1.0Supercars.nethttps://www.supercars.net/blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wNQVxZGDPi"><a href="https://www.supercars.net/blog/edwin-dick-barton-1931-2018/">Edwin “Dick” Barton (1931-2018)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.supercars.net/blog/edwin-dick-barton-1931-2018/embed/#?secret=wNQVxZGDPi" width="600" height="338" title="“Edwin “Dick” Barton (1931-2018)” — Supercars.net" data-secret="wNQVxZGDPi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Edwin-Dick-Barton-credit-Mike-Jiggle.jpg1080895Edwin Barton, or “Dick” as he was affectionately known, in deference to the popular 1940s British radio series and the Hammer films fictitious hero “Dick Barton — Special Agent.” While not a special agent, Dick Barton became a very close friend and right hand man of Brian Lister. Barton had studied at Technical College prior to joining George Lister Engineering of Cambridge, the company that would eventually produce some of the finest British sports racing cars of the 1950s, taking […]