Exactly right Kwaussie although I though Griffiths owned it. Either way, the car was entered by Sir Charles and legend has it that Ron Frost was so taken by this that he seemingly overlooked the fact that the car was an old F1 car from the 1.5 era.

Irrespective of whether this story is correct, it always reminds me of Lord Melberry from Episode 1 of Fawlty Towers and Basil's fawning over the 'Lord' that he subsequently discovers is a con man...