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Veteran to classic: Austin 7s in the JCC 200-mile races
In a class of its own! With 750 Austin 7s expected at the 750 MC's Silver Jubilee National Rally at…
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A Happy Eta!
Those who saw John Nicholson's 1912 Lancia Eta at the VSCC New Year's Day meeting at Ledbury (where it was…
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National Wyedean Rally
Sponsored for the first time by the Hyundai importers, the Forest of Dean MC's Rally on February 7 was the…
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Cape Town celebration
From the Weekend Argus we learn that the 50th Anniversary of Cape Town's first international Grand Prix was celebrated recently.…
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V to C miscellany, April 1987
Following discussion of fake vintage and historic cars in Motor Sport, CE Allen, the founder of the Vintage MCC, comments…
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V to C miscellany, April 1987
Late last year I just missed going out in a very smart, long-tailed sports Belgian FN (a 12/50 hp model…
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Cars in books, April 1987
There is a rather surprising number of motoring references, many of special interest to Rolls-Royce enthusiasts, in Bendor—The Golden Duke…
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VCC Roll of Honours
The Veteran Car Club's AGM takes place on March 28 at the RAC. It awarded 25 major trophies for last…
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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Best in the World Only one 40/50 Rolls-Royce is strictly known as "The Silver Ghost"— AX201, built in 1906, works…
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Veteran to classic
Desmodromics revisited Last month we disclosed Griffith Borgeson's skillful defence of Leon Michelat's 1914 GP Delage design as the first…
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Veteran to classic
The roads of the 1920s In continuing to look at the diaries of Owen John — as far as the…
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Salisbury Ner-a-Car
Following our publication of a picture of a Ner-a-Car (Motor Sport, February 1987), we learn that a reader in Salisbury,…
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Record Bentley in the USA
American racing driver Augie Pabst owns the 41/2-litre Bentley with which the Hon Mrs Victor Bruce took the 24-hour record…
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Obituary: Dennis Poore
Roger Dennistoun Poore has died at the age of 70. He will be remembered for his company-director achievements but equally…
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HVCC takes on the EEC
The value of the Historic Vehicle Clubs Committee was well illustrated last year, when the Historic Commercial Vehicle Society came…
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Bret's Bugatti
From France, we hear that when racing driver Edward Bret ceased to be a flying instructor at the CFS at…
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The Best of British Buses
Those of our readers who are interested in the road-transport scene from the public-service vehicle angle will be glad to…
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Bentley - The Vintage Years, 1919-1931
by Michael Hay. 522pp. 91/2" x 8" (Dalton Watson plc. 21 Brook Mews North, London W2 3BW £39.95) There have…
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Super Profile
Latest of the £5.95 Foulis/Haynes Super Profile books is by John Wheatly, about the Austin-Healey 100/6 and 3000 and all…
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Porsche 959
by Jurgen Lewandowski. (Motormedia Ltd, PO Box 3, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 SRL. £110-£130 from March 31 1987) For sheer…
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