frame and made into Nota Tace with a Hillman engine and ran in the Clubman series (This being similar in style as the Lotus 7 and super 7 of the era). Buckingham returned to England in 1971 to carry on with Cars, Clocks & Music but retired from the motorcar race & build industry in the 80's. He retired from playing trumpet in the "Bucks, Berks & Oxon Big Band" and his son, Lee Buckingham's "Big Band Swing" at the age of 88 after minor heart problems and in his words "running out of puff" Nota is still going strong, currently being run by Buckingham's other son, Chris, producing high performance Road & Race cars, namely the F1 & LeMans. In 2006 Rod Moore & Bruce Bloodworth published a book entitled "The Nota Files, a marque of two men". It is a detailed book capturing all the details of the Nota car company from the day it was founded up until the present day. () Buckingham had his Biography privately published, covering all his Royal Air Force, Music, Motor Racing and other life exploits. Buckingham died on 17 November 2015 at the age of 94. References External links Nota Sports Cars Nota Engineering http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=387378 1921 births 2015 deaths British automobile designers British emigrants to Australia