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Your first Opel Commodore gains you entry to a very exlusive club.
Celebrate the occasion. When you buy your first Opel Commodore, you join a small but select band of drivers. Drivers…
July 1970
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Annual Subscription Rates
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Matters of Moment, July 1970
Bravo Britain! Just recently this country has produced some new cars which should go a long way towards improving British…
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Formula Two Review
June was quite a month for users of engines other than Cosworth, Ford or a combination of the two. It…
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Motor Sport Fixture List For July
* Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 54th of the preceding month are included in…
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Le Mans 1970 - A Dead Loss
Le Mans, France, June 13th/14th For me the 1970 Le Mans race fell flat on its face at 4 p.m.…
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A Book For Navigators
An interesting booklet on rallying has been produced by a group of amateur enthusiasts who are members of the Bexley…
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Can-Am 1970
Mosport The Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series entered its fifth year with the death of Bruce McLaren and the hundreds of…
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Miniatures News, July 1970
Corgi manage to come up with some very unusual miniatures, to add to the fascination of collecting them. Their latest…
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American Comment
Starting next year, the Indianapolis 500 will no longer be held on its traditional date of May 30th, the American…
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One-Make Affairs
[One day someone may succeed in defining the elusive but subtle differences between the now-numerous one-make Clubs, all of which…
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One-Make Affairs
STD Register Rally, Wolverhampton (June 14th) A smaller one-make, or rather three-make, gathering, took place when the STD Register, catering…
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Fast Cops
According to the Sunderland Echo the Police have been making some fast journeys to transport kidneys needed for transplant operations…
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Indianapolis 500
There were 84 entries seeking one of the 33 starting berths in the 54th annual Indianapolis 500, but despite a…
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Reflections in the forest of the Ardennes
The Belgian Grand Prix Now we shall never know. One of the most interesting talking points this season has been…
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Formula Three Review
With five rounds of the popular Motor Sport/Shell Formula Three Championship now run, Tony Trimmer is still in front on…
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Interim report on two Twin-Cam Saloons
The Ford Escort RS1600 The exciting new twin-cam 16-valve Cosworth BDA-engined Ford Escort RS 1600 eventually arrived at the office…
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Letter from Europe
(By means of which the Continental Correspondent, while he is motoring abroad keeps in touch with the Editor.] Dear W.…
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St. John C. Nixon
It is with sorrow that we have to report the death of Mr. St. John C. Nixon, who died while…
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The things they say....
"But it was perhaps the morning's tour of the Rover Car Works at Solihull that especially caught the Princess's imagination.…
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