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STEEP THRILLS
STEEP THRILLS SHELSLEY WALSH IS 96 THIS YEAR. BUT ITS ORGANISING CLUB, MIDLAND AC, HITS THE EVEN TON. PAUL FEARNLEY…
August 2001
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MIDLAND AC: THE FIRST 100 YEARS
MIDLAND AC: THE FIRST 100 YEARS The Midland Automobile Club was formed on January 11, 1901 — the first to…
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SHOULD TRY HARDER
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY SHOULD TRY HARDER MARIO ANDRETTI 1987 INDIANAPOLIS 500 ANDRETTTS LUCK AT INDY WAS ATROCIOUS, BUT…
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OPPORTUNITIES & KNOCKS
UNITIES & KNOCKS FORD'S RALLY BOSS, MALCOLM WILSON, WANTS THE SPORT TO NURTURE NEW TALENT; FOR WHEN HE WAS BRITAIN'S…
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BRINDGING TROUBLED WATERS
BRIDGING TROUBLED WATERS IT WAS A NORMAL FOREST HAZARD, A BROW concealing a right-hand bend into a concrete bridge with…
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WO Bentley at Le Mans
BILL BODDY WO Bentley at Le Mans ALL THE PUBLICITY ABOUr THE ENTRY OF TWO BENTLEY EXP Speed 8s for…
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miscellany, August 2001
miscellany IT IS SAID THAT AS ONE GETS older the mind wanders — some may say mine always has —…
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The Autocar thought of it first
The Autocar thought of it first WHAT WAS IT THAT THIS LEADING weeldy magazine thought of first? The answer is…
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Ebby: timing it to perfection
BILL BODDY Ebby: timing it to perfection I DO NOT THINK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ANY DEAD-HEAT finishes in grands…
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miscellany, August 2001
miscellany THE SHUTTLEWORTH TRUST AT Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, is the finest tribute the racing driver, pilot (he was killed night-flying in…
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miscellany, August 2001
miscellany ANOTHER 1920s BROOICLANDS car which has survived is the 2-litre straight-eight Miller owned by Karl F Bloechle of Zurich.…
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If eight is good,12 is better
If eight is good, 12 is better THERE WAS AN AGE WHEN THOSE WHO thought of cars as status symbols…
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A special Siddeley
A special Siddeley FOLLOWING OUR RECENT REFERENCE TO SIDDELEY SPECIALS, A READER SENT US a photo of an unusual car…
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