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Matters of moment, March 1966
The new season's prospects The 1966 Club racing season commences in earnest this month. A very intense year's activity looks…
March 1966
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We have had good results from Holt's
We have had good results from Holt's, and particularly from Total, spray-on de-icing fluid when clearing the screens and windows…
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Fiat 850s at Snetterton
Two Fiat 850s, a saloon and a coupe, recently undertook a 24-hour run at Snetterton. Driven by a team of…
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Letters, March 1966
American Fords quieter than Jaguars? Sir, The American market is probably the most important single Export target for any British…
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Ferguson Research
After Stirling Moss had won the 1961 Oulton Park Gold Cup race with the Ferguson P99 Four-wheel-drive car, in a…
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Rally Review, March 1966
SAAB Wins Swedish Rally Unlike the Monte Carlo Rally which .started well and then turned into a nightmare, the Swedish…
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Competition Notes and News
News from Ferrari Due to various delays the factory Ferrari team was not ready in time to take part in…
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Book Reveiws
"My Father Mr. Mercedes," by Guy Jellinek Mercedes. 319 pp., 9 in. 5 3/4 in. (G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.,…
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"Early Motor Cars,"
by George A. Oliver. 14 pp. 14 in. s: 18 3/4 in. (Hugh Evelyn Ltd., 9, Fitzroy Square, London, W.…
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Book Reviews, March 1966, March 1966
"Auto-Universurn-1966." Edited by Arthur Logoz. 212 pp. 13 in. 9 1/4 in. (Arthur Barker Ltd., 20, New Bond Street, London,…
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"When the Middle East Was Fun"
by Grp. Capt. F.R. Wynne. 96 pp. 7 1/2 in.x 5 in. (Peter Skelton Ltd., 44. Old Bond Street, London,…
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"The American Automobile"
by John B. Rae. 265 pp. 9 1/2 in. 6 1/4, in. (The Univercity of Chicago Press, 70, Gt. Russell…
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D.H. 9A
There is an account of a forced landing on an island in the Nile when the Clerget engine of a…
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Letters from Readers, March 1966
B.M.W. 1800 TI Road test Sir. Reading your road-test report on this car, I was left wondering once again why…
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Cars in Books, March 1966
Having enjoyed "Motor Tramp" by John Heygate (see this column last December), I set about reading his earlier book "Talking…
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The Volkswagen-Sponsored F.W.D.
Audi 1700. A Luxury Family Saloon with High-Compression Mittel-druckmotor. "The Auto-Union Powered by Mercedes-Benz" The name Audi is unfamiliar in…
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Auto-Union Family Tree
Audi 1700 The F.102 was a small luxury car and when Volkswagen N.G. obtained the majority of Auto-Union shares in…
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Air Spoilers
Are We Back To Square One ? At Le Mans in 1952, during the practice sessions, the Daimler-Benz concern tried…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, March 1966
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. Charterhouse driving tests (February 6th) The driving test meeting of the Vintage S.C.C.…
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Vintage bits and pieces
This year's M.C.C. 40th Exeter Trial was a good occasion for pre-war cars, a Wolseley Hornet Special taking a 2nd…
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