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Matters of Moment, July 1979
Where has all the North Sea oil gone? The prevailing petrol-famine is likely to cause many motorists to sing the…
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Contents, July 1979
Matters of Moment ... 951 Fixtures for July ... 952 Les Vingt-Quatre Heures Du Mans ... 953 VSCC OuIton Park…
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Motor Sport Fixture List for July
* Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in…
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Les Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans
A Question of Endurance, not Speed Some aspects of the international racing scene may change with almost frenetic haste from…
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VSCC Oulton Park Race Meeting
(June 16th) The Vintage SCC Oulton Park Meeting reminded me a little of those smaller Club days at Brooklands, when…
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The Formula One Scene
Swedish Grand Prix There have been a number of unusual happenings on the Formula One front recently, all of which…
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Veteran-Edwardian-Vintage, July 1979
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters Another Vintage Racing-Car Restoration
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Vintage Postbag, July 1979
Another Mystery Solved Sir, In the May issue you show a picture of an "unknown" engine owned by Mr. Ross…
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The Bugatti OC Golden Jubilee Rally
(June 2nd-8th) This club, catering for perhaps the most exciting motor cars of all, celebrated its Golden Jubilee, or 50th…
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Vintage Tailpiece
Stout stuff - His Worship the Mayor of Cheltenham leads the BOC Parade in Chairman Barrie Price's Type 57 Bugatti.
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Formula One Trend of Design
Front Aerofoils While the principal objective of the rear aerofoil on a racing car is to provide a down-force on…
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A Rolls-Royce Occasion
The Chairman and Directors of Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. gave a luncheon at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, on May 22nd to…
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Book Reviews, July 1979, July 1979
“The Rolls-Royce Twenty” by John M. Fasal. 560 pp. 10” x 7”. (Burgess & Son Ltd., Station Road, Abingdon, Oxon.…
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Cars in Books, July 1979
I have long maintained that Ford, perhaps more than any other manufacturer, has supplied primarily transport for the masses, along…
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Miniatures News, July 1979
We described recently a fine Rolls-Royce model that can be made from a Revell plastic kit. New car models from…
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Lancia: A sporting full circle?
The debut of Lancia's Group 5 Beta Montecarlo at Silverstone for the qualifying six-hour round of the World Championship of…
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Tuning Topics
Turbocharging American Style From the Fifties to Today The use of turbochargers in European road or track cars has been…
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The Rapport Turbo Range Rover
While the ubiquitous Range Rover will rumble up to nearly 100 m.p.h. it is by no means the most agile…
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A Model Lancia Lambda
Some time ago I referred to the beautifully made, finished, and detailed TOGI of Italy's model - it is to…
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Rally Review, July 1979
Acropolis Rally Whether a football match is good or bad depends entirely on the playing performance of the teams, and…
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