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Matters of Moment, November 1968
• Showtime Soliloquy Less than a week ago the Earls Court Motor Show ended, marking the end of another year.…
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"Dog Eats Dog"
Sir, Once you leave nuts and bolts and bore and stroke, you do have a time with spelling, don't you?…
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American Comment
The challenge has been put back into the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series. Although the works McLaren team of Bruce McLaren…
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Rally Review, November 1968
"The most magnificent motorcade in history" is how the Daily Express describes its London-Sydney Marathon which will begin from London's…
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A Lighthearted Look at the London Show
The Editor and the Continental Correspondent Tramp the Earls Court Aisles W.B. and D.S.J. joined forces on Press Preview Day…
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1968 United States Grand Prix race report: Stewart dictates the pace
Two weeks after the Canadian Grand Prix held in the ski country north of Montreal the Grand Prix “circus” moved…
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Le Mans 24 Hours
This year Le Mans was run to the new Formula of 3-litres for Group 6 cars and 5-litres for Group…
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200 Miles per Hour
It was not so long ago that 100 m.p.h. was considered a magic figure, attainable only by very special machinery;…
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A Koni Film
Koni, makers of those excellent shock-absorbers, have a 16 mm. colour film, which runs for 30 minutes with magnetic recess-type…
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Miniatures News, November 1968
Recent releases include some very welcome new models in the high quality Dinky Toys series, these include a B.M.W. 2000…
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Book News
I am delighted to learn that my old friend Dudley Noble, a Vice-President of the Guild of Motoring Writers, has…
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The Guild at Silverstone
It used to be the Guild at Goodwood. Now the Guild of Motoring Writers holds its annual Motor Show Test…
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The Gilbern
How it is Made : How it Goes The Gilbern GT should be well known to regular readers of Motor…
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Records Weekend (October 5th/6th)
The annual weekend of record-breaking attempts at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire saw another big batch of car and motorcycle records…
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Veteran - Edwardian - Vintage, November 1968
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters The V.S.C.C. Welsh Week-end (October 5th/6th) This traditional fixture ran true to form, with…
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Vintage Postbag, November 1968
14/40 or 16/60? Sir, Although I would not dream of crossing pens with Peter Pringle, is RPK500 a 14/40 Lea-Francis?…
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Letter from Europe
[By means of which the Continental Correspondent, while he is motoring abroad, keeps in touch with the Editor.] Dear W.…
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Book Reviews, November 1968, November 1968
"The Complete Encyclopaedia of Motorcars-1885-1968". Edited by G. N. Georgano. 640 pp. 11¼ in. x 8¾ in. (Michael Joseph Ltd.,…
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1968 Canadian Grand Prix race report: Denny Hulme dominates
The first Canadian Grand Prix held last year at Mosport was sandwiched between the German Grand Prix and the Italian…
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Le Mans 1968
A Spectator's View The Le Mans 24-hour race was postponed from June to the end of September and this gave…
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