Wolfgang Frederick Hugo Zeuner -1934-1993
Reprinted with kind
permission from Bugantics Magazine No: 56-3 late 1993.
It is very sad to have to report the death in July of "Wolf"
as he was
known to his many friends and acquaintances. He was a tremendous
enthusiast with a wide range of interests. "Can't" was a word he did not
understand.
He returned from a short term service commission in the RAF in
Germany in the 1950's with a BMW 501 called "Concetta", which covered
thousand of miles and which is still at his home. He joined the BMW Club
Wolf Zeuner earnestly making a point with typically oily fingers
in March 1958, the Committee in April 1959 and became editor
of the Bulletin in December 1960, taking over from R J Hewitt their
Founder. He also on the Bugatti Affairs and Competitions Committee.
A son of Professor Zeuner, a leading Zoologist, he was a Biology teacher
by profession and a very good one as he had an enquiring mind and his
enthusiasm and interest in many things were conveyed to his pupils He had
many cars over the years; several BMW's, Bugattis, Ferraris, Lancia and
Rolls Royce. He also rescued and restored small steam boats. He had a
passion for Hannibal, spending much time researching which Alpine Pass
Hannibal and his elephants really used. He enriched the lives of those who
knew him and we shall mss him- we extend our condolences to his wife
Elizabeth and his children Jane Christopher and Sophia, and his brother
Christopher
Tony Hutchings
Wolf was a teacher at The Bishops School, Hereford, which I attended.
He would arrive in his 1922 Brescia Bugatti, which he shared with Tony
Hutchings. I became one of the squad required to push start it at the end ot
the day Such was my introduction to both the world of Bugatti and of
BMW. Being inspired by his great enthusiasm, I then got involved in the
Prescott scene and have been a member of the BOC for 30 years.
He retired from teaching some years ago, divorced and remarried and
started a light engineering workshop, making Bugatti parts, mostly
Brescia. He owned and competed in an original Type 37 for many years too,
recently bringing it to meetings in an ex-Army lorry. He was active in his
local church, being a church warden.
Wolf moved on to Belmont Abbey School, Hereford, followed by me.
Old cars were still a common interest and I, among others, have a lot to
thank Wolf for.
Mark Garfitt
