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The Wellesley Special
Sir, Could you please help me find this car because I would be very interested to see it once again.…
March 1972
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The Erskine
Sir, A mention of the Erskine car in the November issue took me back to the late 'twenties. At that…
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Desert runabouts
Sir, The letter in the November issue by John R. Millburn was very interesting to me a 74-year-old. At first…
Page 48
The Brooklands reminiscences of G.P. Harvey Noble
Recounted to the Editor in a recent interview I think that George Harvey Noble has every right, with the late…
Page 52
The Byrom Type 35B Bugatti
Sir, I was very interested to read your article in the current Motor Sport on Mr. J. C. Byrom. My…
Page 52
Lt. Cmdr. Glen Kidston's air crashes
Sir, I was extremely interested to read the letter in "Vintage Postbag" from a correspondent, John Thorpe of Smallfield, concerning…
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The revival of forced induction
A somewhat pompous heading such as this can he readily transscribed into the polite exhortation "blow it!". In 1972 we…
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The NSU 1200C
The phrase "beauty is only skin deep" could well be applied to the NSU 1200C, the largest model in the…
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Hertford Sports Car Club, dogs at Thruxton
• Growing out of a club called the Spitfire 70 is the Hertford Sports Car Club which now caters for…
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Special car hire
We receive a surprisingly large number of enquiries from people wishing to hire sports and other high-performance cars instead of…
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1972 Argentine Grand Prix race report
Tyrrell-Cosworth and Stewart still supreme Buenos Aires, January 23rd. For the first time, since the beginning of the 3-litre Formula…
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Inside Ford Cologne Competitions
In Germany they have their own version of Ford of Britain's Boreham, but, whereas the British Competitions Department is primarily…
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The Lamborghini Espada
A remarkable motor car Anyone who has met Ferruccio Lamborghini will know that he is a remarkable man with a…
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Rumblings, March 1972
• More about the Mexico.—Since we have been driving that enjoyable fun-car, the Ford Mexico, we have kept you advised…
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The spares problem
Sir, Mr. J. Fraser in his letter comments on the lack of spares for his Daimler; let him not think…
Page 77
The AA subscription
Sir, My sympathy is with your correspondent P. Everard of Luton who complains in the January issue of the increase…
Page 77
Stag versus Europe
Sir, Some long time ago the Triumph Stag was introduced, the advertising indicated that Mercedes-Benz and Alfa-Romeo should watch out.…
Page 77
Jaguar items
Sir, As a confirmed Jaguar fan(atic), I frequently feel Motor Sport does not devote enough space to these fine cars…
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Letters from the ladies
Sir, It may interest your readers to learn that I, at the age of fifty-two years and three months, have…
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Crazy trapping
Sir, On a Sunday afternoon last October I was driving to Hythe in Kent along the A261. As the road…
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