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The Remarkable
Reid Railton was one of the most brilliant of all pre-War engineers, using the talents of men like John Cobb…
July 2000
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Alan Jones: The worst car I ever drove — Toyota 87C
When the Beatrice Formula 1 team ground to a halt at the end of 1986, Alan Jones welcomed the chance…
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Aston's Hot Wyer Projects
John Wyer's final fling with Aston Martin created the beautiful, fast but frail project cars. Chris Nixon's recounts a tale…
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Greek Mythology
Simply the 'Acropolis Rally'. It is a name that will bring a wince to the faces of most rallymen but…
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Take the High Road
Looking back, it seems odd that the reasons I decided to take part in the Historic Endurance Rally Organisation's third…
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Remembering Bruce
On June 2, 1970, international motor sport lost one of its biggest stars and of its finest gentlemen, when Bruce…
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Gary Anderson: 'I wish I'd designed... Lotus 79'
The Lotus 79, the first real ground effect car was a very, very good package, the first realisation that aerodynamics…
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The Magic of a Name
By Peter Pugh ISBN 1-84046-151-9 Published by Icon Books UK, £30.00 I can still remember how enthralled I was to…
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Classic Grand Prix cars
By Karl Ludvigsen ISBN 0-7509-2189-7 Published by Sutton Publishing, £19.99 This is a thoughtful work from motoring historian Karl Ludvigsen,…
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Thousand Mile Trial
By Elizabeth Bennet ISBN: 0-9537930-0-1 Published by Elizabeth Bennett, £35.00 Mrs Elizabeth Bennett, besides editing the VC C's Gazette, has…
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Jeremy Clarkson on Ferrari
By Jeremy Clarkson ISBN 1-902989-05-8 Published by Lancaster, £245.00 run limited to 1500 copies This is puzzling. And worrying. Jeremy…
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Driving Ambition
By Doug Nye. ISBN n/a Published by Virgin, £425.00 If you buy anew Mercedes you can visit the factory to…
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Engines & Enterprise
By John Reynolds ISBN 0-7509-1712-1 Published by Sutton Publishing, £20.00 Here we have the full account of the life and…
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Autocourse 50 Years of World Championship Grand Prix Motor-racing
By Alan Henry ISBN 1-874557-78-0 Published by Hazleton, £40.00 There are no big surprises here, no sleeved tricks, just a…
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Rover's early sales drive
Mr Towers, Saviour of Rover and hopefully its future Guardian Angel, has, I believe, said plans for survival include not…
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Bentley's fire-engine
Milestone miniatures LTD of West End, Redruth Cornwall TR15 2SA have a very appealing model of the 3-litre Bentley fire-engine…
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Rosemeyer memorial
On the day before the much anticipated VSCC Richard Seaman and Flockhart Trophies race meeting at Donington Park, a memorial…
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Jack's Wheels Irish copies
A few copies of the late Jack Pouncy's Jack's wheels are available and fans of Brooklands, or trials of the…
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A bit of fun with the 'Old Crocks'
The theme of the Brooklands reunion on 2 July will be Aston Martins and veteran cars. Both are appropriate, because…
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Fiery fate - Trader tales
Thanks to a reader who sent me a copy of an item from The BromlOecord for February 1909, the sad…
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