I took my oldest lad (then 16) to Goodwood FOS in 2014 for the full four days, there was an auction on in the big house before the weekend events kicked off.
Standing outside in the baking sun looking at the sculptures on the lawn, got yapping to another bloke there with his son.
His lad wanted to go home.
Chap asked if we wanted his passes for the auction, err yes please!
There was an original gulwing on the way into the main tent, my lads favourite car at the time... he was having a good nose about it, asked me what it would be like to drive. The old boy behind him turned round, put his hand my my lads shoulder and told him 'it was a real mans car have to grab it by the scuff of the neck', i dont remember much of the rest of the minute or so long conversation on cars her had with my son, I asked if he minded a photo, so I got a picture with my lad and Stirling Moss. Big beaming smile. I knew who he was, had never really followed motorsports enough of that era to understand it, but he is elevated into god status for me, he didn't have to do that, we looked so out of place there in shorts and sweaty T shirts.
I still have the catalogue somewhere, we worked out if we sold the van we could afford about three things, one was a poster... We were in the tent as a Ferrari 275 sold for a eight figure sum.
Was one of many open encounters that weekend which took both my own and my sons love for machines to a whole new place.
