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Watch those barriers!
Sir, It will not have escaped your notice that National Car Parks made a huge profit out of the motorist…
January 1972
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Progress and profits
Sir, It is interesting to recall that it was only in 1961 that you wrote of the Fiat-based Abarth "the…
Page 55
Spares availability in Deutschland
Sir, With reference to the letter from J. Grottick of Stuttgart, I would not be at all surprised to hear…
Page 56
Spares for Daimler Majestics
Sir, I have read several times in the pages of Motor Sport regretful remarks at the sad demise of the…
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Quality
Sir, Just how does one contact British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd.? Upon enquiry at the local distributors I was told…
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Service after sale
Sir, Alas for my hopes that Continental manufacturers and their British agents took more trouble over their customers than their…
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The price of Lucas parts
Sir, I was disturbed to read the letter which you published in November's Motor Sport from a Mr. J. Grottick…
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And now—the "Auntie" Rover P4 again
Sir, I purchased a 1962 Rover 100 nearly four years ago for £375 which had covered 27,500 miles by one…
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Concours d'Elegance
Sir, After reading your comments of the Goodyear Concurs d'Elegance at Halfpenny Green airfield I felt it was time some…
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The "W. O." Memorial Fund
Sir, I have been appointed Co-ordinator of the "W. O." Memorial Fund in memory of the late W. O. Bentley…
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Price up
Sir, I would like to bring to the attention of the hard-pressed motoring public one of the most blatant price…
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The remarkable mystery of the elusive dry-cell
Some years ago we were road-testing a 3-litre six-cylinder Rover and in the course of our report mentioned that one…
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It's never too soon to begin!
Sir, Much to our amazement my friend and I (both aged 14) found that the Isle of Skye provided more…
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"Spanner"
Sir, I have read your review of "Airships" by Robert Jackson. In this you refer to a book about airships,…
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The RAC Rally
Sir, I had the greatest of pleasure in watching the RAC Rally pass along the A6 late on Monday afternoon.…
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