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VSCC at Cadwell Park
Ron Footitt (AC/GN) clinches Motor Sport Trophy contest THE last 1983 race meeting of the Vintage SCC took place on August 28th,…
October 1983
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Track test: We drive the Canon Porsche 956
"It would make a nice road car, wouldn't it?" enquired Richard Lloyd as I stopped at the pits for a breather. After…
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Happy Birthday Porsche 911!
Twenty years ago, at the Frankfurt Auto Salon in 1963, Dr Ferry Porsche unveiled the Porsche 901 which, through an accident…
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New cars: Mercedes 190
A new class for Mercedes It took ten years — three more than is usual in the motor industry — for…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, October 1983
A section devoted to old car matters A 1910 Humber THE other day, in connection with some filming relating to…
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Motoring as it was
A look back to the roads of the 1920s (Continued from the July issue) Going on with the OJ saga of long ago,…
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From 246 to 272 mph — the problems involved
(This is the Golden Jubilee year of the Railton car, which we have already commemorated with a long article on…
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Out of the past, October 1983
Back in 1978, at my suggestion, Roger Collings took me on his well-known 1903 Sixty Mercedes for a long run,…
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Vintage postbag , October 1983
Tracing Pegasos Sir, As a regular reader of your magazine and actual owner of several Pegaso Z-102 sports cars, I…
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Readers' letters, October 1983, October 1983
Comfort at the wheel Sir, AH's comments on the lack of space in the Rover Vitesse highlights a trend that…
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