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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, February 1980
A section devoted to old-car matters Why Do They Do It? It is fitting that various advocates of Historic Car…
February 1980
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The Wartime Diaries of an RFC Officer
Before I resume these diaries of "Flying-Officer X" (as I shall call the young aristocrat who so painstakingly compiled them…
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A pioneer Welsh-built monoplane
As "The Diaries of an RFC Officer" are arousing a gratifying amount of interest and as Motor Sport once covered…
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Star Postscript
[Last month we published Star Story, after the Editor had met Mr. Wallace Marsh, who was a Premium Pupil at…
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Vintage Postbag - Early singers, February 1980
What a treat to see a picture of a Singer in Motor Sport and of one of the almost unknown…
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Tilling-Stevens
Sir, The reference to the Tilling-Stevens 'buses, in last year's "Vintage Postbag," brought to mind the photographs I found when…
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Unusual Ulster
Sir, Would it be possible to ask your readers if they can identify or throw some light on the history…
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More V-E-V Odds and Ends.
In Essex a 1919 Daimler Light-30, believed to be the only one of its kind in existence, bought in 1964…
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The 1923 200-Mile Race Newton
Sir, Your correspondent, Mr. G. M. Hare, may be interested to know that the following advertisement appeared in The Motorz…
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Rare Makes
Sir, V-E-V and The War Time Diaries of an RFC Officer in the November 1979 issue of Motor Sport are…
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Rare Makes - Talbot
Sir, I have recently started the rebuilt of the 1935 Talbot 105 Brooklands Special owned and raced by Dr. Roth…
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"The Diaries of an RFC Officer"
Sir, I have been most interested in the adventures of RFC officer "X" who certainly seemed to make the most…
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Road Test - The New Opel Kadett 1.3SGL
General Motors’ Little Winner The new Opel Kadett, with front-wheel-drive contrived, of course, form a transverse engine, is a very…
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Wood & Pickett
Coachbuilders in the modern idiom When Bill Wood and Les Pickett formed their first official working partnership as Wood and…
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Safety Tye
Basil Tye, Managing Director of the RAC Motor Sports Association Ltd. has been appointed President of the FISA Safety Commission,…
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Roberts Takes to Four Wheels
Kenny Roberts, World 500 c.c. Motorcycle Champion in 1978/1979 will make his racing debut on four wheels in the Daytona…
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Aurora Races On
The British Formula One Racing Championship will continue in 1980 with backing from Aurora AFX, producers of model motor racing…
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Book Reviews: Vanden Plas — Coachbuilders, February 1980, February 1980
"Vanden Plan — Coachbuilders" by Brian Smith. 302 pp. 10” x 7" (Dalton Watson Ltd., 76 Wardour Suva, London W1V…
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Three-Pointed Star
"Three-Pointed Star", David Scott-Moncrieff's story of Benz, Mercedes and Mercedes-Benz, which Cassell published in 1955, has been issued in a…
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"Maserati Road Cars"
"Maserati Road Cars" by Richard Crump and Rob de la Rive Box. 229 pp., 11" x 10". (Osprey Publishing Ltd.,…
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