Miles' specials, the R1 and the later R2, although I believe the first car enjoyed greater success than the latter. I am pretty sure both survive; I think the R2 was at Monterey a couple of years ago.

Fred, the Flip Top is currently on display at the Petersen Museum. I had the extreme good fortune to drive it around the paddock this past August at Monterey, by the good graces of Rich and Shar Mason, the car's current custodians. If you've got some time to kill and/or are looking for a good sedative, look up my post titled "Drove the Flip Top yesterday" from a couple of months ago to read about the experience--

Bob