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Matters of Moment, February 1979
• Oil! The recent oil-tanker-drivers' strike must have made some people wonder what it would be like to live in…
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1979 Argentine Grand Prix race report
Ligier landmark Buenos Aires, January 21st The new Grand Prix season started with a flourish in Buenos Aires, for not…
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Notes on the cars at Buenos Aires
Lotus: Gone are the sleek black and gold creations from Hethel, they are now green with yellow lining. Gone too…
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Road impressions
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.6 Alfa Romeo first used the name Giulietta on a trend-setting sporting saloon introduced n 1955.…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, February 1979
A section devoted to old-car matters 100 mph from 750 c.c. As I have pointed out in the review of…
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Vintage Postbag, February 1979
Ballot in the 1921 GP Sir, I was interested for two reasons to read G. L. Easterbrook Smith's letter concerning…
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Lotus and Chrysler sign contract
Late in the old year Chrysler's press information service confirmed that the United Kingdom arm of Peugeot-Citroen and Lotus Cars…
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Formula One on Ice
Imagine, if you can, Patrick Depailler, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Rene Arnoux, John Watson, Rupert Keegan, Derek Daly and a few lesser…
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Road impressions
The Vauxhall Carlton The influence of Vauxhall quality and Opel initiative have made the General Motors, range of Luton cars…
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Book reviews, February 1979, February 1979
"Morgan Sweeps the Board" by Dr. J. D. Alderson and D. M. Rushton. 255pp. 9¾" X 6¾" (Gentry Books Ltd.,…
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Mazda's record rotary speed
The Mazda RX-7 sportscar has clearly caught the imagination of the American public and it was obviously not going to…
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Cars In Books, February 1979
I am indebted to a reader, Mr. J. E. Robinson of Barnsley, for drawing my attention to a book with…
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Silence!
The RAC have extended the mandatory silencing of exhaust systems for racing cars still further this season. Last year six…
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Saloons v sports cars
Donington Park circuit's management have taken the courageous step of promoting six-round Grand Touring Championship that caters for modified saloon…
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My Year's Motoring
The Editor Looks Back on the Cars He Drove During 1978 I had intended giving this annual look-back a miss…
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Rally Review, February 1979
The 1979 International Calendar By the time this issue of Motor Sport appears five international rallies will have been held…
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Low mileage
An advertiser's query in last month's issue as to whether or not his 1959 Morris Minor 1000, with 6,700 miles…
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Page & Moy Ltd
Specialists in Motor Racing Tours, Travel and Trade and Press Conventions Page & Moy of Leicester are synonymous with motor-racing…
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The Midas
"The first 2+2 coupe to be designed as a kit car since the ending of Purchase Tax killed off so…
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Interview - Adrian Reynard
An embryonic Chapman, or mini-Broadley? We talk to the 27-year-old proprietor of a commercial racing cars business, single-seater designer, motorcycle…
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