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The Brooklands Re-union
The Brooklands Society staged another Re-union at the old Track and aerodrome on June 29th, in excellent summer weather. The attendance,…
August 1980
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A Change of Heart
The 1979 built Dino Ferrari, which caused such a rumpus at the Easter Monday round of the Lloyds and Scottish Championship,…
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1980 French Grand Prix race report
Typically Jones Paul Ricard, Castellet, June 29th There was never any doubt that the French Grand Prix was going to happen,…
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Reflections in the wake of the Mistral
Well that was a pretty good French Grand Prix, in spite of being held on the very artificial and somewhat clinical…
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Notes on the Cars at Paul Ricard
With the Formula One scene in a state of flux at the moment and the season reaching mid-way, technical progress is not…
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1980 French Grand Prix in pictures
FRENCH GP Top: Alan Jones, hopefully heading for the World Championship, after a well deserved win at Paul Ricard, where…
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Formula One, trend of design
Wheels All the Formula One teams are in agreement on two things where wheels are concerned and they are that wheels are…
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Ypres Rally
Save for a cluster of European Championship events, including the Scottish Rally reported in Motor Sport last month, June and July are relatively…
Page 93
Historic rear-engined single-seaters
Sir, I write to you on the topical subject of "originality" in Historic Racing. Having followed the various editorial comments…
Page 93
Mini Stunt
Sir, As one of the organisers of the record Mini engine change, referred to by your correspondent David Larkins in…
Page 93
Letter from readers
Authenticity Sir, I write to bring yet another angle on what is already an intriguing problem in historic racing, that…
Page 93
Fuel consumption formulae
Sir, I was delighted to read in your June issue of the growing interest in a possible fuel consumption Grand…
Page 93
Historic racing spectacle
Sir, The controversy over the replica syndrome in historic racing is had enough but P Andrews of Richmond is advocating something potentially…
Page 94
GP drivers at Shelsley
Sir, Mr. Duffield's letter and the excellent Shelsley article in last months Motor Sport set me to ponder just how quickly some of…
Page 94
Morgans at Snetterton
Sir, I must begin by declaring an interest: I was team manager of the MSCC team of Morgan Plus Eights in…
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V8 specials
Sir, Having just seen the letter from CM Bellamy in the June issue of Motor Sport regarding the Symmons V8 Special, I thought readers…
Page 94
Beckenham Specials
Sir, I read in your June issue of Motor Sport a letter from Mr James Batten's daughter, a Mrs Warren, concerning the Beckenham Motor Co. I own…
Page 94
V8 specials
Sir, I have followed with interest the recent correspondence in Motor Sport concerning V8 specials and was especially interested to read the letter…
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