While still training, in his spare time Palmer designed and built a sports car for the racing driver Joan Richmond and called it the Deroy after a tin mine his father owned in Mozambique. He completed the Deroy in 1936 and drove the car to the M.G.
During his spare time while training, Palmer created a sports car for Joan Richmond, naming it the Deroy after a tin mine his father owned in Mozambique. He completed the Deroy in 1936 and took the car to the M.G.