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Matters Of Moment, September 1973
An Eight-Cylinder MG The history of MG has taken another leap forward. In the middle of last month British Leyland…
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Front-Cover Picture
Dieter Quester rounds La Source with the works BMW 3.0 CSL with which he and Toine Hezemans won the Spa…
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Peterson Wins 1973 Austrian Grand Prix — summary
Formula One - 54 laps of Osterreichring - 5.911 kilometres per lap - 319.194 kilometres - Very Hot. A clear-cut…
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Motor Sport Fixture List For September
* Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in…
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1973 German Grand Prix race report
A Tyrrell Demonstration Nurburgring, Germany, August 5th With practice for the German Grand Prix on the Nurburgring starting only five days…
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VSCC Prescott
The annual VSCC Prescott hill-climb was held on August 12th in hot weather and attracted a record crowd of spectators.…
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Continental Notes, September 1973
Zandvoort Aftermath Looking back on the whole sad and unfortunate affair of the Dutch Grand Prix makes one realize more…
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1973 Dutch Grand Prix race report
An unhappy affair Zandvoort, Holland, July 29th The Dutch Grand Prix got off to a bad start when the mechanics…
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Rally Review, September 1973
Polish Rally Although we mentioned the Polish Rally briefly in last month's MOTOR SPORT we consider that some further comment…
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The TVR 3000 M
Road Test Latest and best individualistic, hand built, glass fibre Sports car. We and others have often said that many…
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Around and About, September 1973
A different attitude. By way of a change I took a trip to Silverstone last month to have a general…
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Spa 24-hour & Zandvoort 4-hour
ETC rounds 5 and 6 to Hezemans/Quester and BMW. Toine Hezemans and Dieter Quester completed a brilliant double for the…
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European Letter
(By means of which our roving European reporter keeps in touch with the Editor.) Dear W.B., I often receive letters…
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The Triumph Stag
Road Impressions When I tried the Triumph Stag as a new car, way back in 1970, I was disappointed with…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, September 1973
A Section Devoted To Old-Car Matters Looking back at VSCC Silverstone The second VSCC Silverstone Meeting was plagued by heavy…
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Vintage Postbag, September 1973
Sir, "His Last Bow" As another avid Sherlockian I read Philip Liput's comments on the Sherlock Holmes' Ford with considerable…
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Synchro-Mesh
Sir, If the gear-box fitted to Christopher Matthews' Humber 9/20 (MOTOR SPORT, July, p. 784) really came from a 1922…
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Model-T ignition
Sir, How the truth hurts! Your "Rumblings" comment in the July issue of MOTOR SPORT regarding the "sorry example" with…
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Sixty Mercedes
Sir, You did a fine job on the Mercedes 60 article - very interesting, and splendid colour pictures. But, for…
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That Race to London
Sir, the Essex Super Six was crewed by my father and his late cousin, Harry Whitehead, who was the Hudson/Essex…
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