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Koenig's 305 b.h.p. Ferrari turbo
When your working day begins with a man from Munich parking a Ferrari apparently valued at £44,000 in front of…
January 1983
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Sunbeams at Indianapolis
I have prevailed upon Mr. Anthony S. Heal, the great authority on anything appertaining to Sunbeam cars and STD affairs,…
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The changing scene
Some time ago I was complaining in these pages about the prolonged closure of a road bridge on B438 and…
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"Oh dear" department
Nothing much, we are pleased to say, in Iast month's issue, apart from the seemingly inevitable literals, except that it should…
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V-E-V miscellany, January 1983, January 1983
Reverting to the reference to a Rolls-Royce char-a-banc made recently in these columns, a reader tells us that it was operated…
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Getting faster!
Hugh Conway has reminded us that at Elvington last year the times for the standing kilometre set up by St.…
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The Jappic
I have been taken to task by C. P. M. Walters, whose Company, Chris Walters Ltd., is involved in engineering…
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The 2.9-litre road-equipped Maserati FGC 412
My remark recently that I had ridden at Brooklands in a road-equipped 2.9-litre Maserati, before the similar ex-Birkin car so…
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Bogus sports-cars
The editor casts his mind back to some that were more sporting in appearance than in performance. It is rather astonishing…
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A motoring landmark
On November 12th last year, the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent visited Michelin House, Chelsea, to return a large clock after…
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Vintage postbag, January 1983
More on Imperia Sir, I was most interested to read of your reference to the "Jam Factory" at Maidenhead. Please,…
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Books for the new year
"Thirty Years of Motoring for Motor Sport" by Bill Boddy. 160pp. 11" x 8-1/2" (Grenville Publishing Co. Ltd., Standard House, Bonhill…
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AMG Mercedes-Benz 500SEC
One might be forgiven for thinking that the process of refinement which gave rise to the splendid Mercedes-Benz 500SEC could…
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Lynx Engineering
Individual variations on the XJS theme... It is now more than 12 years since Guy Black, then an engineer with Weslake's…
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Lombard RAC Rally
It was a great shame that an event of the calibre of the RAC Rally, and final round of the World…
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Cars in books, January 1983
No makes of cars are mentioned in "A Heroine In Her Time — A Life of Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan 1879-1967” by…
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Air
An aerial cyclecar With the new Micro-light flying having attained the BBC "Nationwide" programme on TV (and, of course, the…
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Miniatures news, January 1983
Scalextric have introduced a red 3.0-litre Tricentrol saloon-car racing Ford Capri which has working head and rear lamps, apart from…
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Letters from readers, January 1983
Brooklands v. Mary Rose Sir, Your remarks in this month's Motor Sport concerning the proposed gravel-raising threat to Brooklands are most…
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