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Matters of moment, December 1986
75 Years Of Ford In Britain We cannot let 1986 slip away without offering the Ford Motor Company hearty congratulations…
December 1986
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Club News, December 1986
January 24th is the date of the BMW Car Club's Annual Dinner and Dance, at the Randolph Hotel, Oxford. Tickets from…
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More records
Since record breaking has been permitted at the MIRA banked track at Milbrook this form of high-speed activity is returning…
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Formula One: 1986 Mexican Grand Prix/Australian Grand Prix
Prost's end of term surprise The way in which the last two Formula 1 races of the season came together…
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New Cars: BMW 325i Estate
Return of the Touring? There has long existed a tradition of converting saloons into estate cars. One thinks of such…
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New Cars: Rover 825i
British BMW chaser — how close? The launch of the Rover 800 series was one of the most eagerly awaited…
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Champion Constructor
The Williams-Honda Team 1986 A measure of the success of a Formula One team over a season can be gauged…
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Musings --- that was the year, that was...
In a year of numerous new car introductions, one that included important Jaguar and Rover replacements, we asked our industry…
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Rally Review, December 1986
Committee room victory for Lancia in Sanremo Whatever opinions one may have concerning rules and their enforcement, when the results…
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Veteran to Classic: VSCC Welsh Trial
The popularity of this annual two-day event was assured before it started, with 90 competitors wanting to have a go,…
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V to C: Brooklands' Big Day
Motor Sport and the Brooklands Society originated the post-war return of Brooklands personalities to the old Track which had unfortunately…
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V to C Miscellany, December 1986
A 1906 Nordenfelt with a 30 hp Barriquand et Marne engine and a Darracq front axle has been found in…
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V to C: A Matter of Identity
In the last but one issue of the now-defunct magazine The Automobile two questions of veteran-car identity were posed, which…
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V to C: More about The Mechanics
Last August I attempted to pay tribute to those courageous people, the riding mechanics in motor races, who disappeared from…
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V to C: VSCC Eastern Rally
VSCC Eastern Rally The Premier Award was won by McEwen's 1938 Riley Lynx, navigated by D M Allen, who took…
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1986 Australian Grand Prix in pictures
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX TO GIVE Johnny Dumfries a send-oft in his final race for Lotus (above) his mechanics donned the…
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Road Test : Honda CRX 1.6i -16
Two Seats and a Dickey — the Suburban Sportscar Not many manufacturers can boast that they have introduced a new…
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Road Impressions: Two Citroën GTi's
About a year ago, I had a Citroën BX19 GT on test, and I recorded my disappointment with the car.…
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Chatting with Cholmondeley Tapper
The Editor meets a well-known pre-war racing driver I was delighted when I met Mr. T.P. Cholmondeley Tapper, whom I…
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On a Berliet to Brighton
November marked the 90th anniversary of the Emancipation Run that celebrated the freeing of the horseless carriage from many petty…
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