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Matters of moment, November 1971
• Showtime Soliloquy With the last of the Earls Court visitors leaving the Motor Show to discover whether or not…
November 1971
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The expensive Mr. Stewart
They don't love Jackie Stewart at Laguna SCCA, or the motoring writer of the San Francisco Chronicle doesn't. That paper…
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Some British Leyland problems
British Leyland, the only major motor manufactory this country now possesses, has many problems. We wonder whether at times they…
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Black mark for BMW
On the eve of Earls Court we received a hand-out over the name of Raymond Playfoot which told us that…
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1971 United States Grand Prix
Cevert's first Formula One victory Watkins Glen, October 3rd What a tremendous season Elf-Team Tyrrell have had in 1971. Their…
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Record breaking
The 2-mile-long V-bomber runway at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire has proved so successful as a venue for attacking short-distance records…
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British Leyland test day
Some weeks before the Motor Show British Leyland invited us up to Silverstone where they had laid on a test…
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Book reviews, November 1971, November 1971
Interesting mainly for their colour plates, mostly of modern racing cars and motorcycles, are two Orbis Books volumes, "Racing Cars"…
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"The Rover"
By George Oliver. 220 pp. 8 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Cassell and Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
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"The Forgotten Pilots"
By Lettice Curtis. 337 pp. 8 1/5 in. x 5 2/5 in. (G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., 50a, Bell…
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"Car Badges of the World"
By Tim Nicholson. 138 pp. 8 4/5 in. x 6 1/2 in. (Cassell and Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
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Cars in books, November 1971
A slice of Talbot lore, I fancy, can be culled from an article by Jack Gilbey on "The Vanished Cab…
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Can-Am—Hulme's luck turns
Brainerd, Minnesota, September 12th Peter Revson won his fourth Can-Am race of the season at Donnybrooke International Speedway, an ultra-quick…
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Formula 2 review
The European Formula Two season effectively came to an end at Vallelunga at the beginning of October when Ronnie Peterson…
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The things they say...
"It is a matter for sorrow that those who lead the Trades Unions whose members are mostly employed in our…
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The RAC Rally
It's easy to estimate the popularity of a rally; one need only count the number of people who want to…
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Rally review, November 1971
TAP Rally When it was first held five years ago, some people thought that it had a connection with plumbing;…
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Around and about: comment on the racing and club scene, November 1971
On the Can-Am trail While in North America last month for the Canadian and US Grands Prix I was lucky…
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Continental Notes, November 1971
Ferrari For the past couple of years the efforts by Ferrari in sports car racing have been a bit luke-warm…
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Veteran-Edwardian-vintage, November 1971
A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC Welsh Week-end (October 2nd/3rd) The traditional excursion over the Welsh border for…
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