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Matters of moment, December 1985
During 1985 we have been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the title Motor Sport. While looking back has been fun,…
December 1985
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Club news, December 1985
Motor Sport enthusiasts who are students now have a Championship event of their own, the Endsleigh National Student Motorsport Championship.…
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1985 South African Grand Prix race report
Kyalami, October 19th The fact that the Renault and Ligier teams both made the gesture of missing the 1985 edition…
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1985 Australian Grand Prix race report
Australian Grand Prix Adelaide, November 3rd Perhaps wondering inwardly whether he was doing the right thing moving to the McLaren…
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Reflections in the Southern Hemisphere
For the first time since the Brazilian Grand Prix at Rio de Janeiro started the 1985 World Championship season back…
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McLaren International 1985
The 1984 season saw the Marlboro / TAG sponsored McLaren team win 12 out of the 16 World Championship Grand…
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Road impressions
Mazda RX-7 Mazda makes no bones about it; the brand new version of its successful 2 + 2 sports coupe…
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Rally review, December 1985
Toyota Supreme in Ivory Coast There can be no doubt that the Ivory Coast Rally is not the most favoured…
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In minature
As this will be the last issue of Motor Sport to appear before the festive season breaks out, it seems…
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Fakes and phoneys
We have had to become used to almost any old and interesting car not being the real thing as the…
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Jim Yardley
DIY Expert As a breed, motor racing journalists are a pretty cynical bunch. We don't start off that way, we…
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Cars in Books, December 1985
My attention has been drawn to the chapter on "Motors And Motoring" in Earl Russell's book "My Life and Adventures"…
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Book reviews, December 1985, December 1985
Books For Christmas "The Ford That Beat Ferrari – A Racing History Of The GT40" by Gordon Jones & John…
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Golf Diesel Turbo
Not bad! Even mention of Diesel power is an anathema to keen drivers who associate such propulsion with sluggish performance,…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, December 1985
To Brighton by Talbot November’s Veteran Car Run to Brighton, organised by RAC Motor Sports Association, is as popular as…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage – Miscellany, December 1985, December 1985
Too late to record last month, it was sad to learn of the death of David H. Murray, which severs…
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Motoring as it was
A Look Back To The Roads Of The 1920s The year is 1924 and we left Owen John, whose motoring…
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Meeting Hugh Eaton
I had the opportunity of spending an evening with Mr H. S. Eaton, a versatile Australian sportsman, who has enjoyed…
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V-E-V Odds & Ends, December 1985
First, some corrections to errors that crept in last month. In my article about David Harrison's 1907 Renault it should…
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Road test
Ford Escort RS Turbo Packaging is everything At the end of last year, Ford announced that it would build 5,000…
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