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Matters of moment, March 1983
It happens on March 13th What does? Why, the opening of the 1983 F1 racing season, with the Brazilian Grand Prix,…
March 1983
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Club news, March 1983
Renault OC Open to owners of all the diverse Renault types, this is a Club of benefit to its members as…
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The Formula One scene
As these words are being written the first Grand Prix of 1983 is still four weeks away and by the time…
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The Swedish Rally
The quality of a restaurant may often be judged by the number of its patrons, or the popularity of an airline by…
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Daytona Twenty-Four Hours
Frenchmen Bob Wollek and Claude Ballot-Lena won the Daytona 24 Hours, held on February 5th and 6th. However, they were assisted by…
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Looking back with Peter Gethin
The winner of the fastest World Championship Grand Prix ever run talks to Motor Sport It was during his spell as…
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Book reviews, March 1983, March 1983
"Automobile Year 1982 / '83" 243 pp. 12½" x 9½" (Edita SA, 10 rue du Valentin, 1000 Lausanne 9, Switzerland.…
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From the front — 3
3 — Aston Martin: The Aston Martin 1½-litre had two distinguishing features among its contemporaries; the engine lubrication was by a…
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A light-hearted look-back at the Monte Carlo Rally
The 1983 Monte Carlo Rally is reported on elsewhere in this issue. While it remains a prestigious event, and according…
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Lancia-Ferrari Group C contender
Although a Ferrari engined Lancia is not a new phenomenon — there was the six-cylinder Dino powered Stratos rally car…
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The things they say
". . . the winner will emerge in the early morning sunshine on the Monaco harbour front." — Autocar, writing…
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The VSCC at Brooklands
On January 30th, just before the snow came, some of the more active, and hardy, members of the VSCC assembled…
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V-E-V odds & ends, March 1983
A reader seeks data on Galloway light cars, as his father had one in the 1920s, when he was about…
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The ex-Doreen Evans' R-type MG Midget
We have received the following from Mr. Lance Tees of Natal, S. Africa: I have been a South African reader…
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The things they say . . .
"Admittedly we were running-in the car but our motorway average (in Britain) seldom dropped below 80 m.p.h." — From a…
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V-E-V miscellany, March 1983, March 1983
For this year's Coventry Rally, over the weekend of June 25th / 26th, the Riley Register has decided on a…
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Austin 7 comparisons
Having quoted some contemporary acceleration figures last month for the rather-tame 1924 / '25 Austin 7 sports-model, it may be apposite…
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"I worked at Rolls-Royce"
We have received the following from Mr. A. F. Atterbury: I started working for Rolls-Royce at Derby as an errand…
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V-E-V miscellany, March 1983, March 1983
David Rae, formerly Field Service Manager for Dunlop's, has joined Vintage Tyre Supples as their Sales Manager. The ex-John Smythe Type 23…
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Fragments on forgotten makes, No. 65: the Marshall Arter
The Marshall Arter was one of these light cars that sprang up optimistically bethre the First World War, when the small-car movement…
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