850 Trials (& tribulations)

By Rory Cole The story began when I started making enquiries about trialing (a type of off road motor-sport). It particularly appealed to me, as having been driving off road for the past five years; I decided I would like to do something a little bit more interesting, yet still utilising…

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850 – My first car

By Rory Cole My first car, after learning to drive at the age of nine or ten under the expert tuition of my generous father, was a blue FIAT 850 Saloon reg NTM 504H. I am very lucky because my parents own a few fields behind our house, and that is…

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Record Breaking Topolino

By Paul Shubsachs The above photograph shows  a Topolino-based, streamlined saloon built in 1938 by the 4CM Maserati exponent, Rafaelle Cecchini.  Though it was constructed to attack International Class “I” speed records, the picture shows that the little machine was road registered; so  perhaps  its agenda extended to other events.  As…

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