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Matters of Moment, January 1990
Ford Gets Jaguar IN AN AGE of takeovers and amalgamations, it has come nevertheless as a profound shock to many…
January 1990
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Le Mans in Jeopardy!
Le Mans in Jeopardy! Most devastating news of the month came through as we were about to close for press…
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Hugh Conway CBE
As we close for press, we learn sadly that Hugh Conway, CBE, has died of a sudden heart attack, after…
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BROOKS
RO QKS ON Brooks at Donington: Thursday, 8 February and Monday, 9 April, 1990. Two sale dates for your diary,…
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WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 1989
RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 1989
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Four-Play!
Four-play! IN ONE of the conference rooms of Heathrow's Excelsior Airport Hotel, there was a hubbub of the kind which…
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They're not just any old cars, so why use just any old oil?
They're not just any old cars, so why use just any old oil? Everyone has a car they love. For…
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Group En-ergy !
Group En--ergy! WHEN the organisers of the Ivory Coast Rally distributed publicity material in advance of the 1989 event, they…
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Here no diesel. See no diesel. Smell no diesel.
Hear no diesel. See no diesel. Smell no diesel. "Great for economy but bad for ecology." A common enough complaint…
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Evergreen Giant
Evergreen Giant FEW manufacturers can claim to have produced a 'classic' car in the last twenty years, least of all…
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Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams SHOULD you be a captain of industry, a chauffeur or just a plain day dreamer, this is a…
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Veteran to Classic. . . . . Lost Giant
Lost Giant A contemporary (I must not mention names, but I respect Mike McCarthy for running a slick ship!) published…
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Big Bugattis
Big Bugattis LAST month I drove to Corby to see some of the big engined Bugaftis which Magnum Engineering Ltd.…
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MAGNUM RARE CARS LIMITED
MAGNUM RARE CARS LIMITED The Directors of 'Rare Cars' have a great love of Historic motorcars and, possibly like yourself,…
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Motoring with Bill Little
Motoring with Bill Little THE social side of motoring was well in evidence at Bristol, as a substitute for going…
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FORGOTTEN MAKES:No.88-The Maudslay
FORGOTTEN MAKES: No.88 The Maudslay THE Maudslay Company of Parkside, Coventry, was a highly respected engineering concern before it turned…
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VSCC at Enstone
VSCC at Enstone IF ANYONE doubts whether vintage car competitions are an all-the-yearround pastime, they should have been at bleak…
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Results of driving tests at Enstone December 2, 1989
Results of driving tests at Enstone December 2, 1989 1st class awards: A. D. Jones (A7); P. R. Rosomon (A7);…
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Humber Date
Humber Date WE RECOUNTED last month how the Bentley DC honoured Miss Marjorie Burgess, daughter of Fred Burgess, designer of…
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Campbell at Verneuk Pan
Campbell at Vemeuk Pan OUR recent reference to Malcolm Campbell's abortive LSR attempt at Verneuk Pan in S. Africa when…
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