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Cars in Books, February 1977
Sir, As an Ulsterman I had forgotten that the Marquess of Dufferip and Ava who lived at Clandebove, Co. Down,…
Sir, As an Ulsterman I had forgotten that the Marquess of Dufferip and Ava who lived at Clandebove, Co. Down,…
Sir, Your usually outstandingly accurate editor has for once got his wires more than somewhat crossed. The redoubtable "Anna Pauker"…
Sir, There has been quite a bit of correspondence recently regarding the Monotrace, culminating in a letter from Mr. White…
Sir, The picture on page 1458, December Motor Sport depicts J. Shewell-Cooper at the top of Simms Hill in the…
Sir, Whilst I found your Road Test of the Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 2000 entertaining in general, I did think…
Sir, Thanks for D.S.J.'s article on Donington. Arising therefrom I might make two points: (1) The engine from Reg Parnell's…
Sir, Mr. Goldstone (Vintage Postbag, November) asks about late Austin Seven chassis numbers. Staton Abbey is confused by the introduction…
Sir, Further to my recent letter in respect of "Some Unusual Engines", I respectfully Present a few further comments after…
Last year, in the months preceding Christmas, I found myself trekking round the upper and middle portions of the Italian…
Luxury for a few in a package meant for millions The borrowed SAAB 99 EMS slithered through the first slippery…
Where has all the sportiness gone? Not so long ago BMW offered the 2002, a quick 4-seater coupe in which…
As we went to Press with the above Road Impressions I discovered that the very latest 3-series BMWs have had…
If for some reason you have decided to start karting, Alan T. Burgess' little booklet, "Starting Karting" has gone into…
"More Morgan —A Pictorial History of the Morgan Sports Car" by Gregory Houston Bowden. 223 pp. 9 3/4 in. 6…
It may seem out of place to refer to a book about model railways in Motor Sport. The fact remains…
"Autocourse-1976-77". Edited by Mike Kettlewell. 256 pp. 12 1/2 in. 9 1/4 in. (Hazleton Securities Ltd., I, Church Terrace, Richmond,…
"Hunt v. Lauda—Grand Prix Season 1976" by David Benson. 143 pp. 7 1/2 in. x 5 in. Paperback. (Beaverbrook Newspapers…
From "Window on My Heart" by Olave Lady Baden-Powell, GBE (Hodder & Stoughton, 1973) comes an interesting reflection on how…
Another great coffee-table tome has becii published, presumably for those whose coffee-tables are used as depositories for books instead of…
A reader, Mr. T. D. Dyke of Market Drayton. has sent us the enclosed picture of a haIf-scale model of…
Why even fans of the Las Vegas GP can agree with Max Verstappen; the reason drivers seemed weary; and Alex Albon's unfortunate comment: Chris Medland's paddock diary
Interlagos is perfectly configured to equalise a low-drag-favouring car like the Mercedes with a high-downforce-favouring car like the Red Bull (unless of course it rains heavily, in which case downforce…
Vic Elford was one of the fastest and most versatile of the '60s and '70s, and the man to beat according to Derek Bell Vic Elford Born: 10th June 1935, Peckham, London…
I wonder if, like me, you are partial to the music of Frank Zappa? In one of his more philosophical moments, Zappa opined that the mind is like a parachute.…