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Empty roads
On the Sunday and Monday of August Bank Holiday we had occasion to undertake journeys totalling 180 miles in a…
September 1942
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Racing car evolution part II: 1909-1916
In the issue of March, 1942, we published a long article by Cecil Clutton dealing with racing car evolution between…
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Veteran types-XXV
Hutton-Stott's 1903 de Dietrich Paris-Vienna Replica, described by Cecil Clutton When Motor Sport recently published a list of antique cars…
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A Thomas-Special in retirement
Details of one of the four-cylinder card now in New Zealand Some light on what has become of the 1 1/2-litre…
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At the cinema
A new motor-racing film, "Blonde Comet," probably the last we shall see until the end of the war, is now…
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Raid – pre-1939
Once upon a time, long, long ago, it used to be customary for Englishmen to celebrate the obsolete festivals known…
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Cars I have owned
C.R. Farquharson recalls his motoring experiences and enthuses over the Bugatti and Aston-Martin. Further contributions under this heading, amateur and…
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Rumblings, September 1942
Sixteen-valve Aston-Martin It is really rather astonishing how Bamford and Martin-type Aston-Martins have been coming to light recently and changing hands.…
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Club news, September 1942
J.C.C. The Junior Car Club continues to issue its "Gazette" quarterly, and from the April-June issue some interesting news items…
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Letters from readers, September 1942
Sir, Intense joy has been caused recently by the delivery of the April and May issues of Motor Sport, and my…
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Book review
Bits and Pieces, by Prince Birabongse of Thailand. (Fonlis, 7/6.) The first book ever written by "Bira" is something of…
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