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The next day saw the Auster and the TR side by side at the Freddie March Spirit of Aviation display. We had again determined that the TR3 was victorious in fuel economy but the aircraft easily scored for travelling time.
On the Sunday morning, in front of a large crowd, the current Duke of Richmond reprised his grandfather’s role and presented the TR Register’s winner’s cheque for £500. As before, the money was donated to the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity – so history really did repeat itself. Paul Hogan, Worcestershire
Editing in 3D
I enjoyed James Elliott’s feature on the Iso Rivolta in Octane 243, my favourite Iso since I saw it in my new 1964 Observer’s Book of Automobiles, aged 12.
James’ intro on terminology got me thinking about what I have been doing to my cars since I retired. My changes to the Lotus ‘wedge’ Elite, Jensen-Healey [below] and even the Vauxhall Viva HC have all been aimed at creating looks that could have been offered by their makers.
It occurred to me that in the magazine world, articles are created by journalists and adjusted to suit by editors. So am I editing my cars? Dik Stapley, Lincolnshire
Lost in space – and time
Someone should buy Stephen Bayley a map of New York City (Octane 242). I, too, have enjoyed the ‘pleasure of surfing the green lights’ from uptown to downtown in Manhattan, but one can’t surf from Central Park to Broadway on East River Drive. Moreover, East River Drive has been called FDR Drive ever since it was renamed following the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1945.
Roger M Schwarz, Palm Springs, USA
Family heirloom
The last paragraph of Mark McArthur-Christie’s superb article on Bravingtons jewellers in Octane 245 was spot-on about the passing of watches down through the generations.
I inherited from my late father a pocket watch [above], bought in the ’30s by his father. Having sat in my father��
