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CONTENTS INCLUDE:
Harley's Hispano Honeymoon -
Nick Harley, a highly-experienced collector and dealer in important motor cars, describes a year in the life of a 1912 Hispano-Suiza Alphonso XIII that he bought in 1999.
In October that year he embarked on a French trip that totalled 1,600 miles from St Malo down through La Rochelle, Cognac and the Dordogne to Villefranche and the beautiful France of the Tarn valley. He finally arrives at his destination - Cap Ferrat on the Cote d'Azur.
Memories of my father's Mercedes-Benz 300SLs -
Robbie Walker, the son of legendary 'British Gentleman', team-owner and car collector extraordinary Rob Walker, tells of journeys from the 1950s onwards in the various examples of 300SL that his father owned. Onesuch was the roadster driven by Rob involved in the tragic death of recently-crowned F1 World Champion Mike Hawthorn. There is also a 300SL 'Lightweight' that won at Aintree and Oulton Park driven by Tony Brooks and Reg Parnell.
Concours d'Estruction -
Anthony Hussey, Concours d'Elegance judge of note, Lancia enthusiast, (and member of the Connolly leather family), explains in a very tongue-in-cheek way how the dreaded Concours (so reviled by 'users' and 'racers') really do work, and how they have an important place in the world of classic cars.
'Checkpoint' The 1956 Motor Racing Thriller -
In part III of John Young's reminiscences, the 1950s racing driver and garage-owner describes filming the 1956 film in which he drove the cars in the racing sequences (together with Roy Salvadori and Cliff Davis) and doubled for the 'heart throb' lead, Anthony Steel.
The Moss-Schumacher criteria -
Neville Hay discusses the merits of some of the recent 'greats'. The individual qualities of Ascari, Hill G., Jim Clark and Andretti are compared and contrasted with lesser-known drivers of great calibre such as Cliff Allison.
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