Young William Berkley ‘Bummer’ Scott came from a privileged family.

Father was a judge and home was Calgary Castle in Scotland.

At Fettes he was captain of cricket, he earned a rugger Blue at Cambridge University, was selected to play in a Scottish Rugby Trial and won the Scottish Squash Championship.

An early interest in motorcycles nurtured his mechanical interests and soon after he was able to drive he acquired his first racing car, a 5 litre Indianapolis Sunbeam, surely a baptism of fire.

This was to be followed by a remarkable sequence of truly historic and significant cars, including a 1924 Grand Prix Sunbeam, the 1927 1 1/2 litre Grand Prix Delage, an Austro-Daimler, Amilcars, the Thomas Special and a number of Bugattis.

His wife Jill shared his interest and their passion for racing saw them setting up home at Grasmere, a handsome house at Old Byfleet, a stone’s throw from the Brooklands Circuit.

Scott maintained a shed at Brooklands from which he bought and sold cars and ...