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The Prancing Horse Register
THE DOORS of the exclusive Ferrari Owners' Club are open only to those fortunates who own examples of the Maranello…
May 1979
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Cars in books, May 1979
FROM "Gilbert Harding" by Wallace Reyburn (Angus & Robertson, 1978) one learns that the famous broadcaster and TV personality, who…
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Miniatures news, May 1979
SOME information, perhaps more for younger readers, this month. Hornby Hobbies 20th "Scalextric Model Motor Racing Catalogue" has been issued.…
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Obituary
Whitney Willard Straight IT IS with deep regret and some surprise that we learn of the death of Whitney Straight…
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Lotus: Ready to make the super cars of the eighties
MOTOR SPORT interviews the managing director of Lotus Cars. Michael Kimberley will celebrate ten years with Lotus in August of…
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D for diesel day
And driving behind five cylinders BACK IN 1950 David Scott-Moncrieff wrote a test report for us about a car he…
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Super Salesman!
After selling something like two dozen Aston Martin V8 cars from a sales base in Hampshire, ex-Grand Prix driver Innes…
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Endurance racing survey
An uninspiring start IF YOU thought last year's World Championship for Makes was more than a shade uninspiring, you should…
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Road impressions
A Pair of Sports Fiats FIAT SERVED up quite a dose of fun recently with extrovert sporting versions of their…
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VSCC Welsh Week-end
(March 31st/April 1st) THE HARSH winter weather gave over just in time for this popular event run by the Club's…
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Obituary
B. H. Davenport Basil Davenport died, aged 75, after fighting a long illness with his characteristic determination. His name and…
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Formula Two Review
The Year of Ground Effect IT IS seldom that the lesser racing categories get a complete reshuffle. New cars tend…
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Horsepower or Kilowatts
Measuring the power of an engine in horsepower has always seemed something of an anomaly, considering that the internal combustion…
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Road impressions
The Alfa 6 Alfa Romeo introduce a new six-cylinder saloon THE ALFA 6 Alfa Romeo may recall a tradition of…
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Letters from readers, May 1979
N.B. - Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -ED. Aston…
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International Trophy
THE start of the BRDC's 31st International Trophy race at Silverstone saw eventual winner Eddie Cheever heading the field away…
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Multi-cylinder Bliss
Five famous cars shared fifty-six cylinders between them when the Deputy Editor went testing at Silverstone. WHEN Vic Norman organised…
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1979 United States Grand Prix (West) race report
No mistakes this time Long Beach, California, April 8th EACH YEAR the running of the United States Grand Prix (West)…
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The Renault 5 Gordini
ANY READER who travels in France must be familiar with the swift and audacious Renault 5 Alpine, the model which…
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Notes on the cars at Long Beach
Lotus: Team Lotus had problems with their new Type 8o so the idea of taking it to the Californian race…
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