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Matters of moment, September 1981
Compulsion It looks as if the do-gooders, among whom must be numbered some motor journals and motoring organisations, the AA…
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Page 36
Matters of moment, September 1981
Confusion We are glad not to have been assigned the task of writing a layman's guide to motor racing and…
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An Austrian afterthought
You never meet anyone who objects to the Österreichring. It may be a little difficult to get to, there may…
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Club news, September 1981
Morgan Sports Car Club In conjunction with the Austin Healey Owners Club, the MSCC is organising an Inter-Club sprint meeting…
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If you see spots
It has come to our notice that, presumably to replace criminally inaccurate radar-guns, certain Police Forces are reverting to stop-watch…
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1981 Austrian Grand Prix race report
Qualifying The pits and paddock were well filled by Friday morning, to see the start of testing under blue skies…
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Around and about, September 1981
Unipart's Metro Challenge One-make racing has become tremendously popular in recent years with international Grand Prix meetings graced by the "Procar"…
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Formula 2 review
First year Formula Two driver— "Rookie" the Americans would call him — Thierry Boutsen took the lead of the European…
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Rally review, September 1981
South American Double Summertime, or rather the weeks between mid-June and mid-August during which High. Summer is supposed to prevail,…
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Spa 24 Hours
The 1981 24 Heures de Francorchamps will he remembered for its relatively incident free progress and a superb battle for…
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Gordon Murray
the time was generating a great deal of downforce. It was absolutely fine at Buenos Aires, where Niki finished second,…
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Gordon Murray
"I think it's important to remember that Bernie was spending a lot of his own money in those days ... "…
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Behind the Grand Prix Scene
The starter At one time the starting of a Grand Prix was a pretty haphazard affair, the signal being given by the…
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Number plates
BGH 23 Any manufacturer who pursued an active programme of sports-car racing, especially in the days before transporters, when cars were…
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Lotus Turbo Esprit
LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO-continued assisted, the front discs being slightly smaller in diameter at 10.5'' than the rears, and the hand…
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Lotus Turbo Esprit
The perfect driving machine? "What'll she do, mister?" -the age old question on the lips of small bovs of all ages…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage , September 1981
[A section devoted to old-car matters] The Life and Times of Montie Grahame-White (Continued from the August issue) Towards the end of 1898 Claude Johnson,…
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Mystery Car!
The pictures on this page were sent to us by the Head Librarian of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu,…
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Colerne Sprint
It was a few years ago that correspondence started to appear in the VSCC Bulletin, proposing a straight line sprint…
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Vintage postbag, September 1981
Spot the Pub Sir, I enclose two enprints, together with negatives, recently found in an attic. They are all I…
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