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Matters of Moment, July 1981
The Farnham Fuss There has been a fine fuss going on in Farnham, Surrey, because the Urban District Council has…
July 1981
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Motor Sport Fixture List for July
* Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in…
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Club News, July 1981
Jaguar Drivers Club To celebrate their 25th birthday, the JDC are holding a special anniversary rally at Woburn Abbey on…
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Formula II Review
Seven different winners from seven races. That hard to believe statistic underlines the competitiveness of this year's European Formula Two…
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Rally Review, July 1981
Acropolis Rally Simple societies of centuries past had simple rules; if you did wrong, you got the club. Civilisation has…
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An excellent vintage Oulton Park meeting
The VSCC Race Meeting at Oulton Park on June 13th had a big attendance (paying spectators 4,000 they said), and…
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Royce and That Racing Peugeot
In the May issue I made reference to Edward Eves of Autocar, telling the story of Henry Royce buying the…
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1981 Le Mans 24 Hours report: round-the-clock domination for Porsche
In winning the Le Mans 24 hour race with Derek Bell, Jacky Ickx not only gave Porsche another victory for…
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Tuning Test
Blydenstein's tiny turbo boosts Astra 1.3 The distinction of the smallest turbocharged engine we have tested now belongs to the…
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Reflections in the Harbour
Due to production schedules, D.S.J.'s reflections and notes on the cars at Monaco appear before the main report of the…
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The Lotus 88B
If at first . . . Last month we dealt in some detail with the conception of the Lotus 88,…
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Project Thrust
Richard Noble's efforts over the last six or seven years will be put to the test in October when he…
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Notes on the cars and teams at Monaco
The biggest technical interest in the pits was the ingenuity shown in cheating the 6 cm. ground clearance rule: the…
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Around and About, July 1981
"Racing for Britain"; support for promising young drivers Under the laudable new scheme "Racing for Britain", whereby motor racing enthusiasts…
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The Inside Story of the Irving-Napier "Golden Arrow"
In April 1976 we published intimate information about the unsuccessful Sunbeam "Silver Bullet" Land Speed Record car and as we…
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Veteran-Edwardian-Vintage, July 1981
A Section Devoted To Old-Car Matters A date with Tom Delaney The other day I had a most interesting conversation…
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V-E-V Miscellany, July 1981, July 1981
Brooklands had such a large following in its hey-day that it is difficult to appreciate how many people drove there.…
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Vintage Postbag, July 1981
Arab Information Sir, It was with much interest that I read the reference to the Arab cars and particularly the…
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V-E-V Odds & Ends., July 1981
It seems that the ridiculously high prices charged for the older vehicles may be on the wane. At a recent…
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Air
Aviation for Everyone — then and now The so-called Great War of 1914/18 removed some of the remoteness, if not…
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