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CONTENTS, March 1990
CONTENTS Around and About 234 Cotton On ... 236 Daytona 24 Hours 238 Rally Review 244 Grass Roots 250 Single-Seater…
March 1990
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MOTOR SPORT SUBSCRIPTIONS
MOTOR SPORT SUBSCRIPTIONS SURFACE MAIL: Home £18.50; Overseas £22.00 AIR MAIL: Eire and Europe £29.50; Middle East £36.00; Australasia £45.00;…
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MATTERS OF MOMENT, March 1990
Mini-Motoring That so many very up-to-date top performance cars are now on the market is good news for the wealthy,…
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AROUND AND ABOUT, March 1990
For a while last month, there was great excitement surrounding the possible hosting of a non-championship Formula One race at…
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The Camel Trophy
The Camel Trophy For the past ten years, the Camel Trophy has been internationally renowned as being the toughest endurance…
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COTTON ON...
COTTON ON We owe to Jenks the homespun philosophy that motor racing's fun while the engines are running. "You can't…
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Double or quits
NOT since 1968 have cars from one team finished first and second in the Daytona 24-Hours, and it's hardly necessary…
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NONE
The Golf GTi and its nearest rival. People say "Aren't you a little put out by all the other GTi's…
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They're not just
They're not just any old cars, so why use old oil? Everyone has a car they love. For some people,…
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A Catalogue of Disasters
A Catalogue of Disasters IT CAME as no surprise that this year's Monte Carlo Rally was completely snow free and…
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A1 of a Kind
Al of a Kind F• ollowing the recent media hype over the sale of unique and unusual number plates, MOTOR…
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Stage left
Stage left Three years ago Nigel Barnett acquired a Hillman Imp Californian, a car which had been in his family…
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SINGLE SEATER DIRECTORY
SINGLE SEATER DIRECTORY Over the next few months MOTOR SPORT will be presenting a series of track tests of cars…
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In a Champion's Footsteps
In a Champion's Footsteps BEFORE I heard about the £100,000 prize and bonus fund, I was interested enough in the…
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V to C-OuT of the Past, March 1990
V to C Out of the Past JACK Warne, at the age of 85, remembers how he met Leslie Bouts,…
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Within an Ace
THE story of the AC Ace really began in 1919 when John Weller produced his first AC "light six" engine.…
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1960 Speedwell Sprite
1960 Speedwell Sprite Mr A S Ross has recently sent us a picture of an interesting car he has acquired.…
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Maserati V8 RI-Part Three
Maserati V8 RI Part Three At the end of part two of this story we had reached the point where…
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VETERAN TO CLASSIC Maserati V8 RI
As we saw in Part Two 4502 remained almost unchanged through to 1949, apart from the engine capacity being reduced…
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements Grateful thanks must go to a long list of enthusiasts who helped to unravel this story of the Maserati…
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