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V-E-V- odds and ends
Jeremy Bacon is back in this country, with an interest in a vintage Rolls-Royce and still in possession of his…
October 1971
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The Neve Rolls-Royce
Sir, On the subject of the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost restored by Mr. Kenneth Neve, I found Mr. de Montfalcon's letter…
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The Richard automobile
One of the pleasant aspects of editing Motor Sport is the unending flow of interesting letters and material which enthusiastic…
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V-E-V miscellany, October 1971, October 1971
We hear of some Model-T Ford axles and wheels and a scrapped BSA Scout for sale in Norfolk, where a…
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A surviving Maybach
A reader, Mr. P. A. Durley, of Poole, has kindly taken the trouble to photograph a 1939 Maybach saloon which…
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"Babs'" gearbox
From time to time we publish progress reports on "Babs", the disinterred Liberty-engined Thomas Special which Owen Wyn-Owen is restoring,…
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The Goodyear Concours d'Elegance (August 30th)
One of the better recent old-car Concours d'Elegance was that which formed part of the Goodyear Air Races and Air…
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A further fragment of Brooklands' history
I came by chance the other day on a letter from the Hon. Mrs. Joan Chetwynd, (who still, by the…
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Dunlop test fleets
We have referred previously to the Sunbeam and Alvis racing cars used in vintage times by the Dunlop Rubber Co.…
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The things they say...
"The only signs of real affluence are the two cars (a Mercedes-Benz and a Roll-Royce) and he has them, not…
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Those "Concours d'Elegance"
The Concours d'Elegance has departed forever from its original role of a contest in the Mediterranean sunshine to decide which…
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Road impressions: BMW 3.0 CS
The latest and fastest from Munich The growth of the German firm of BMW over the past decade has been…
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Tuning topics: the cross-country sprinter—a 1.4-litre Cooper S
Since 1963 a young man from Shakespeare's west country region has nearly exclusively devoted his talents to Mini derivatives and…
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A sore subject
Although our performance pages are mainly devoted to cars that travel faster than the manufacturer originally intended, a tuned or…
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Road impressions: the Chrysler 180
An unusual Anglo-French car which exudes the indefinable quality of dependability to a marked degree. There are so many new…
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The instant motor racer
The Assistant Editor tries his hand in an Escort Mexico The flag dropped, the revs screamed and there I was…
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Piggy-Back Trailer-hire
Moving on its own wheels an unlicensed car or uninsured vehicle is now illegal, unless for the short journey to…
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"The Overtype Steam Road Waggon"
By Maurice A. Kelly. 147 pp. 11 3/8 in. x 8 1/2 in. (Goose & Son, 23, Davey Place, Norwich.…
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"Polish Aircraft—1893-1939"
By Jerzy B. Cynk. 760 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Putnam & Co. Ltd., 9, Bow Street,…
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"Landscape with Machines"
By L. T. C. Rolt. 230 pp, 8 4/5 in. x 5 1/5 in. (Longman Group Ltd., 74, Grosvenor Street.…
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