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Grand Prix Feature: Jacques Laffite
Two recent stories give an accurate indication of Jacques Laffite's true character. Over the years, Williams team de-briefing sessions have gained…
September 1983
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Road test: The excellent Lotus Excel
The Lotus company is almost constantly in the news, its fortunes see-sawing alarmingly over the past couple of years. Towards the…
Page 64
Classic car: Austin Healey 3000 —
The stuff of which dreams are made? The trouble with nostalgia is that it tends to blind people to the…
Page 88
Panther Cars —
A small company with a big future "I know what people say about the Kallista . . it looks like a…
Page 91
Book Reviews, September 1983, September 1983
"Ferrari four-seaters" by David Owen. 134 pp, 81/2" x 7". "Saab turbo" by Graham Robson. 135pp, 81/2" x 7". "Mercedes Benz 300SL"…
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VSCC Colerne
VSCC Colerne THE annual speed trial over a standing-start kilometre, with times for the quarter-mile and kilometre and speed over…
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Cars In Books, September 1983
Cars In Books I WAS INTERESTED to find in one of the books by the Rt. Hon. J. E. B.…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, September 1983
A section devoted to old car matters The 25/50 hp Talbot The Talbot, as a make, has a complex ring…
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Day-Trip to Dieppe
Until the end of 1907 the Grands Prix held in France, Germany and Italy were each held under different regulations…
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Rare Encounters
There is no doubt that on the quieter, less-congested roads that existed in this country in the 1920s many unusual…
Page 97
Fragments on Forgotten Makes No. 66: The Jackson
The other day I drove in the Sierra XR4i to haunts I knew so well years ago when schoolboy visits were paid…
Page 98
Old No 1 Bentley
Sir, I was most interested to read your comments in Random Reflections Motor Sport July 1983 concerning the Woolf Barnato 8-litre coupe.…
Page 98
Those ill-fated Vauxhalls
Sir, I was very interested to read the article in the August issue about the 1914 and 1922 TT Vauxhalls because…
Page 99
A German rust-bug?
Sir, Heavily influenced by Motor Sport (advertisers take note) I purchased a 911SC Targa Sport and a Golf GTi two years ago.…
Page 99
Tracing old circuits
Sir, The news of the demise of Nurburgring fills one with sadness. It joins the other true road circuits in…
Page 99
Up and over
Sir, Further to your piece about test hills, you might be interested to know of the test hill that was…
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The NMM replies
Sir, Mr Nigel Stuart's letter to Motor Sport, July, referring to the facilities for the disabled at Beaulieu seems a little…
Page 99
An early Lotus
Sir, My son and I are restoring a Series 1 Lotus XI and seek your help in pinning down the car…
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