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Matters of moment, February 1985
A Midge Too Far? It is no secret that Sir Clive Sinclair has been planning to try to revolutionise motoring…
February 1985
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Club news, February 1985
Recently, something called a Rebuild Seminar has become rather popular amongst those clubs which are large enough to organise them,…
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News
BP has withdrawn its sponsorship of motor sport following a reappraisal of its marketing expenditure. For the past ten years…
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The Formula One scene
One thing that is becoming fairly standardised is that if the administration world of Formula One says something you need…
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Road impressions
Vauxhall Astra GTE One of the more exciting of the small European hatchbacks of 1985 is the revised Vauxhall (Opel)…
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Tuning test
Opel Manta 200i When I first reported on the GTE version of General Motors' venerable Manta, I felt that an…
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Harry Varley looks back
W. O. Bentley, in his autobiography, tells us that on January 20th, 1919, Harry Varley, Burgess and he sat down…
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Time the great muddler
Hysterical Historics There are people in the advertising world who say that if you tell the public loud enough and…
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Help needed
We have been told of a longtime reader who has unfortunately lost his sight and who is distressed at no…
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A Vauxhall Puzzle
It seems that surprises can occur when you drive a Vauxhall. While I was stationary in the road test Astra…
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Lancia joins 4wd club
There can be nothing more galling than to see your design rendered obsolete before its service life has even begun,…
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Täysillä Oikealle!
Some years ago, a girl called Eeva Heinonen was one of Finland's best known rally drivers, and more than once…
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Audi completes quattro range
It was not so long ago that Audi was perceived as a maker offering worthy, well-engineered, slightly upmarket, but ultimately…
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The constructors - 1
Richard Owen Design & Engineering It is common to talk of the courage, determination and competitiveness of racing drivers but…
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Postscript
Merrick Taylor, general manager of the Kieft Sports Car Company in the late Fifties, has sent us this photograph of…
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Marcos reborn
It is not exactly breaking the official Secrets Act to remind readers that the name "Marcos" is a combination of…
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Book reviews, February 1985, February 1985
"The Book of The Motor Museum" by Brian Jewell. 112 pp 5½ in x 8 in. Costello, 43, High Street,…
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Veteran edwardian vintage, February 1985
A section devoted to old car matters ...and Maclachlan's Lea-Francis, and Livesey's Wolseley Hornet was best up the Test Hill…
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Motoring as it was
A look back to the roads of the 1920s (Continued from the November 1984 issue) We ended the previous instalment…
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V-E-V Miscellany, February 1985, February 1985
The official journal of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club, which incidentally now has over 5,200 members, was what used to…
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