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CONTENTS INCLUDE:
Angoulême - Circuit des Ramparts
The Editor takes the opportunity of extending a family wedding in South-West France to take in the annual historic racing festival of Angoulême. The inaugural race (proper) had taken place in 1939, and after a wartime break the circuit regularly saw top class racing until 1955. Present in 2007 was Sir Stirling Moss, who had never raced there in its early days, despite HWM entering a car for his team mate Lance Macklin in 1951, who finished second.
The Ecurie Ecosse Historic Tours -
Tom Candlish describes the early tours of Scotland where entries were strictly 'by invitation only'.
Motorbike Miscellany
Michael Jackson describes tells the story of the way the British motorcycle industry turned down the opportunity of using the highly popular Rickman-Metisse frames, and the launch of the 1975 Norton Villiers Triumph models, an event ably assisted by two six-foot models...
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