Retirement
After he retired from racing in 1958 he concentrated on his garage business. He co-wrote an autobiography called Touch Wood!. Duncan Hamilton died in Sherborne, Dorset. His son Adrian Hamilton, a classic car dealer, runs his father's garage today. Duncan's grandson Archie Hamilton is also a racing driver.
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Famous quotes containing the word retirement:
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—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
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Of what is to come in.
A comfort of retirement lives in this.
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