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A race to the sky - in the name of publicity
How do you promote your new garage dedicated to the wealthiest people in Paris? Simple: rope in the era's leading…
May 2007
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Lunch with... Martin Brundle
The racer turned commentator and driver manager looks back on an eventful and turbulent career with Simon Taylor Photographer: James…
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Tony Brooks on Stirling Moss — 'The best team-mate I ever had'
Although his career as a professional racing driver lasted just six seasons, Tony Brooks amassed a dazzling array of team-mates…
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Datsun 240Z
While the British sports car industry limped on in the early 1970s, Nissan rewrote the rules with a newcomer that…
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From heads to Zeds
A little-known cylinder head modifier became the king of tuning 240Z coupés after being impressed by their engineering. Spike Anderson…
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Upwardly mobile
Appropriately large tyres for many vintage cars were unavailable until an enthusiastic racer and a competition tyre expert formed Blockley…
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Fast Crossleys
Military vehicles brought this Manchester marque to the fore – but it possessed a sporting side too The Society of…
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Rumblings, May 2007
The piece by Mark Hughes in the March issue about Monaco and its famous Casino revives for me the occasion…
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Vauxhall 30/98 and Strasbourg Sunbeams
There are now one-make books about almost every make of car and a number relate to specific models. In the…
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The perils of Grand Prix plane journeys
I recently saw an article about the VSCC’s early days, in which Tim Carson and “Ken Carslake” were mentioned. I…
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