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That Race to London
Sir, the Essex Super Six was crewed by my father and his late cousin, Harry Whitehead, who was the Hudson/Essex…
September 1973
Page 55
A Rare Make
Sir, Following an inquiry in your magazine dated April 1973, a reader required information about a make of car named…
Page 55
Synchro-Mesh
Sir, If the gear-box fitted to Christopher Matthews' Humber 9/20 (MOTOR SPORT, July, p. 784) really came from a 1922…
Page 56
John Nicholson
Leading Formula Atlantic driver and Grand Prix engine builder The British Grand Prix meeting was a great day for New…
Page 62
A talk with Baron de Graffenried
Taking the positive step of retiring from motor racing is obviously an extremely difficult thing for an international driver to…
Page 64
Matra team repeats the dose in North America
Watkins Glen, July 21st. A medical man would describe the Ferrari sportscar team's health as "as well as can be…
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1973 German Grand Prix in pictures
GERMAN GRAND PRIX. THE FORMULA ONE circus paid their annual visit to the Nurburgring in August for the German GP…
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1973 Dutch Grand Prix in pictures
DUTCH GRAND PRIX THE FIELD roars off to the start of what was to be a tragic Dutch Grand Prix.…
Page 82
Belt Up
Sir, I could not help but notice that on BBC1s "Robbie, In Search Of . . . . Performance" (July…
Page 82
Leyland Advertisements
Sir, May I make a point regarding odd, and in my own example, misleading advertisements published by British Leyland, further…
Page 82
Letters From Readers, September 1973
Grit Sir, I see from Mr. Conway's letter that the "moaning season" has started. His ill-informed comment that surface dressing…
Page 82
The British GP
Sir, May I, through your columns, have an opportunity to publicly thank the Royal Automobile Club, Silverstone Circuits Limited, marshals…
Page 82
The Zandvoort Tragedy
Sir, For the third time I have just witnessed on my television set the sickening spectacle of a young man…
Page 83
THE FORD RS2000
Last month's road-impressions of this 2 litre o.h.c. sporting Escort did not include consumption data. The fuel consumption, including some…
Page 84
"The Compleat Traction Engineman"
by E.E. Kimbell. 144 pp. 94 in. x 54 in. (Ian Allen Ltd., Terminal House, Shepperton, Middlesex. £2.50.) There have…
Page 84
Book Reviews, September 1973, September 1973
"Modest Millionaire" by William Hywel. 344 pp. 84 in. x 54 in. (Gee & Son, Chapel Street, Denbigh. £3.00.) This…
Page 84
"The Sentinel - Vol. 1 - 1875-1930"
by W. J. Hughes and Joseph L. Thomas. 320 pp. 84 in. x 54 in. (David & Charles Ltd., Sauth…
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Cars In Books, September 1973
Spotting "Black Champion" by Finis Farr (Macmillan, 1964) in the local library, I read it to see whether it contained…
Page 87
Citroen GS 1220 Club
Sir, Having read various reports in the motoring magazines and newspapers about my model of car, I thought I must…
Page 87
Anti-Compulsion
Sir, I appreciate your publishing a correction re my Austin 7 in the VSCC High Speed Trial, V-E-V Odds and…
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