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Triumph and disaster
Forty years ago the sport was shaken to its very core by the Le Mans disaster. Indeed, it almost shuddered…
June 1995
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Image enhancer
Inheriting the 924 from Audi, Porsche found itself with a sound but unexciting coupe struggling to earn its badge. Something…
Page 92
Star-spangled spanner
As the long trip by boat from his native Cape Town came to an end at Southampton in the damp…
Page 102
The superlative Spyker
The "Dustless Spyker" — so called, not because it excelled in those RAC dust-trials aimed at keeping down road grit…
Page 106
VSCC Light Car Weekend
We reported on this event of April 1/2 last month but the results were then unavailable. The Saturday driving tests…
Page 106
A Wet Colerne
The VSCC's requests to the weather-gods met with a bleak reception on April 21, when the Colerne speedtrials were run…
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Home Again
It is good to hear of the return to the town of its origin of the only surviving 50 hp…
Page 107
Trials MG Sixtieth
The MGCC got a very fine response on April 29/30 to its 60th Anniversary of the formation of the MG…
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V-to-C Miscellany, June 1995, June 1995
Steaming, the very high-class magazine of the national Traction Engine Club, had an interesting article recently by John Hirons, about…
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Giro di Sicilia Storico
Many of the 150 entrants on the seventh Giro Storico left Palermo by ferry, and were therefore not incommoded by…
Page 108
Bugatti OC Spring Rally
Organised by Sir John Venables-Llewelyn, assisted by Mark Garfitt, this involved two nights at the Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells,…
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Out of the Past, June 1995
It is interesting to discover what cars people owned in vintage times and in what sequence, or so I find.…
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V-to-C Miscellany, June 1995, June 1995
The Bugatti Trust at Prescott is making moves to attract more visitors, and to this end has issued a brochure…
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What Can You Do With Your Ford V8
Nothing rude intended, I assure you. Simply that at my advanced age I take an interest in what other ancients…
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Cars in Books, June 1995
From Laura Ashley by Anne Sebba (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990) we learn that the famous fashion designer's husband, Sir Bernard,…
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V-to-C Miscellany, June 1995, June 1995
North Country readers may like to note the date of September 17, this being the day when Jim Bolton will…
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90th Birthday Party
Guests from racing and the motor industry assembled at Easenhall, Warks, in late April for a lunch to celebrate the…
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Lamentable Legislation
I hope strong objections are being raised against this proposed "Continuous Licensing", which the Government proposes to apply to all…
Page 112
Mystery Picture
Last month Motor Sport highlighted how to become a photograph collector. This reminded me of a racing-car picture the origins…
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The Things They Say...
"The four-speed gearbox (one more than Rolls-Royce or Hispano-Suiza when the FIAT was launched in 1922) has a rather wide…
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