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WB on MS
Bill Boddy has been contributing to MOTOR SPORT for 70 years and was its editor for over 50 of them.…
April 1999
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Robert Benoist: the bravest of the brave
Daniel Perdridge recieved his orders from the top-secret Special Operations Executive in London on 29 February 1944. The objectives of…
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BRM's Patriot Games
BRM started life as Britain's great hope for post-war glory. It soon became a joke, only to rise again a…
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Aeroplay
These three pre-war raing cars have but one thing in common: each boasts the engine from an aeroplane under its…
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Aeroplay
As soon as I'd posed the question I felt a bit mean. After all we had just spent the best…
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Aeroplay
Frankly, it's not surprising that Chris Williams, the new owner of the Bentley-Napier, was less than keen to let one…
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Automobile Year 1998/99
By Ian Norris Published by Editions JR, £30.95. ISBN 2 88324 054 X If you need one single source of…
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Klemantaski & Aston Martin
by Louis Klemantaski & Chris Nixon Published by Automobilia, £99.95. ISBN 88 7960 089 3 'Klem' seems to be in…
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Spyker - Made in holland
by Wim Oude Weernink Published by: Instituut Trompenburg Foundation, £24.99. ISBN 1 899870 28 8 A worthwhile addition to the…
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Cooper cars
by Unique Motor Books Published by Unique Motor Books, £8.95. ISBN: 1 901 977 447 Many of you will be…
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A private car - an account of the Bristol
by LJK Setright Published by Palawan, £300. (Special Edition £695) ISBN 095 23 00 966 Publisher and author are well-matched,…
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The Prince and I - my life with Prince Bira of Siam
by Princess Ceril Birabongse Published by Veloce, £9.99. ISBN: I 901295 48 6 "People were becoming intrigued by the idea…
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'The day I beat Ronnie Peterson' – My greatest race: Eddie Cheever
German Group 5 saloon car race, Nurburgring, 1976 I've had a funny career. I started like gangbusters, and always came…
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Parry Thomas, track idol
In more recent years the stars of Brooklands were Sir Henry Birkin in the blower 4 1/2 Bentley, Oliver Bertram…
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VSCC Pomeroy Trophy
The Pomeroy Trophy Contest is a long-established event, originated by the late Laurence Pomeroy, Technical Editor of The Motor, with…
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Miscellany, April 1999
Jacques Coric of La Boutique in France, who has the Morgan Plus 4 which was once my editorial car, and…
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VSCC Measham Rally
The night rally, which is a test especially of navigators, moved this year from Herefordshire to Yorkshire. Apart from an…
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Pegaso's brief revival
In my recent piece about the demise of the Pegaso sportscars which I saw at Barcelona in 1950, Andy Charlton…
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America's king of cars
I suppose that to own a car called the king might have had some social significance in certain quarters, except…
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Cars in Books, April 1999
Readers continue to feed this feature. I have been told that in Younger Brother, Younger Son - A Memoir, by…
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