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Matters of moment, January 1975
The trend of design At the commencement of another year it is encouraging to discover that some of the past…
January 1975
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Matters of moment cont., January 1975
Miniatures News The race for ever-more-ingenuity in the miniatures field has been advanced another step by Meccano Ltd., who have…
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International Calendar for 1975
International Calendar for 1975 AS THESE WORDS are appearing in print the first Grand Prix of 1975 is only 12…
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Two Sides of the Coin
Two Sides of the Coin McLaren's effort on both sides of the Atlantic IT IS little more than ten years…
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Before We Lose Track
Before We Lose Track THE McLaren firm have built racing cars for almost every type of racing, and even built…
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Rally review, January 1975
World Championship to Lancia For people involved with World-Class International Rallying, the months of October and November can hardly have…
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The Formula One Scene
The Formula One Scene WHEN THE non-motoring sponsors appeared on the Grand Prix scene I looked a bit sideways at…
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The Leather-Bound World of Connolly
The Leather-Bound World of Connolly IN THE late 150s and early '60s, almost 85% of the hides processed by Connolly…
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Marshall's Firenza
Marshall's Firenza A study of one of the most successful Special Saloons in British club racing IF ONE were to…
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Around and About, January 1975
Around and About The Fiat 131 Mirafiori FIAT'S penetration of the European car market dropped from a peak of 13.7%…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, January 1975
Veteran Edwardian Vintage A SECTION DEVOTED TO OLD-CAR MATTERS CARE OF TYRES A New Book about Dunlop OBSOLETE SIZES of…
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Vintage Postbag, January 1975
Vintage Postbag Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars Sir, Reference is made in MOTOR SPORT for November 1974 to Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars. Ilow…
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Pictorial History
Pictorial History THE IDEA of presenting motoring history pictorially is not new; the late Toni Rolt compiled such a book,…
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Cars in Books, January 1975
Cars in Books From "Both Hands" by Gervas Huxley (Chatto & Windus, 1970) comes a splendid description of a iong…
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Airdale Cars Ltd.
Esholt, Nr. Shipley, Yorks. The Airedale car depicted in a contemporary Motor Show catalogue. I am fortunate in being able…
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Books for the New Year
"The Indy 500—An American Institution Under Fire" by Ron Dorson. 229 pp. 9¼ in. x 6 in. (Bond Parkhurst Books,…
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A motoring art exhibition
Last November some of the James Barron collection of motoring objets d'art were tastefully displayed in part of Bethnal Green…
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Road Test The Vauxhall Firenza
Road Test The Vauxhall Firenza AFTER a bad spell with models which did not quite come off and cars with…
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Looking Back with Bruce Halford
Looking Back with Bruce Halford WHEN CONSIDERING the astronomic sums of money which several current Grand Prix teams state is…
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The Subtle Art of Fast Cornering
Editor Contemplates— The Subtle Art of Fast Cornering IT IS A curious facet of the human race that among quite…
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