Malcolm Victor Gauntlett was an English petrochemical entrepreneur and car enthusiast, best known for forming the largest independent petrol retail business in the United Kingdom, and for reviving Aston Martin.
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11 Facts About Victor Gauntlett
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Victor Gauntlett enjoyed racing Bentleys in club events, and owned a 4.
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Victor Gauntlett was an active supporter of the Le Mans classic parades in the eighties until they banned him for driving too fast.
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Victor Gauntlett led the sales team, and after some development and a lot of publicity when it became the world's fastest 4-seater production car, was able to sell with success the Aston Martin Lagonda into the Persian Gulf states, particularly Oman, Kuwait and Qatar.
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In 1986, Victor Gauntlett negotiated the return of fictional British secret agent James Bond to Aston Martin.
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Victor Gauntlett supplied his personal pre-production Vantage for use in the filming of "The Living Daylights, " and sold a Volante to Broccoli for use at his home in America.
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Qualified pilot from his time in the RAF, Victor Gauntlett owned a number of aircraft through his life, including De Havilland aircraft a Dragon Rapide, Tiger Moth, Leopard Moth, Fox Moth, a Dove, Chipmunk; a North American Harvard, a Douglas Dakota C-47; and a Mk1a Spitfire; he had sponsored aerobatic teams through his Petroleum Companies.
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Victor Gauntlett was known to attend historic aircraft auctions and indeed purchased a General Aircraft Cygnet from the former Strathallan Collection and donated it to the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune when the Museum dropped out of the bidding due to budget constraints.
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Victor Gauntlett was a long-standing council member of The Air League, which promotes all aspects of British aviation, and had been due to assume the league's chairmanship in June 2003.
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Victor Gauntlett was a trustee of the RAF Museum and the Maritime Air Trust and a retired trustee of the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop.
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Victor Gauntlett was appointed Honorary Air Commodore of No 4624 Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, based at RAF Brize Norton.
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