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Matters of moment, January 1986
The Safety of Rally Spectators Another very exciting and interesting RAC Rally has, with luck, safely concluded, watched by astonishingly…
January 1986
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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
With the Sierra RS Cosworth Ford has built a car in a class of its own. It is quite simply…
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Elva
Thirty years ago, the marque "Elva" came to the scene and, for a decade, was one of the world's most…
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The Formula One scene
The 1985 Grand Prix season was a good one and it looks as though the 1986 season is going to…
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W.E.C.
Tom Walkinshaw's Jaguar XJR-6 sportscar team has achieved much in the space of four months, and earned its best result…
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Rally review, January 1986
New cars dominate Lombard RAC Rally Had we been asked a few years ago whether we believed it possible for…
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Road Impressions
Ford 2.8EFi Granada Scorpio 4x4 Having got accustomed to a Ford Sierra 4x4 for 9,000 troublefree miles and liking it…
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Looking back with Peter Ashdown
Last November we received a package containing photographs and negatives taken at the Borehamwood race meetings in the early Fifties.…
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The Constructors - Pilbeam
It's ironic that Britain's most successful manufacturer of hill climb cars, Pilbeam Racing Designs, is based in Lincolnshire on the…
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J-O'-G And All That. . .
In the colour-pages you will find an interesting account by M.L. about driving a modern Bentley Eight from London to…
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To the North By Bentley Eight
In 1938 Bill Boddy road tested a Bentley by driving it from the Palace of Westminster to John O'Groats. It…
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Formula One
Paddock I remember, at the 1969 British Grand Prix, standing by the Shell Bridge and offering a pound for a…
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The Editor Brings Together — Two B & M Aston-Martins
The Bamford and Martin Aston-Martins were made a long time ago, in quite small numbers, but interest in them has…
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Cars I Have Owned And Raced
This article, by R. King-Clark, was the opening chapter in his as yet unpublished book about his extensive flying in…
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Book Reviews, January 1986, January 1986
"HRG — The Sportsman's Ideal" by Ian Dussek. 176 pp. 10 in x 7, in (Motor Racing Publicalions Ltd., Unit…
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Miniatures News, January 1986
Last month we referred in the "In Miniature" article to a scale model of the LSR car "Babs" made for…
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Cars In Books, January 1986
Having read about Osbert Sitwell 's motoring in this feature, a reader in Seaford has drawn my attention to "Great…
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New Cars Peugeot 309
It is no secret that Peugeot Talbot's recent history has been full of incident. The marque Talbot has not been…
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Veteran - Edwardian - Vintage, January 1986
Fragments of forgotten makes No 68: The Dawson A car which was almost a lost cause before it was announced…
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V-E-V Odds & Ends., January 1986
In connection with the Madresfield speed-trials article in the November 1985 issue, David Sewell confirms my impression that, in pre-war…
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