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Life and death on the open road
Motor racing began with almost unbelievably epic events, often over hundreds of miles of unsurfaced roads. Bill Boddy reminds us…
June 2004
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Venturi effect
15 minutes of fame: Venturi; 1994 Montlhéry 1000KmIt began with a game for bored playboys and ended by bringing a…
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Up in smoke
Aussie battler Dave Walker shone bightly in 1971 aboard a Gold Leaf Lotus Formula Three car. But when he stepped…
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Celebrity deerstalker
Now for something completely different. Pedro Rodriguez was Mexican, but he still liked to sport a deerstalker. So dedicated fan…
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Small cars, big ideas
Amilcar dominated voiturette racing during the 1920s with its GP cars in miniature --- but it cost it dear. By…
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Timo Mäkinen: The quiet man with a loud pedal
He didn't say very much, but whatever rally car he was given, Timo Mäkinen could make it talk. Oh, and…
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Timo on the Targa: rotors, bumpers and broken bottles
Timo Mäkinen contested the Targa Florio with the BMC works squad on three occasions — 1965-67. The first of these…
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Bill Boddy
From The Aeroplane to cars Every week from about 1933 until the war I read The Aeroplane, edited by the…
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Bill Boddy
Cobb's records finally beatenThe February issue of The Bentley DC's Review contains an interesting article by Graham Moss about his…
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Bill Boddy
Farman - the Hispano-Suiza rival Not all that much seems to have been known about the Farman cars, especially in…
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Bill Boddy
Charge of the Light brigade In 1961, I reminded the VSCC Light Car & Edwardian Section that in 1924 the…
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Miscellany, June 2004
It is extremely bad news that the demise of Montlhéry is likely to occur next year. The only good aspect…
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Book reviews, June 2004, June 2004
Formula Ferrari by Umberto Zapelloni ISBN 340 83471 4 Published by Hodder &Stoughton, £20 'The first official inside story of…
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Parting shot
South African Grand Prix, 1961 Trevor Taylor's Lotus 21 takes a diversion at East London. The rough ground throws up…
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