Gordon Spice
Gordon Spice (born 18 April 1940), is an ex British racing driver who competed in both sports cars and Touring Car racing in the 1960s and 1970s before starting Spice Engineering with fellow racing driver Ray Bellm in the 1980s.
Spice was most notable for his involvement with Ford Capri both as a driver and as part of Spice Engineering.
Gordon, as well as running a car accessory shop in Egham, in the early days of car accessory retailing, also founded, or maybe co-founded Gordon Spice Cash And Carry. They supplied motor accessories to trade customers and, at the peak of the business, they had cash and carry depots in Staines, Watford, Canning Town and Leicester. Subsequent floatation as a PLC. And an over ambitious investment in a state of the art central distribution centre, plus changing market conditions, led to the demise of the companyt.
References
Further reading
- Jeremy Walton, Life of Spice: The Autobiography of Gordon Spice ISBN 1-84425-568-9