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Matters of Moment, August 1968
• Grands Prix—Triumphant/Tragic This issue of Motor Sport is up to date with a report on the most recent Grand…
August 1968
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1968 French Grand Prix race report: Ickx glides to victory
After the upheaval in French motoring circles last winter, when the FFSA took control of the sport from the ACF,…
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The Honda V8
Shortly before the French Grand Prix at the beginning of July a brand-new Honda Grand Prix car arrived in England…
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Rally Review , August 1968
Gulf London Rally Purists, however businesslike their outlook, tend to regard the infiltration of sponsorship into the sport as a…
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Watkins Glen Six Hours
The eighth round of the 10-race series for the International Championship for Makes was run in the form of a…
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Letter from Europe
[By means of which the Continental Correspondent, while he is motoring abroad, keeps in touch with the Editor.] Dear W.…
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1968 British Grand Prix race report - Win for a Sportsman
Win for a Sportsman Brands Hatch, England, July 20th. With Great Britain's major race taking place on London's back-door step,…
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American Comment
The Board of Directors Of the United States Auto Club has rejected a recommendation from its Rules Committee that it…
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Continental Notes, August 1968
Now that France has got over its political upheavals the motoring scene has returned to normal, but the situation caused…
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V.S.C.C. Silverstone Race Meeting (July 20th)
While a great many people were at Brands Hatch watching drivers reclining on their backs in modern racing cars, as…
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On The Road
This column, as some of the professional journalists put it, has recently been attending one-make rallies which take place mostly…
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Road Test Report on a Sports Car
The Fuel-Injection Triumph TR5 PI On October 3rd last year Standard-Triumph announced the latest model in their successful range of…
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Pity The Poor Historian . . .
One day someone will write a further history of the French Grand Prix, and in order to produce facts and…
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Sunbeams at Wolverhampton (June 23rd)
Members of the S.T.D. Register have been taking their Sunbeams back to the place of origin of these fine Coatalen…
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Veteran - Edwardian - Vintage, August 1968
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. Oulton Park Race Meeting (June 22nd) The Vintage S.C.C. were unlucky with the…
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Touring in 1907
From Kingston-on-Thames to Hull This account, written by Dr. and Mrs. Howlett, of an autumn tour on a Wolseley, which…
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V.E.V. Miscellany, August 1968
V.E.V. Miscellany.—A reader in Berkshire has some spares for a 1934 Le Mans Singer he is prepared to give away.…
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Brooklands Society News
The Brooklands Society held the first of its own re-unions at the old Track On July 7th, by grace of…
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Vintage Postbag, August 1968
A Doctor's Cars Sir, Recently my mother, aged 88, died and I had occasion to sort through numerous old papers.…
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Grand Prix Practice
Could it be improved? Without delving into the archives or pouring over history books I could not say exactly when…
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