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Matters of moment, January 1977
The future of MCC long-distance trials In a world in which motoring and motor-racing have changed down the years; about…
January 1977
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International Calendar for 1977
This time last year there was a wrangle going on between the Formula One Constructors Association and the CSI and…
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New Formula One cars
March 771/240 When saw the Tyrrell Project 34 six-wheeler, with its four tiny wheels at the front, you either approved…
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Rally review, January 1977
The Lombard RAC Rally of Great Britain One year ago, we began our review of the 1975 RAC Rally with…
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Road impressions - The Renault 20TL
The very spacious Renault 20TL, that I used as my tender-car on last year's Brighton Veteran Car Run was well-liked…
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Saving the Supercars
A visit to Maserati and De Tomaso, newly-blooded brothers For the motoring journalists sitting around a boardroom table in the…
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Cars in books, January 1977
I have been delving yet again into "The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh" (Edited by Michael Davis, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1976)…
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Brighton Run reflections
The annual Veteran Car Run from London to Brighton, as a "modern" spectacle, if it can be thus described, has…
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Around and about, January 1977
"We'll conquer the World ..." The period prior to Christmas was thick with manufacturers' invitations requiring a journalist to hear…
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Veteran - Edwardian - Vintage, January 1977
A section devoted old-car matters VSCC Silverstone Driving Tests (Dec. 4th) Insane it may be, but it's great fun! I…
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Out of the past, January 1977
From time to time we receive readers' photographs which are very interesting to study and speculate upon In this category…
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Original owner Rolls-Royce
Sir, I enjoyed your Ghost Story very much in the October issue of Motor Sport, I also enjoyed very much…
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The original Brighton Run
Sir, Having watched the Veteran Car Rally (Sunday, 7th November) on the London. Brighton run, I thought that you might…
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Months on Tow
Sir, Following the picture in October's Motor Sport of a DH Gipsy Moth being towed tail-first through Shanghai, you might…
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Out of the Past, January 1977
Sir, I know you are interested in vintage aeroplanes so I thought you might like to see this copy of…
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Hyphenated
Sir, Re the November "Cars in Books'. Captain Frazer Nash had no hyphen in 1925. In The Autocar of March…
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Old Daimlers 2
Sir, I have no wish either to cross swords with my old friend Dennis Flather or to set myself up…
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Old Daimlers
Sir, I much enjoyed your feature on early Daimlers (September 1976 issue), and so imagine my surprise when leafing through…
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Donington Park racing
Once again Tom Wheatcroft is going to try and get motor racing going again on the revised Donington Park circuit,…
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A whirlwind day at hectic Hethel
In which we take the chance to drive the mid-engined Esprit, are inspired through a vigorous Colin Chapman discussion, and…
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