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The day John Love almost became an F1 winner: 1967 South African GP
Over the decades every top racing driver has lost a potential victory in unfortunate circumstances, but few have suffered a…
January 2001
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A stormy Brighton Run
In spite of floods and a strong wind that tried to blow down the finish arch on Madeira Drive, that…
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Two interesting books
All in Good Time, by George Daniels, is the sort of book you know you are going to enjoy before…
Page 91
Itala moves on
Pleasant surprise: George Daniels called by (above), to show me the famous 12-litre 1908 GP Itala, which he has bought…
Page 91
Success for ingenious JCC
The caption relating to the lead picture with my discourse on small French sportscars last month was of the 1925…
Page 91
DSJ's prophecy
I turn to Alan Henry's column in Autocar first, because it is about motor racing. But the last time I…
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Tyre building won't perish
A number of historic buildings associated with the Motor and Allied Industries have been destroyed, sadly. These include the Talbot…
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An unstoppable lady racer
To cheer me up after thinking of Electronic control of racing cars (see page 91), I recalled a driver at…
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Books on Dunlop, MGF and XJ-S
Dreoilin specialist republications Ltd of County Meath, Ireland, have published Jim Cooke's John Boyd Dunlop (ISBN 1 902 773 10…
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