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Matters of Moment, May 1981
Budget Blues Car-users always pay very dearly in taxation and the last "blue" Budget ran to form, with 20p a…
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Motor Sport Fixture List for May
* Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in…
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Obituary: Mike Hailwood, MBE, GM
When a racing man dies in action, in a race or while testing, it is sad. When a racing man…
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Club News, May 1981
Cooper Car Club Plans are afoot to form a Club or Register for owners and enthusiasts for Cooper cars and…
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The VSCC at Donington
The second Vintage SCC race meeting of 1981, counting towards the Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy Contest, will be held…
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The VSCC at Silverstone (April 11th)
The Vintage SCC had excellent weather and a fine entry of 150 cars for its first Silverstone race meeting (Club…
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Hill Climb Review
Wiscombe Park The first of 16 rounds of the 1981 British Hill Climb Championship took place on Sunday, April 12th…
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Argentine Grand Prix
Piquet makes up for his Brazilian mistake! Buenos Aires, April 12th From the start of practice for the Argentine Grand…
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Letter from South America
Dear D.S.J. When I arrived in Argentina I began thinking about the old saying which goes "the Good Lord smiles…
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Formula Two at Hockenheim
Third time was very lucky for Swedish Toleman-Hart driver Stefan Johansson at Hockenheim on April 5. Johansson, won his third…
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Miniatures News, May 1981
News of a remarkable model aeroplane engine appeared last year in The Chartered Mechanical Engineer, whose Editor has given us…
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Formula One Trend of Design
Aerodynamics It seems that every time we reach the threshold of a new and fascinating development in Formula One somebody…
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Driving Impressions
VW's 200 m.p.h. diesel 47 m.p.g. at a constant 155 m.p.h. The object at my damp feet looked more like…
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Road Impressions
The Renault 18 Turbo A Splendid Family Car, with Racing Connotations The Renault Group, France's biggest car manufacturer, having decided…
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Speed
Some personal landmarks I do not remember when I became obsessed with speed, but it must have been at a…
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Alta
Sports and Racing Cars Fifty years ago, in 1931, the Alta Car and Engineering Company Ltd. was formed by Geoffrey…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, May 1981
A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC Light Car Weekend This year's Welsh Weekend run by the Light Car…
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Fragments on Forgotten Makes
No. 40: The Zephyr Your reference in a recent issue to car component manufacturers in Lowestoft mentions the Brooke car…
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Firestone Tyres for Vintage Cars
Firestone Vintage and Classic tyres and tubes are now available from Lambrook Tyres of Colyton, Devon, following an agreement with…
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Imitation . . .
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it is an interesting speculation to consider which racing-car design has been…
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