Over the course of his life, Frank Gardner has been a boxer, a surfer and a motorcycle mechanic before moving on to motor racing in Australia, England and eventually, throughout the world. Our Patrick Quinn managed to catch up with Frank at his Australian driver-training facility and found him to be both amazingly funny and one of the most self-effacing drivers he’s ever met.
Frank, you ran a C-Type Jaguar in Sydney during the 1950s which you sold to Leaton Motors for Frank Matich to drive. Was that when you left for London for the English racing scene?
