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Anchors!
It is true, as Mr B J Walsh of Loughborough pointed out in his letter (MOTOR SPORT, December 1986), that…
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V to C Miscellany, February 1987
A 1922 Type AK 32hp Minerva chassis that had been lying on a farm near Salisbury has been rescued by…
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Primitive Longevity
Many of the spectators who turn out every November to watch the veterans go by on the Brighton Run probably…
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Group C Jaguar XJR-6
In its first full season of racing the Jaguar XJR-6 achieved one world Sports Car Championship victory, at Silverstone in…
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Cars in Books, February 1987
There is one item of interest to this column in the well-written book by Janet Hitchman, Such A Strange Lady…
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The Return of the 1914 TT Sunbeams
For the 600-mile, two-day 1914 Isle of Man TT, Louis Coatalen entered three twin-cam 3,295cc Sunbeams, which bore a close…
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Frazer Nash Flashback
A mystery of sixty years' standing was solved last month when the owner of an early Frazer Nash was taken…
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Fixtures News
The dates of veteran to classic 1987 fixtures are beginning to come in. Sixty cars from 1911 to 1958 are…
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Mercedes Postscript
Last month we suggested that the Mercedes Sixty which won the 1903 Gordon Bennett race in Ireland, driven by Camile…
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VSCC New Year
More than 60 pre-war cars and a few motorcycles supported Mark Garfitt's New Year's Day VSCC meeting at The Vernon's…
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The Roads of the 1920s
Having returned from his Continental tour in a 14/45hp Poppe-designed Rover tourer, as we described in the November 1986 MOTOR…
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Rear-engined Racers
It is not every day that we receive letters from readers in Czechoslovakia, so we were glad to hear from…
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1987 VSCC Fixtures
This year the Vintage Sports Car Club will hold two race meetings at Silverstone, on April 25th and June 27th,…
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Rolls-Royce - The Cars And Their Competitors 1906-1965
Rolls-Royce — The Cars And Their Competitors 1906-1965 by A B Price. 192pp. 10" x 7". (B T Batsford Ltd,…
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VW Beetle & Transporter
The VW Beetle still roams the world's roads and Foulis have come up with a 325-page book (10 3/4" x…
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Miniatures News, February 1987
Bellini Models of Hampshire has expanded its Piccolino range of 1/76 scale miniatures with two single-seaters and two sports-cars. A…
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Privateer Pleasure
Sir, It gave me great pleasure to read the articles about Connaught in the October and November issues, reviving happy…
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CT at Deauville
Sir, I read Cholmondeley Tapper's book Amateur Racing Driver in my boyhood, and accordingly found your article on him (December…
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Times Change
Sir, The rights and wrongs of it are another matter, but I think that it is high time that DSJ…
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New Olds Research
Sir, Any motoring historians who also happen to be pop-music aficionados will, no doubt, have been fascinated to note that…
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