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The Mud-Plugger
Sydney Herbert Allard was born in Streatham in 1910, the son of a builder and developer. There were five Allard…
September 1990
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Veteran to Classic
Britain is regarded as the home of historic racing, and indeed there are a plethora of meetings held up and…
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Back to the Future
Just two weeks after the historic festival at Silverstone, Germany played host to the ‘Oldtimer Grand Prix’ at the Nürburgring…
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No Such Exuberance
For all its glory attained on the race track, Honda has yet to transmute that into its road-going cars. With…
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Fiat's Repmobile
Fiat has announced its new front wheel drive Tempra Saloon which goes on sale in the UK on September 1st.…
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Out of the Past, September 1990
For those of us who live largely in the past it is pleasing when interesting facets from years long ago…
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An English Prescott Sunday
The late EKH Karslake expressed the opinion that the older racing cars were at their best when their engines had…
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Club News, September 1990
The Vintage SCC holds its last race meeting of the season at the challenging Cadwell Park circuit on August 26th…
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That Edwardian Race
The VSCC Edwardian race at the two-day Oulton Park Meeting last July aroused so much enthusiasm and favourable comment that…
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Aston Martin V8 Race Cars
by Paul Chudecki, 208pp. 10 5/8" x 7 3/4". Osprey Publishing Limited, 59 Grosvenor Street, London W1X 9DA £24.95 Published…
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The Story of March — Four Guys and a Telephone
by Mike Lawrence, 256pp. 10 3/4" x 8". Aston Publications Limited, Bourne End House, Harvest Hill, Bourne End, Bucks. SL8…
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Grand Prix!
by Mike Lang 259 pp. 11" x 8". GT Foulis & Co., Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JJ £19.95 This is…
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Indy - A Novel
by Bob Judd, 238pp. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Pan Books Ltd, Cavaye Place, London SW10 9PG £13.95 Novels about…
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The Isle of Man TT - An Illustrated History, 1907-80
by Matthew Freudenberg. 176 pp. 10" x 7 1/4". Aston Publishing Co Ltd, Bourne End House, Harvest Hill, Bourne End,…
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Maintaining the Breed
by John Thornley, 187pp. 8 3/4" x 5 3/4". Motor Racing Publications Ltd., Unit 6, The Pilton Estate, Pitlake, Croydon,…
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Bright Spark
Sir To lovers of good English, modern newspapers and magazines provide innumerable toe-curling examples of all that is bad in…
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Honda Problems
Sir Your excellent article in the July issue regarding 'Honda' racing engines prompted me to search out this snap taken…
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A letter from Becketts - Goodbye to all that!
Sir While watching the 1989 British Grand Prix from the inside of Copse Corner, a delighted roar from several thousands…
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Christie's International Historic Festival 28/29th July 1990
Sir, The team at Silverstone Circuits Limited finds itself, again, in the enormously pleasing position of writing a thank you…
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Disability Representative Officer?
Sir, My visit to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone was indeed most enjoyable and I was able to meet…
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