Page 37
Matters of moment, May 1979
GOING SMALL With petrol prices already rising, towards the expected £1 or more per gallon, there is one infallible way for…
May 1979
Page 39
The Safari Rally
RALLIES are either won or lost; they can never be bought. No matter how massive an operation is mounted to…
Page 41
Race of Champions
Sunshine Day Brands Hatch, April 15th SNOWED OFF on March 18th the Race of Champions meeting was held in glorious…
Page 42
The Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Meeting
THE FORMULA ONE race planned as the star attraction at Donington Park's Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Meeting on June 3rd has…
Page 42
Silverstone 6-hours
STAR ATTRACTION in the British motor-racing calendar for May is the Silverstone round of the 1979 World Championship of Makes,…
Page 44
Veteran Edwardian Vintage, May 1979
A SECTION DEVOTED TO OLD-CAR MATTERS Ford Crankshafts A MINOR item of motoring history concerns the evolution of crankshafts for…
Page 45
Out of the past, May 1979
FROM an old film, found in the attic of a house, a reader has sent us some photographic enlargements which…
Page 46
V-E-V odds & ends, May 1979
Those who feel that minority movements deserve especial support will be glad to know that the Trojan OC had its…
Page 46
Vintage in India
A CORRESPONDENT informs us that for the 14th Statesman Vintage Rally in New Delhi an entry of 67 was obtained,…
Page 46
V-E-V miscellany, May 1979, May 1979
The Rover Sports Register, which caters for Rovers of all ages and types, is holding another Rally organised by its…
Page 46
The gearbox in "Babs"
A SMALL but interesting item occurs in that very readable book "I Kept No Diary" by Air Commodore F. R.…
Page 48
Vintage Postbag, May 1979
Lanchester versus Rolls-Royce Sir Your articles on "They Believed in Ghosts" and the R. R. Chauffeur's School were most interesting.…
Page 50
Obituaries
A. C. Bertelli AUGUSTUS CESARE BERTELLI, whose name will always be associated with the second generation of Aston Martin sports-cars,…
Page 52
The best of the big estates
THE HEADING does not refer to Woburn (The Duke of Bedford), Blenheim (The Duke of Marlborough) or Chatsworth (The Duke…
Page 52
A Montrose from Japan
NAMES are something of a headache for the men who market cars in Britain. We have just heard that Fiat…
Page 52
Short-circuit Spa 24 hours
THE annual Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour saloon car race looks as though it will be the first event held on the new…
Page 53
The other side of Brooklands
With the arrival of better weather, the Editor recalls the days when people went to Weybridge not only to see…
Page 57
Book reviews, May 1979, May 1979
"Triumph Cars The Complete 75-year History" by Richard Langworth and Graham Robson. 312 pp. 10 in. x 7 1/4 in. (Motor…
Page 58
Bristol Austin Sevens
THE BRISTOL Austin Seven Club will be holding its second annual static rally at Berkeley Castle, half way between Bristol…
Page 58
XJ Register
THE JAGUAR Drivers Club has formed an XJ Register for the benefit of members with XJ6s, XJ12s and XJSs. The new…
You may also like
F1
Will 11th F1 team remain fictional? Plus Ricciardo's big week - British GP diary
As events on the Formula 1 calendar go, there are not many bigger than the British Grand Prix. That’s not home bias talking, but backed up in the facts of…
Racing History
The enduring magic of Aston Martin
There’s no particular order to our list of 100 reasons why we love Aston Martin. The point of our October issue cover-story tribute during this, the marque’s centenary year, was…
Opinion
F1
July's audio podcast 2011
Here we are, another month, another audio podcast! Nigel Roebuck, Damien Smith, Rob Widdows and myself sat down on Tuesday July 26 to talk about the German Grand Prix, the…
Rally News
‘Let’s win this ****ing race!’ Ford CEO’s rallying cry for Dakar, Le Mans – and F1
While Ford launches its Red Bull F1 partnership in Detroit later this week, its rally raid squad is aiming to conquer Dakar – will CEO Jim Farley's masterplan pay off?
×