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The appliance of non-science
Sir, Oh dear, oh dear. What is all the commotion in the United States between the Indy Car World Series…
July 1996
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The Golden Age of British Motoring
The Golden Age Of British Motoring, by Roy Bacon. Sunburst Books, London, £19.99. Books of photographic reproductions of cars are…
Page 74
Collector's Guide - Jaguar XJS
Collector's Guide — Jaguar XJS, by Paul Skilleter. MRP, £14.99. One for Jag enthusiasts to add to a comprehensive list…
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Half-ton Formula
Half-Ton Formula, by Bernard Cowdray. Bookmarque, £24.99. This book covers Grand Prix and F1 cars and racing from 1961 to…
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Iconoclast
Original is best - except where it can be made better. Laurence Meredith meets an owner who is not afraid…
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Donington Park HSCC
Donington's Historic Superprix produced some of the most varied historic racing this year, worthy of far greater attendance. Alan Cox…
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Cleaner Carrera
No more hot-rods — that's the decision of the organisers of the Carrera PanAmeri cana. Increasingly dominated lately by virtually…
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On The Wall
A crowd of 2000 braved a chill May wind at Millbrook Proving Ground for the second Brooklands Action Day, promoted…
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Louis Vuitton Concours
This year's Grand Prix for Best of Show at the Louis Vuitton concours at the Hurlingham Club in London fell…
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Ure Back
Excellent racing and some rare machines vied for Alan Cox's attention at VSCC Silverstone in June The race of the…
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Fenning's Victory Splash
Round Two of the FlA Cup for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars with MOTOR SPORT fell on a soaking Magny-Cours circuit…
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Goodwood's Debut
Now that the Goodwood Festival of Speed is so firmly established and the present Earl of March is working hard…
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Relaxed Veterans
Johnny Thomas arranged a relaxing weekend in Wales for the SW Section of the Veteran Car Club over May 31/June…
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The Calthorpe
For some unaccountable reason I am apt to think of Calcott, Calthorpe, Clufey and Clyno as the four "Cs" of…
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V-to-C Miscellany, July 1996, July 1996
Claude Yates, whom 750 MC members will remember as a pioneer of Ford-engined A7 Specials and organiser of a trial…
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Cars in Books, July 1996
I was pleased to find that in A A Milne — His Life, by Ann Thwaite (Faber & Faber, 1990),…
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VSCC Fringe Trial
In May the VSCC took in the pleasing terrain on the fringe of the Lincolnshire Wolds for an appropriately named…
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Another Austin 7 Development
The Pre-War Austin 7 Club is holding a series of six sprints and four hillclimbs to decide the Bert Hadley…
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Vintage Wiscombe
The VSCC moved to Wiscombe in Devon on May 12 for its annual event on that interesting, twisting speed hillclimb…
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THE VSCC at Curborough
On May 5 the VSCC, in a busy sprint period, had its annual event at Curborough, a venue the public…
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