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VSCC at Loton Park
Loton Park hill-climb has much in its favour. The course is 1478 yards long, with six interesting bends joined by…
August 1993
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An engineering dream
In looking at the Itala as a "Forgotten Make" in the May issue I touched on how this car was…
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Brooklands Reunion
The 26th annual reunion of the Brooklands Society filled the historic site with vibrant activity, and socialising, on June 27.…
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Another Bentley - R sold
We have received from the Public Affairs Department of RollsRoyce Motor Cars Limited of Crewe a hand-out telling us that…
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VSCC Shelsley Walsh
An eventful day in the Worcestershire heatwave, on July 3, when the VSCC assailed the famous hill. Roger Collings' great…
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Obituary: George Cosmo Monkhouse
It was terribly sad, but not altogether unexpected, because he had bravely fought illness for a long time, patiently and…
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Norfolk memories
60 years ago in June, Britain lost one of its most dashing heroes. 'Tim' Birkin, debonair baronet, flamboyant racing driver,…
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V-C Miscellany, August 1993
On the subject of the demolition of historic buildings with a motor industry past, we have been tipped off, as…
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Flying sparks
The VSCC continued its racing season by hosting the 28th Hawthorn Trophy meeting at Silverstone on the 12th June, the…
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Thruxton Silver Jubilee
Mention Easter Monday to a motor racing fan, and the chances are he'll think of Thruxton. For years, the BARC…
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Are you sitting comfortably?
Because I want to tell you about a blurb I have received from the publishers of a new book aimed…
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Sunbeams at Silverstone
In memory of the victory in the 1923 French Grand Prix at Tours, when Segrave's two-litre Sunbeam which Louis Coatalen…
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Silverstone, by Bob Judd. Pan Macmillan, £14.99.
It's taken a while, but some of the original claims about novelist Bob Judd ("Motor racing's Dick Francis" was one…
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Patrick Stevens
has republished Paul Frere's Sports Car and Competition Driving (£14.99) and offers the American Saloon Car Race Preparation by Nigel…
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Matchbox Collectibles, from £9.95
There was a time when a Matchbox car was something you picked up from the local newsagent for the price…
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The latest titles
in Brooklands Books' Gold Portfolio series, cover the Morgan Plus 4 and 4/4, 1936-1967, Abarth from 1950 to 1971, the…
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John Fitch - Racing Through Life
by James Grinnell. Bookmarque, £19.95. Those who collect the biographies of racing drivers can add another to their bookshelves if…
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Haps, mishaps and fun!
Haps, Mishaps And Fun! is about people and places remembered by Reginald Clay, motor trader extraordinary, who later joined the…
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Recooperation
Sir, I have just completed the restoration of a 1965 Formula 3 Cooper, chassis No F3-18-65. This car was originally…
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Dining tip
Sir, I was interested to read DSI's article A Famous Vanwall Victory in the April issue. My wife and I…
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