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Matters of Moment, December 1969
• Adventure Ahead However expensive and congested and policed everyday motoring is becoming, there is no denying that competition motoring…
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Racing Notes
A strange situation has arisen in the Grand Prix world, for after winning the 1969 World Championship with a Cosworth…
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Rally Review, December 1969
Tour De Corse Although British rallyists, both professional and amateur, have always supported French events, particularly the Alpine Rally, it…
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Alfa Romeo Spares
The Alfa Romeo OC has purchased a large quantity of spares applicable to pre-1963 models, in order to serve members…
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Fiat of Turin Reply
[Last month's article "Two Fiat 'Firsts' and a Fiat Failure" has aroused much interest, as this month's Vintage Postbag (pages…
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Racing into the Winter
There was a time when racing came to a dead stop towards the end of September, usually culminating in the…
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American Comment
THE 1969 Can-Am series has been completed and despite all the dire forecasts by the prophets of doom there now…
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Can-Am—Rounds 10 and 11-Riverside and Texas
Riverside All the Canadian-American Challenge Cup races are theoretically of equal importance, but one event, the Times Grand Prix at…
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Books for Christmas
"Ford: The Dust and the Glory. A Racing History", by Leo Levine. 630 pp. 9½ in. x 6¾ in. (Collier-Macmillan…
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Cars in Books, December 1969
Noticing that this feature has dried up in recent months, a reader in Alberta kindly sent me a copy of…
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Veteran—Edwardian—Vintage
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters Panhard-Levassor Motoring, On the Brighton Run This year's Veteran Car Commemoration Run was a…
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V-E-V Odds and Ends
A bull-nose Morris-Cowley engine and chassis, adapted for farm purposes, and an early lorry of unknown make lie on a…
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The Progress Made With "Babs"
A Report by Owen Wyn Owen The end of October saw the completion of the first six months' work on…
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Fragments on Forgotten Makes
No 44: The Beardmore Last summer I met Mr. George H. Allsworth who, although in his 94th year, was able…
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Vintage Postbag, December 1969
A Sports Clyno Sir, I enclose a photograph of my "bargain". I bought it in 1933 from a dealer for…
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V.E.V. Miscellany, December 1969
Through a chance encounter, Major Lambton discovered in south Wales the original 2-litre Alta engine and gearbox for his HWM,…
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Tuning Test: British Leyland Special Tuning Maxi
The Austin Maxi has not met with unanimous acclaim from the critics, in spite of which British Leyland are confident…
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Girls and Cars
When I received a letter from Barbie Buss, the Editor of Woman, together with a free copy of this magazine,…
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Formula Two Review
European Championship The 1969 Championship, which came to a close at the Gran Premio Roma, with Johnny Servoz-Gavin coming through…
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The Grand Prix Drivers
A friend of mine has a simple saying which is "The name of the game is WINNING" and there is…
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