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Matters of moment, April 1979
The end in sight When we were younger, between very small and adolescent, a sandwich-man bearing placards inscribed "THE END…
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The Lotus 80 - The next step forward
Everyone, including Team Lotus, was expecting the successor to the Lotus 79 to make its appearance at the South African…
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The Formula One scene
The present Formula One, for 3-litre unsupercharged engines and 1½-litre supercharged, was started in 1966, since when there have been…
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The Race of Champions
A non-event at.... Brands Hatch, March 18th When the Race of Champions was first thought of, in 1965, it seemed…
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The VSCC at Silverstone
The Vintage SCC opens its 1979 racing season at Silverstone, commencing at about 13.15 hours on April 21st. This is…
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Bill Urquhart-Dykes in his best-remembered 12/50 Alvis - WM47
Obituary - Bill Urquhart-Dykes Another well-known personality from the vintage years has gone, with the death, peacefully, after a short…
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News in brief, April 1979
A brace of faster Chryslers Chrysler chose the Geneva show to unveil two new versions of their front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, Sunbeam…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, April 1979
A section devoted to old-car matters Some Thoughts About Bentleys I reviewed Donald Bastow's book about the engineering aspects of…
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Vintage Postbag, April 1979
"Goff" Imhof's Trials MG Sir, After some 15 years of not reading Motor Sport, purely because I preferred not to…
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Books for Easter
"By Jupiter! The Life of Sir Roy Fedden" by Bill Gunscon. 157 pp. 8¼" x 5¾" (The Royal Aeronautical Society,…
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Cars In Books, April 1979
Cars In Books I found nothing about motoring in "Forty Years Of A Sportsman's Life" by Sir Claude Champion De…
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Miniatures News, April 1979
Controversial Formula One driver Riccardo Patrese has gone into the model car business, starting with a model of the Chevron…
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Audi news and Rumours
Two works Audi 80s will be seen in International Rallying this season as the Ingolstadt company gains experience ready for…
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Two More (Post-War) Records
Mr R. H. Beauchamp, AMIME, concludes his account of life at T & T's of Brooklands under the great Reid…
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Televised Rallies
BBC Television has reached agreement with the RAC Motor Sports Association to cover four major British International rallies this year:…
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Land-Rover Goes V8
A new range of Land-Rovers fitted with the 3½-litre V8 Range-Rover engine has been launched, initially for export only. The…
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Those chronic straight-eights
The editor enlarges on the theory of Lord Montagu's that the craze for the straight-eight engine led several British car…
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Janspeed's Sensational Rover Turbo
The best supercharged road engine? If the craze for straight-eight engines was almost universally disastrous, as W. B. describes opposite,…
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Jaguar of Coventry
Motor Sport visits Browns Lane to try the latest models from Jaguar-Rover-Triumph Ltd. In view of the release of the…
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The new series III Jaguars and Daimlers
Although it is eleven years since the XJ6 was introduced, the Jaguar/Daimler model range remains unsurpassed in its combination of…
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