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This article from Classic & Sports Car magazine covers a range of topics related to classic cars. It includes letters from readers sharing their experiences with specific car models, such as a Bentley with a body by Vesters & Neirinck and a Pycroft Jaguar SS100. The article also mentions an award-winning Bentley owned by the Hickmans and compares the Huayra Pronello Ford to the Bristol Fighter. Additionally, there is a letter discussing the assumption that a Ferrari 166/195 used a Nardi steering wheel and providing historical information about Nardi wheels. The text also includes comments from readers, including one who worked on the development of the Chevrolet Corvette engine at Lotus Cars in the 1980s and another who expresses skepticism about the reliability and build quality of the Jaguar XJ6/12. Overall, the article offers a diverse range of perspectives and experiences related to classic cars. [Extracted from the article]

The model was indeed introduced to mark 25 years of road car production at Hethel, but the initial run of 40 cars were all painted in a unique shade of dark metallic green, with colour-coded alloys and no gold detailing. It was interesting to see your August feature on Fast Fords. According to my ancient Profile publication, Model SJs had straight-eights and not V8s as stated… Chris Dowlen Far-flung Ferrari I'm the David Smith who found the Vignale Ferrari 166/195S in an underground bank garage inTexas (C&SC, August). The car not having been registered, they realised it didn't have a chassis plate. [Extracted from the article]

Colin Whewell Perth, Western Australia NSU takes flight Full marks to Martin Buckley for his new history of the NSU Ro80 (Books, May). Letter of the month PERFECT FOR TOURING FRANCE It was good to see Martin Buckley's article about the Peugeot 404 and Fiat 1500 in the June issue. He had seen me arrive in a classic and showed me a photo of the car "that I needed", his 1960s 404 Tour de France team-car replica, and then offered to find me a similar car. It's not unusual… Martin Buckley's June Deals on wheels brought a nostalgic smile to my face regarding Tom Jones' Shepperton home. [Extracted from the article]

Comments & clarifications I was pleased to read that Prinz Hohenlohe (correctly: Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg) acquired the lovely Railton for his Schloss Langenburg museum (November), but surprised that Langenburg is suddenly in Lower Saxony. MACKLIN: THE EARLY YEARS In November, Mick Walsh outlined Noel Macklin's time with Railton. After a fall-out, Macklin started Silver Hawk cars before founding Invicta and Railton. Phillip Leeds I was pleased to read that Prinz Hohenlohe (correctly: Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg) acquired the lovely Railton for his Schloss Langenburg museum (November), but surprised that Langenburg is suddenly in Lower Saxony. [Extracted from the article]

Panther memories Simon Taylor's Full throttle about Panther cars (August) jogged my memory of the one I photographed at Watkins Glen in 1974. Tea and car-talk July's Lost & found featured a car that evoked memories. KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY August's article about BMC 1100s triggered happy memories of a car that played a huge part in my life. For an 11-year-old petrolhead, the 1100's ribbon speedo seemed magical, but dad wasn't interested: he considered his well-wornWolseley 1500 a much better car. [Extracted from the article]

It had an aluminium monocoque with aluminium and plastic body panels, so avoided the corrosion issues suffered by most cars. Letter of the month BUILDING MEMORIES WITH A KIT I really enjoyed your article on the golden era of British sports cars (C&SC, May), because it brought back great memories of my time as a young, car-mad Australian dentist living in London in the early 1970s. Of the many cars I owned at the time, the 1970 Lotus Elan S4 SE was my favourite. I also owned a Lotus Elan +2 and a Sunbeam Tiger 260 - both nice cars, but not in the same league as the "baby" Elan. [Extracted from the article]

During lockdown I did a deal on a 2013 Speed Model, buying purely from a photograph on a Bentley dealer's site, and the car was sent to me by transporter. The contrast Martin notes between his car and the "giants" around it at Rally of the Giants is a good indicator of the amount of fuel those cars consumed compared to his Corvair - about 2.5:1. Letter of the month STORMING DOWN TO BEAULIEU IN THE YEAR OF C&SC'S BIRTH In the week you launched Classic and Sportscar in March 1982, I drove to the National Motor Museum to meet Michael Ware and discuss exhibits at the museum, but more of that later. Paul Cooper Winchester, Hants As well as C&SC's 40th, 2022 marks four decades as a Scirocco owner for reader Cooper Letter of the month wins a beautiful C&SC A4 folio case, worth £295, courtesy of Jordan Bespoke. [Extracted from the article]

It was replaced by a Vauxhall PB Cresta, which was quite a good car - much faster than the Riley, but very wide, so sitting behind the wheel you got the impression that carrier-based aircraft could have used the bonnet for take-off and landing. My uncle was a Vauxhall distributor and he let me drive his demonstrator, which was a revelation compared to the Riley and, apart from the instruments and upholstery, was definitely a better car. You could have an Alfa Romeo- or Bugatti-style car for little money for the kit, with the air-cooled VW engine sitting in a small space behind the driver. Letter of the month Travelling across India by bus, plus a Lagonda near-miss I really enjoyed the article relating the story of the Greys' journey across India by Rolls-Royce (September). [Extracted from the article]

Delegates weren't allowed to drive the trucks and buses, which were demonstrated by our own drivers on the public roads, but they could try their hand at the Land-Rover cross-country track at the Solihull factory. As one of the product specialists at our HQ in Berkeley Square I was responsible for lining up the cars, one of each model from Austin-Morris, MG, Triumph, Rover, Land-Rover, Jaguar and Daimler. When we were setting up the day before, I had the unique experience of driving a Leyland Atlantean double-decker bus around the circuit and putting the newly introduced Range Rover and Triumph Stag through their paces. The greatest car show that nobody has ever heard of?. [Extracted from the article]

I found a foreign-car mechanic, took it to his shop and discovered that he was a former Renault service manager. Rust in peace: celebrating the dying art of the scrapyard I enjoyed your piece about Paul White and his stunning pencil pictures inspired by car scrapyards (Motoring art, August), the more so because I share his interest in the sad but still-thrilling remains of once-loved cars. Reading supercar-filled issues of Car far more avidly than any home work, I "knew" that the Ferrari was the better car. The mechanic I talked to said the car was a piece of crap, and that the 1974 model had an air pump for emissions control that pumped air to right outside the exhaust port to burn off any excess unburnt fuel, and also burned exhaust valves. [Extracted from the article]

All of the cars raced on street-spec radial tyres, and Johnson figured that the Gremlin and Hornet, with their six-cylinder engines, could be contenders against the BMW 2002s, Ford Pintos, Volvo 122s and other production sedans sold in the US, as per the rules. Johnson was the creator of Team Highball, using factory-sponsored American MotorsGremlinsandHornets, and went on to race AMC Spirit AMXs in the 1979 Nürburgring 24 Hours before switching to Mazda. Letter of the month Crossing continents aboard the ultimate family transport The Fiat Multipla article (July) and owner John Hewett's dream of driving back to Italy with his son in their fabulous restoration evoked enormous nostalgia for this 66-yearold. These days, as Simon points out, youngsters grow up with sat-nav on their phones or in their cars, and geography is now taught with little appreciation of the knowledge maps can impart. [Extracted from the article]

Above: 850 Sport Coupé is great fun PHOTO (COLOR): Letter of the month wins a C&SC A4 folio case, worth £295. Both 128s were excellent and roomy cars that served our family very well here and abroad (despite needing cylinder-head gaskets and clutch cables relatively frequently when they went into Formula One driverTony Brooks' Fiat dealership inWeybridge for routine servicing). Looking back, it must be my 128 experiences that led to a continuing love of Italian cars: it's no coincidence I still have the 850 Sport Coupé I bought a year after my family parted with the second 128. Matching experiences with an unsung Torinese great I was really interested to read your very well-researched article about Simon Hucknall's immaculate Fiat 128 (May). [Extracted from the article]

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