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STD Anniversary
Forty years ago Mrs WB started the Sunbeam Register (owning then a 1927 Sunbeam 16 tourer, the opening rally being…
August 1990
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Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies
Saturday The weather Gods decided to look kindly upon the VSCC when they hosted their annual pilgrimage to OuIton Park…
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A Study in Record Breaking
Motor car speed in the ultimate has always been represented by the prevailing position of what is conveniently called The…
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Relative Speeds
It would be nice to think that the LSR was way ahead of the speeds of the faster aeroplanes. In…
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Forgotten Makes No.93: The 'pedals to push' Adams
We have long become used to most car manufacturers offering an automatic transmission option and it is no longer considered…
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Readers' Requests
Graham Bowkett enquires about two cars that have come into the possession of the British Motor Car Co. of Wilmette,…
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Imperia Bodywork
John Plant writes to say that those readers interested in coachwork may like to know that he has a 1936…
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A life with HWM
by Fred Hobbs. 203pp. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JJ. £15.95. This is the story of Fred's motoring…
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An Unsanitory Situation
Sir I have just returned from Le Mans where, of course, I enjoyed enormously the Jaguar victory, but isn't it…
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TV Omissions
Sir As your Le Mans preview article (June issue) aptly pointed out, the fight between the ACO and FISA/FIA was…
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Supercharged hearse
Sir I was intrigued by WB's notes on the pre-war Mercedes transporters which appeared in the recent MOTOR SPORT and…
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A Very British Victory
Sir Mr Murray Walker is a very professional commentator to whom we listen with respect, his name being synonymous with…
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'Slippery Ann'
Sir With reference to "A7 Chat" in MOTOR SPORT May 1990 and the interview with George Coldicutt and mention of…
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Adiabatic
The achilles heel of the conventional metal internal combustion engine is heat. An engine develops a massive amount of heat;…
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