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Matters of moment, February 1984
Specialists succeed Britains specialist sports car industry may not seem to be in the eminent situation it was 10 years…
February 1984
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Club news, February 1984
Aston Martin OC The AMOC Annual Film Show will take place at Vickers House, Millbank Tower, London SW1 on Wednesday…
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Obituaries
John Vary Bolster John Bolster, who had been suffering heart trouble for some years, although those who met him at…
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Blydenstein price drop
Since last month's report on the Blydenstein-modified Nissan Stanza, the Shepreth firm have informed us that as a result of…
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TWR's Jaguar conversion
Until now the Jaguar XJS has been rather neglected in the "customising industry", but Tom Walkinshaw's TWR company in Kidlington,…
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FF1600 in France
Ford have announced the launch of a ten round Formula Ford series in France, and Le Mans manufacturer Rondeau have…
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Speed limit petition
Speed limit petition With a grand total of 75,886 signatures, the Motor Sport / Motoring News petition was handed by…
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Royal College of Art Automotive Design Unit
There can be few products on the market in which design plays so overtly important a part as in the…
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Tickford Capri
Ford with a touch of class The Capri 2.8i is to the Ford range what the 911 is to the…
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Looking back, with Cliff Allison
Of the Englishmen who drove Ferrari's classic Formula 1, front-engined Dino 246 machines, after 1958 World Champion Mike Hawthorn, of…
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Mohawk & Manitou part 2
In this second part of his article on the two early Sunbeam V12 racing cars the noted authority on Sunbeam…
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Renault's F1 challenge: re-grouping to rebuild credibility
In the middle of the 1983 season there were few people who remained unconvinced that Renault was at last going…
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All in top gear
A short time ago Autocar published a most interesting feature by Michael Scarlett (I wish I had thought of it…
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The PSA Group plans rally winners
French national pride has been well served by Grand Prix racing in the past ten years, Elf Petroleum, Matra, Renault,…
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Not what they seem to be
1984 will see the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the Vintage Sports Car Club and during that time the…
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Balance and bearings
DSJ told me some time ago, I cannot remember in what context, that he could see I have no sense…
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Another look at valve multiples
A few more observations are perhaps justified under this heading, used for one of last month's articles, in view of…
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DVLC in disarray?
It is a scandal that the DVLC computers at Swansea, which have cost the tax-payer millions of pounds, are still…
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505 GTi sharpens Peugeot's image
Peugeot's comfortable image as the manufacturer of staid, reliable family cars has been running out of steam recently, the French…
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Happy To Fly by Ann Welch
Happy To Fly by Ann Welch. 248 pp, 8 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in. (John Murray Ltd, 50 Albemarle…
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