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Rolls-Royce armoured cars
Sir, With reference to the starting methods for Rolls-Royce armoured cars. My credentials are that I was a driver of…
February 1972
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The Vipen
Sir, I am trying to accumulate information on the Vipen car which was produced in Hull during the early part…
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What is it?
Sir, I was wondering if any readers could identify the first vehicle on the enclosed photograph ? The picture was…
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Their own oil
Sir, When I was employed in the Drawing Office of the Daimler Motor Co. in Coventry I was responsible for…
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A taste of the old days
Sir, In an unassuming sort of way the motorcyclists of Yorkshire have, for many years, taken part in an annual…
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My year's motoring
The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1971 The time—how it flies!—has come to review briefly the…
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They make racing cars—Elden
Racing car manufacturers are almost inevitably under-capitalised and, while this is not a great problem when one is building only…
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Rumblings, February 1972
Driving a Holden.—In the December issue of Motor Sport we wrote, "We have never ourselves driven a Holden, although we…
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Tuning topics: driving four fast Cortina Mk. 3s
Ford's best seller responds well to modification The title of Britain's biggest selling car, recently captured by Ford and their…
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Rally review, February 1972
The Monte Carlo Rally last month was the first of ten qualifiers in the International Rally Championship for Makes, as…
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The North American market
Sir, For 18 years I drove and enjoyed a succession of British-built automobiles. These varied from such mundane machinery as…
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Colours—and the Holden
Sir, On looking through various back numbers of Motor Sport, I noticed recent correspondence concerning the ridiculous names given to…
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Be prepared!
Sir, Re Motor Sport's "Be prepared" editorial. Having read your review of a Range Rover, a little later I ordered…
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A satisfied British Leyland customer
Sir, As a reader of Motor Sport for over 15 years, I now feel compelled to write to you over…
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Lane discipline
Sir, In the Province of Ontario, Canada, on all divided multiple-lane roads there is no "passing lane" as such. Any…
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Fiat faults
Sir, I read with interest Mr. L. R. Blewett's letter (Motor Sport, January 1972) as I have owned two Fiats,…
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The Editor vindicated!
Sir, With reference to "The Remarkable Mystery of the Elusive Dry-Cell" in your January issue. As the owner of a…
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Used Ferraris
Sir, May one of your more ancient readers offer thanks for D.S.J.'s splendid account of the Ferrari Dino in your…
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A safety slogan
Sir, Well you see, it was like this. There I was driving my ratty Mini round Sloane Square, and this…
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Love/hate
Sir, Letters are always a joy to me, but I am afraid that Mr. Paul Thomas has got it all…
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