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Rule of the road
Sir, I cannot answer John Burnell's questinns directly, but my copy of the 1913 Michelin Guide to the British Isles…
December 1981
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Brooklands sewage
Sir Your obituary of Kaye Don and vintage car articles in Motor Sportof October have reminded me of some of…
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V-E-V odds & ends, December 1981
A member of the Mon-is Register, Steve Brown, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his car, a 1931 Morris-Oxford, by driving…
Page 70
Brighton problems
Brighton problems This year, those who started, but faded to finish were listed as: P. Briggs (1895 Peugeot), W. Schmidt…
Page 70
Shabby Bentley
Sir, While visiting a friend (non motor enthusiast) recently, I saw a piece of soft wool-like material, approximately 30" x 18",…
Page 70
VSCC Eastern Rally
VSCC Eastern Rally THIS annual event took place on the last Saturday in October, sixty pre-war cars attempting a 90…
Page 70
Simplex slip
Sir, It was clearly a slip of the pen or of the printer that rendered the name of the sponsor…
Page 76
Nelson Piquet
Following in the style of Niki Lauda Ever since the World Championship for Drivers was instituted in 1950 the business of…
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Tuning test: 1.8 Autocavan racing Golf
A very special saloon Over the racing seasons the category that was always referred to as Special Saloons, or sometimes Super…
Page 93
Lancia Montecarlo
A disappointment an absence of two years from the UK market, the Lancia Montecarlo reappeared on our roads earlier this…
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Number plates - NPA 5
The partners in H. W. Motors of New Zealand Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, John Heath and George Abecassis were very involved with the…
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"The Classic Twin-Cam Engine"
"The Classic Twin-Cam Engine" by Griffith Borgeson. 275 pp. 10" x 7" (Dalton Watson. 76 WardourStreet, London, WIV 4AN. £24.75…
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Books for Christmas
"Magnificent Mercedes — The Complete History Of The Marque" by Graham Robson. 224 pp. 12" x 9". (Haynes Publishing (Soup…
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"The Veteran Car Club-50 Years Pictorial History"
"The Veteran Car Club — 50 Years Pictorial History". by Elizabeth Nagle and Michael Sedgwick. 176 pp. 11 1/2" X 8". The…
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"One Hundred Years of Motoring- An RAC Social History of the Car"
"One Hundred Years of Motoring — An RAC Social History of the Car", by Raymond Flower and Michael Wynn-Jones. 224…
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"MG - Past & Present"
"MG — Past & Present" by Rivers Fletcher. 240 pp. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" (Gentry Books Ltd., 15, Pont…
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"Wings over Brooklands-The story of the Birthplace of British Aviation"
"Wings over Brooklands — The Story of the Birthplace of British Aviation," by Howard Johnson. 157 pp. 10" x 7".…
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"Royal Air Force - The Aircraft in Service Since 1918"
"Royal Air Force — The Aircraft in Service Since 1918" Paintings by Michael Turner, text by Chaz Bowyer. 208 pp:…
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Cars in books, December 1981
Fiction figures in this column less than it once did, because cars are encountered so frequently in biography and autobiography and…
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Grand Prix
"Grand Prix" by David Hodges, Doug Nye and Nigel Roebuck. 244 pp. 18" x 10" (Michael Joseph, London. £19.50) There…
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