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CONTENTS INCLUDE:
The Editor Interviews John Young -
The Grand Prix driver, garage owner and avid collector of fine motor cars explains how he started motor racing in the early post-war years, his family business 'Rose and Young', and driving cars from Connaught, Healey and Jaguar (D-Type and ex-Ecosse XK120).
He also describes twice-weekly lunches with a young Bernie Ecclestone - and John was the one with the money!
The 15th East African Safari 1967 -
Chris Rothwell describes his second Safari win in a row driving a works-prepared Peugeot 404 with fuel injection.
The entry list included well-known drivers such as Bengt Soderstrom/Gunnar Palm (Cortina GT), Roger Clark/Gilbert Staepelaere (Lotus Cortina), Rauno Aaltonen/Henry Liddon (Mini Cooper S) and Lucien Bianchi/Henri Greder (Cortina GT).
Having won, Rothwell meets Roland Peugeot himself, and is treated to a VIP visit at the Paris Air Show.
The Silent Sports Car, 70 years of excellence -
Chassis B141 MX, the H J Mulliner concealed drophead coupe was the last such built by the company on the Derby Bentley chassis. Built in 1934 the car has only had three owners from new.
30 Years with a Derby Bentley -
'Connoisseur' Tony Charnock describes how he found the car sitting in a modern Maserati dealership in London. Experiences in the car include transporting over twenty brides to church, carrying furniture up the M4, and touring four-up.
Motorbike Miscellany -
Mike Jackson's regular column discusses the sale of the former Norton factory where classic motorcycles such as the 1965 500cc G85CS Matchless (£8,900) and 1994 Duckhams Norton 'Rotary-Racer' (£42,000) were auctioned off.
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