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Vauxhall 30-98 Velox

This picture is dated 1924, and shows an RF Summers climbing Shelsley Walsh hillclimb in a Vauxhall 30-98 Velox. The driver is certainly giving it some welly if the dust clouds are anything to go by. What does confuse me slightly is the fact that there appear to be a full complement of passengers on board too, dressed as though for a country drive. I would have concluded that it was merely a pleasure drive rather than anything competitive, but then again the venue is packed with spectators and the car is sporting a

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