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He was educated at King Henry VIII School in Coventry and went on to serve his apprenticeship with Alvis.
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Harry Mundy
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He left them in 1936 to join English Racing Automobiles (European Research Area) in Bourne, Lincolnshire as a draughtsman. He left European Research Area in 1939 and returned to Coventry to work at the Morris Engines factory. After World World War II he moved to British Racing Motors (Biological Response Modifiers) in 1946 as head of the design office, being involved in the design of the Biological Response Modifiers V16 Formula One engine, before moving on again in 1950 to Coventry Climax engines as chief designer working on the FWA engine.
His career then took a change in direction and he moved into journalism becoming Technical Editor of The Autocar magazine in 1955 but while there he also worked on the design of the Ford based twin-cam engine for Lotus.
However, following Jaguar"s purchase of Coventry Climax in 1963, Walter Hassan persuaded Mundy to return to engineering where they developed the Jaguar V12 engine. Harry Mundy would stay with Jaguar until his retirement in 1980 after which he still did some consultancy work.
