Lance Reventlow at the wheel of his Scarab during a 1958 Cal Club regional race at Pomona. After working for Indy great Lujie Lesovsky, Remington was asked to join Reventlow’s Scarab operation.
Photo: Bob Tronolone
Is there anything Phil Remington hasn’t done over the course of his 60 years in motor sport? In children’s literature there are the Inspector Gadget books in which an intrepid Inspector Gadget comes up with a series of ingenious devices to thwart his foes. Perhaps the author of that series had Phil Remington in mind, as Phil has also come up with a wide variety of gadgets and fixes for the various automobiles on which he has worked. From hot rods to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One cars), to the Cobras and Ford GT 40s (Marks I, II, and IV), Phil has seen and conquered virtually every mechanical challenge against which he has been tasked. Our John Wright talked with Remington, at Dan Gurney’s All American Racers headquarters, about the early days of his amazing career.
Phil Remington
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