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Little wonder
The definitive pre-war sports car? The MG J2 certainly everything going for it When in the late summer of 1932…
October 1995
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Scale and pace
A solitary glass of whisky in hand, knee-deep in children's toys and with his wife away in hospital giving birth.…
Page 72
Whitney Straight - Racing Driver
I find it astonishing that, whereas books have been written about so many racing drivers, from those of the pioneer…
Page 76
AIR: The race to Africa
Last year we published a look-back to the great Sir MacPherson Robertson England-Australia race of 1934, and so it seems…
Page 77
V-to-C Miscellany, October 1995, October 1995
The undertaking of reproducing a complete set of Bugantics, the magazine of the Bugatti OC, is progressing, and having seen…
Page 78
Vintage at the Verzons
So well-supported have the VSCC New Year's Day assemblies at The Verzons Hotel near Ledbury been that the organiser, Mark…
Page 78
Driver selection
With driver changes a dominant topic in F1 circles as the pundits look ahead to 1996, I am reminded that,…
Page 79
Ulster retro
It's too late to enter, but you could still get over to enjoy the crack on the Circuit of Ireland…
Page 79
V-to-C Miscellany, October 1995, October 1995
It is difficult, if one is interested in the older cars, not to check on what turns out for even…
Page 79
Bid for a ride
If you have ever fancied a ride in something truly spectacular — a D-type, Jaguar X1220, or even a McLaren…
Page 80
The VSCC at Madresfield
The annual driving tests of the VSCC took place at Madresfield Court in September, by permission of the Estate Trustees.…
Page 80
Amo, amas, Amac, alas...
As an eagle-eyed reader has correctly pointed out, the 1920 Lington cyclecar featured last month utilised an Amac carburettor, not…
Page 81
Shelsley Walsh's 90th
In the old-fashioned English summer we have been experiencing this year, the 90th birthday of the oldest speed venue in…
Page 81
Museums
I have seen many motor museums, in the course of duty as it were, and the other day I added…
Page 84
Aston Martin V8
While the early post-war history of Aston Martin is dominated by six-cylinder engines designed by WO Bentley and Tadek Marek,…
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