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1929 IN RETROSPECT
dr§ E. K. 11. KAR5LAKE. ANOTHER year has come to an end, another succession of epic battles has been fought out on road and track, and once more we may…
Sir,
I read with great interest your article on Mr. P. A. Mann’s magnificent restoration of the 1914 GP Mercedes, and I feel sure that Mr. Mann will not mind if I make one observation which may well have occurred equally to him; which is, that it is a pity that the front number plate obscures the uniquely-shaped cross-member beneath the radiator, such an eye-catching feature in contemporary photographs of this model. Understandably the member is the obvious position for the plate, but I do hope that when Mr. Mann competes on the track he will be able to remove it easily, and so give us a decent frontal exposure!
“30/98” – [Name and address supplied. – Ed.