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"The TVRs - Grantura to Tasmin"
"The TVRs — Grantura to Tasmin" by Graham Robson. 128 pp. 7 1/4" x 9 1/4" 'Motor Racing Publications Ltd.,…
November 1981
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"Supermarine Aircraft since 1914"
"Supermarine Aircraft since 1914" by C. F. Andrews & E. B. Morgan. 400 pp. 8 1/4," x 5 1/2" (Putnam…
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"The Schneider Trophy Races"
"The Schneider Trophy Races" by Ralph Barker. 272 pp. 5¼ n 5½'. ?Airhle Publishing Ltd., 7 St. John's Hill, Shrewsbury.…
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Cars in books, November 1981
This time, thanks to the generosity of a reader, Bob Hammond of Palm Springs, California, I have been reading what I…
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Seat-belt sense
Sir, I have been a reader of Motor Sport for many years and value it highly. One grows to tolerate…
Page 114
OKV 3
Sir, I was delighted to see my D-type Jaguar featured in your interesting series on Number Plates, and thought you…
Page 114
Company car tax
Sir, Many of your readers must have Company cars. I have seen no protests from them yet in your excellent…
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Belting up
Sir, Following your leader "Compulsion" in the September issue I would like to make a few points about the restrictions…
Page 115
OKV 3 again
Sir, Congratulations on the excellent series on number plates. Last month's feature about OKV 3 was of especial interest to we…
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Further turbine thoughts
Sir, Ferrari seems to have stretched the engine capacity limiting rule of Formula 1 with the intermittent external combustion energy…
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OKV 3 article
Sir, The article on OKV3 reminded me of an incident twenty-five years ago. At that time I had seen OKV…
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Alta remains
Sir, I was interested in Mr. John Norman's letter in the September issue on the Alta remnants which browned in…
Page 115
OKV 3T
Sir, I was most interested in D.S.J.'s article on the D-type Jaguar (p. 1457). The same number, with the addition…
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Exhaust turbocharging
Sir, With Reference to C. B. F. WinstanIcy's letter (October issue), the Napier Nomad was in fact a horizontally-opposed 12-cylinder…
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Sponsorship down under
Sir, Prize money, or lack of it, has always been a problem with motor sport in Australia. However, things…
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The BL "Standard Squeak"
Sir, I write to inform you of "The British Leyland standard squeak" which I am sure you will be interested…
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Of this and that
Sir, Motor Sport continues to bring joy and interest monthly to this Spanish hillside and your October edition was no…
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DAD 10
Sir, I have just received my August Motor Sport, and was very interested to read Denis Jenkinson's article about DAD…
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Good service
Sir, I recently suffered a case of severe mechanical indigestion on my Rover 2.6. Within an hour of being notified…
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