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New cars: Peugeot 405
Ryton course Well, if the 309 went oft-course aesthetically, Peugeot's latest medium-range saloon must re-establish the company's styling studios at…
January 1988
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New cars: Panther Solo 2
Going solo Young Chul Kim will have owned Panther Cars for ten years by the time the first Solo 2…
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Road impressions: Citroen BX GTi 16v
Yuppie puppy Citroen has long been established in Britain, having an agent here as long ago as 1919. I went…
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Road test: Nissan 300ZX Targa turbo
Heir without graces Sportscar lovers have grumbled at Nissan for allowing the raw and nimble Datsun 240Z of 1969 to…
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Modern specials: Dunsmore
Enterprise zone There was a time when I could not go along with replicas of sports-cars of the 1920s and…
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Brooklands News
This years Brooklands Society Dinner, in Woking, had a smaller attendance than usual but was notable for an amusing speech…
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Veteran to classic: Lakeland trial
Happy 21st The Vintage Sports Car Club's twenty first annual invasion of William Wordsworth's demesne took place on the day…
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Readers' requests
A reader is trying to trace the history of his 1934 Alvis Speed-20 Vanden Plas tourer (registration No WP 608).…
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Veteran to classic: Enstone
VSCC at Play If you hold driving-tests in December on the plateau at Enstone near Oxford, it is almost certainly…
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Club Prizes
The Morgan Three-Wheeler Club's AGM weekend went with a swing, with at least 60 Morgans attending at Malvern. The prizes…
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Veteran to classic
The roads of the 1920s We left Owen John contemplating a winter tour in an Armstrong Siddeley, a tour he…
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V to C Miscellany, January 1988
Michael Ware "discovered" that 1922 3-litre Bentley which is causing so much controversy and excitement in BDC circles, only in…
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V to C odds and ends
The 750 Motor Club had a successful run to Boulogne in October, with no nonstarters and the 19 A7s (dating…
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Obituaries
We are much saddened to have to report the death, following a heart attack, of George Liston Young, who won…
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Veteran to classic: Squire sports cars
Simplicity It may have been the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the subsequent financial slump in the 1930s which…
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Factory visit: The new Squire
Recipe for success? When I was young, I was exceedingly fond of my mother's chocolate cake. She gave the recipe…
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Books for the New Year
The Scimitar and its forebears by Don Poker. 231pp (Court Publications, Drays Court, Witcombe, Gloucs GL3 4TN. £11.95 + £1.55…
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Sensitivity
Sir, I am moved and impressed by the sensitivity of Letter from the West Country (Motor Sport, November 1987). I…
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Connaught's PDK
Sir, In his article on the Porsche PDK gearbox (Motor Sport, November 1987), MLC mentions various other gearboxes, including the…
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Letters:
A genuine hysteric? Sir, I enjoyed DSJ's "Lotus Blossoms" article in the December issue. Why is it that the thought…
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