A special F1 birthday card from long ago...

[RDMcG]

When my son was a teenager he had no interest in F1, although I had very good access in those days.

For his 16th birthday I bought a card to an F1 race, and had it signed by three F1 world champions as well as Eddie Jordan who had his team at that time.
He really did not think a lot about ;. I had it framed and it eventually ended up in a storage locker. He completely forgot about it.

In recent years he has developed a real interest in F1 and in track driving; I brought him to the Nürburgring in 2024 with. my 992RS and he has been back by himself several time since that.

Recently I was cleaning out the locker and there among the detritus was the framed F1 birthday card, signed by Jackie Stewart ,Mika Häkkinen and Damon Hill who have six F! word championships among them. Eddie Jordan signed in Gaelic as I am Irish

So, 26 years later I am bringing his birthday card back tomorrow him this week.....





Happy it survived.

[Zammy]

Grest story and just brilliant... What a nice surprise for your son.

[LivLL]

I keep forgetting EJ isn't with us anymore.

What a nice gift for your son now he's into the sport.

[Bright Halo]

That is excellent!
Very nice indeed.

[garythesign]

What a lovely momento.

I was at Mondello Park for their classic meeting last year.

They had three of Eddie’s cars doing demo runs.

They did him proud

[Jasandjules]

What a present that will be

[StevieBee]

Autographs are so much 'nicer' and personal than selfies I think!

I've got loads stuffed in various boxes and files in the loft from the 80s and early 90s when you could sneak into the paddock.

[RDMcG]

Jasandjules said:

What a present that will be

I had it framed up for him- will give it to him when he arrives in London this weekend. Only 26 years late!....

[BenA27]

This is brilliant!

When I was 7 my dad wrote to Ross Brawn via Silverstone and got me a birthday card signed from Michael Schumacher. Proudly displayed on my wall for years until we noticed the ink begin to fade. Now safe in a fire proof box!

[RDMcG]

I gave the card to my son today. He was quite struck by it. As a man of 42 and a current F1 fan it means a lot more now that it did to a youngster of 15 with no interest in cars 27 years ago.

[Petrus1983]

RDMcG said:

I gave the card to my son today. He was quite struck by it. As a man of 42 and a current F1 fan it means a lot more now that it did to a youngster of 15 with no interest in cars 27 years ago.

Absolutely brilliant

[geeks]

I got a birthday card for my FiL signed by Stirling Moss a few years ago, he cherished it for some time, sadly it was lost when their house burned down and he died soon after. Nice that you were able to find this and get it displayed for your son.

[Petrus1983]

geeks said:

I got a birthday card for my FiL signed by Stirling Moss a few years ago, he cherished it for some time, sadly it was lost when their house burned down and he died soon after. Nice that you were able to find this and get it displayed for your son.

That's awful geeks - sorry for your loss.

[geeks]

Petrus1983 said:

geeks said:

I got a birthday card for my FiL signed by Stirling Moss a few years ago, he cherished it for some time, sadly it was lost when their house burned down and he died soon after. Nice that you were able to find this and get it displayed for your son.

That's awful geeks - sorry for your loss.

Thanks, it was a few years ago as I say. Thread was a nice reminder though of some happy memories, getting to meet SM was a pleasure and my FiL showed everyone who came over his special birthday card that he proudly displayed. He passed when he was 86 so not a terrible innings, we should all be so lucky

[RDMcG]

geeks said:

I got a birthday card for my FiL signed by Stirling Moss a few years ago, he cherished it for some time, sadly it was lost when their house burned down and he died soon after. Nice that you were able to find this and get it displayed for your son.

My sympathy on that,but very good that he got to experience the thrill of getting such a special gift.

[Petrus1983]

geeks said:

Thanks, it was a few years ago as I say. Thread was a nice reminder though of some happy memories, getting to meet SM was a pleasure and my FiL showed everyone who came over his special birthday card that he proudly displayed. He passed when he was 86 so not a terrible innings, we should all be so lucky

Of that generation I've met Stirling and Jackie - I must have met JS on a bad day but Stirling at Goodwood was an absolute delight.

[wibble cb]

Looks good, I can confirm the Damon signature looks authentic, I have one as my dad asked for his autograph twice when delivering a package to him( when people were still asked to sign for stuff!)

[geeks]

Petrus1983 said:

geeks said:

Thanks, it was a few years ago as I say. Thread was a nice reminder though of some happy memories, getting to meet SM was a pleasure and my FiL showed everyone who came over his special birthday card that he proudly displayed. He passed when he was 86 so not a terrible innings, we should all be so lucky

Of that generation I've met Stirling and Jackie - I must have met JS on a bad day but Stirling at Goodwood was an absolute delight.

I've met JS as well, also must have been a bad day, he seems to have a lot of them

[Petrus1983]

geeks said:

I've met JS as well, also must have been a bad day, he seems to have a lot of them