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Matters of moment, May 1978
Computer confusion The great computer Vehicle and Driving Licence Complex at Swansea what has it cost the tax-payer; £400-million, wasn't…
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New cars
The Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS Vauxhall's elusive Chevette 2300 HS, already a highly successful rally car which has brought a…
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Endurance Racing Survey
Perhaps the most striking aspect of the first two European rounds of the World Championship for Makes was the degree…
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Around and about, May 1978
The GP Opel conclusion Last month we published pictorial proof that Opel I, described in Motor Sport for September 1977, and…
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Reflections in a side-street
[The report of the US Grand Prix West appears in the colour section on page 658.] What a good thing it…
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Notes on the cars at Long Beach
The two Brabham team cars were BT46/3 (Watson) and BT46/4 (Lauda) and since the S. African GP they had undergone numerous…
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Easter Monday Thruxton International Meeting
The 1978 European Formula Two championship opened at the traditional Easter Monday Thruxton meeting, providing, not surprisingly, the proven March-BMW…
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The Opel Rekord 2.0 Berlina
There was a time when Opel cars, for all the company's participation in Grand Prix racing and experiments with rocket-propelled vehicles,…
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Book reviews, May 1978, May 1978
"The Lea-Francis Story" By Barrie Price. 144 pp 10 in. x 7 1/2 in. B.T. Batsford Ltd., 4. Fitzhardinge Street. London. W1H 0AH £5.50. There…
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Cars in books, May 1978
Nothing outstanding for the present, although in "Dear Me" by Peter Ustinov (Heinemann, 1977) we find, as expected, a reference to the…
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Road impressions - The Renault 20TS
If I had to cover Renault products in a very few words I would say that they make cars with…
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Rally review - The Circuit of Ireland International Rally , May 1978
After five days, fifty-five special stages and five hundred and fifty competitive miles, the current RAC National Rally Champion and 1977…
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LCS of the VSCC’s Welsh Week-end
April 8th/9th With entries down for the main VSCC fixtures since the Measham, it was gratifying to the Light Car…
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Veteran - Edwardian - Vintage, May 1978
A section devoted to old car matters The Amilcar Six After making a series of acceptable voiturettes and small…
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A “Parry Thomas” Day
John Godfrey Parry Thomas, the great Welsh racing-driver and engineer, was killed attacking the LSR on Pendine sands; in South Wales,…
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V-E-V Odds & ends, May 1978
A Birmingham reader is anxious to learn more about the “missing history” of a 1934 Hooper-bodied 20/25 h.p. Rolls-Royce which…
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Boulogne 55 Years Ago
Later this month the VSCC intends to pay a visit to Boulogne, to try to recapture the atmosphere of the…
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The Brooklands Riley
Sir, The March issue of your always enjoyable magazine, which I have read without missing a single copy since 1927,…
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A V8 Horch
Sir, The photograph which accompanied a letter from Jim James shows a Horch of the 1935/313 era, and, I suspect,…
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Renault versus Rolls-Royce
Sir, Your comments on page 36 of the January 1978 Motor Sport regarding the quality of the chassis of Edwardian…
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