1948-1963 ‘Doc’ Harris
'Doc' Harris attended Trinity College, Dublin. It was there that he met his great chum, Dudley Colley, through their shared interest in cars. They appreciated that a GN Special was the car for hill climbing, and bought three or four GN wrecks. Read more....
1963-1966 Nigel Arnold-Forster
Nigel was a very successful and active competitor with vintage cars and his management style was to lead from the front, winning the VSCC's premier trophy, the Lycett, twice during his Captaincy, having previously won it in 1957. He was to improve on this when President of the VSCC. Read more....
1966-1969 Vaughan Skirrow
My first contact with Frazer Nashes occurred when I was a student at Loughborough University, studying Mechanical Engineering from 1949-54. It so happened that Doc Harris, captain of the Frazer Nash Section at that time, and Bob Gerard were both living in the area Read more....
1969-1972 Ron Footitt
We used to call him Uncle Ron because he was so good with young people and aspiring drivers and unbelievably generous with his car. No elf’n safety for him, the kids could have a go in the Cognac from an early age – Martin Stretton was 10 when Ron became Captain! Read more....
1972-1975 Freddie Giles
It’s a privilege to serve as Captain. Even more so for me as a mere ‘whippersnapper’ in my 30s with only 8 hectic nashing years behind me. Lionel Stretton gave me excellent advice: The way I drove I needed a Frazer Nash and not the Bentley I was then competing in. Read more....
1975-1978 Mark Joseland
Mark loved being Captain. He was steeped in Nashing and Nash history and his retentive memory meant that he could reel off the details of cars and owners without recourse to archives. Before he became Captain he served for five years as Secretary Read more....
1978-1981 Derek Hall
Derek had perfect manners and expected the younger and some of the more boisterous older members to behave in a similar way when the Section was on public display. If his pleas were ignored, he would cry out: "Members of the Frazer Nash Section get in your motor cars and go Home". Read more....
1981-1984 Dick Smith
In 1960 my wife, Rosemary, bought me the Nurburg as a wedding present and I’ve been an ardent Nashman ever since. In 1974, AFN Ltd held a party in the Hotel Metropole in Birmingham, and John Aldington asked the Nash Section to come along “To keep things lively”. Read more....
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1984-1987 Trevor Tarring
First event in my captaincy was the third mini-raid to Boulogne (60th anniversary of Gallop's win). We extended it to Reims, piggy-backed on to an Amilcar jolly featuring the first Boulard lunch. Then there was the Ian Stirling/Marl raid to Mull, which was my first outing in the Exeter. Read more....
1987-1990 John Malyan
In 1962 my life changed forever, for the better. I became the proud father of a daughter and bought my first Frazer Nash,the 1929 short chassis Super Sports, PK 4481.This car was raced by H J Aldington in 1930 and was the ex-Frank Morrison / ex-Peter Sweet car. Read more....
1990-1993 Alastair Pugh
My spell at the helm can be described as ‘inversion, coercion, diversion and submersion’. Inversion because my first act as Captain was to overturn my Anzani at Donnington Park, bending both myself and the car. Read more....
1993-1996 Tim Pryke
I can’t believe it was nearly twenty years ago!! The first year took us to Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales, culminating in a hill climb at Harewood in the most appalling wet weather, with most of the normally stalwart members retiring early! Read more....
1996-1999 Bill Roberts
Back in about 1965 I enjoyed a Frazer Nash Club picnic held by Betty Haigue, and this formed the first of three ambitions. The first was to host the Frazer Nash picnic. My second ambition was, for some strange reason, to take on the workload of being Club Captain. Read more....
1999-2002 Peter Cobb
I had been a Member of The Section since acquiring my first car, my Boulogne Vitesse, over 40 years before being elected as Captain in 1999. I had always been a regular competitor in VSCC events and was particularly active as Comp. Sec. in the 90’s and then as Captain. Read more....
2002-2005 Robin Parker
My father Cecil rescued Basil Davenport from a crashed, burning ‘Spider’ in an event in North Wales in 1922 and became great pals, so I always had an interest in the Chain Gang. I joined the Section in 1974 and served on the spares committee for ten years. Read more....
2005-2008 Roger Richmond
My term of office began in dramatic fashion with the decision of the VSCC that, after nearly sixty years as a Section of the parent Club, the Chain Gang should go its own way. This resulted in the hasty re-formation of the Frazer Nash Car Club, dormant since 1939. Read more....
2008-2011 Andy Cawley
I was mainly a trials man when I became Captain. I felt that I should emulate the heros of the past and become a “racing driver”. Though it is difficult to describe circulating in the Anzani as racing at least I had fun and now I can truthfully say I have competed in every branch of motorsport. Read more....
2011-2014 Louise Bunting
2014-2017 Annabel Jones
2017-2020 Steve Pryke
I have been in love with all things Frazer Nash since childhood. Part of our family folklore is that my father Hugh and his brother Tim were brought home from hospital as new born babies in my Grandfather’s Frazer Nash, so Nashing has been in the blood for three generations. Read more....
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