Amid all the excitement about Audi's aluminium A2, spare a thought for the 1920s Pomeroy. Laurence H Pomeroy, born 1883, was apprenticed to the North London Locomotive Co. He went on to work for civil engineers and then joined Thornycroft, maker of steam and internal combustion engined vehicles and boats. He became assistant to the chief engineer at Vauxhall in 1906, where he created the legendary Prince Henry sporting models, from which was developed one of the finest drivers' - as opposed to chauffeurs' - cars of the vintage era, the 30/98. He had been elected to the council of the Institution of Automobile Engineers at the age of 28, having become works manager at Vauxhall two years earlier.
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机译：在关于奥迪A2铝材的所有兴奋中，请为1920年代的Pomeroy留个念头。劳伦斯·H·波默罗伊（Laurence H Pomeroy）生于1883年，曾在北伦敦机车公司当学徒。他继续为土木工程师工作，然后加入了蒸汽和内燃机车辆及船艇制造商Thornycroft。 1906年，他成为沃克斯豪尔（Vauxhall）首席工程师的助手，在那里他创造了传奇的亨利王子体育模型，从中发展出最优秀的司机（而不是司机）的老式汽车30/98之一。他于28岁当选为汽车工程师学会理事会成员，两年前成为Vauxhall的工程经理。
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