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Matters of Moment, September 1979
Bunk or Not... The late, great Henry Ford is alleged to have said that history is bunk. In fact, he…
September 1979
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1979 Austrian Grand Prix race report
Third win for Williams Knittelfeld, August 12th It is always a pleasure to return to the Osterreichring after following the…
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Austrian Afterthoughts
The two teams in which there are no problems at the moment are the Williams team and the Renault team,…
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Veteran-Edwardian-Vintage, September 1979
A Section Devoted To Old Car Matters The cars of Major-General Sir Evelyn Fanshawe We have received the following very…
Page 38
The Roll-Royce Twenty
When I reviewed that astonishingly comprehensively new book about the Rolls-Royce Twenty by John Fasal, in the July issue, I…
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On Welsh Roads in the 1920s (Postscript)
The comments I made last month about motoring on Radnorshire’s roads soon after the 1918 Armistice aroused much interest, so…
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Vintage Postbag, September 1979
A 1914 Sunbeam on the Road Sir, After reading, in the June issue, your fascinating account of Mr. Lake's 1922…
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V-E-V Odds & Ends, September 1979
Some Welsh motoring history, additional to the comments we have been publishing about conditions there in the 1920s, has surfaced,…
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Formula One Trend of Design
Rear Brakes Once the rigid, vintage type, rear axle had been done away with where the rear brakes were naturally…
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The VSCC Hawthorn Trophy Silverstone Meeting
By the time this issue of Motor Sport is due on the bookstalls the VSCC will have wound up its…
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Road Impressions
The New Ford Cortina The Ford Cortina has long been one of the most successful cars of its kind. The…
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Louis Coatalen 1879 - 1962
Anthony Heal, the Sunbeam historian, traces the career of this great engineer, who was born at Concarneau one hundred years…
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Book Reviews, September 1979, September 1979
"La Scuderia Ferrari" by Luigi Orsini and Franco Zagari. 430 pp. 11" x 9". Editortale Olimpia, S.p.A. — Firenze, Italy.…
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Odds and Ends
The 750 MC's Six Hour Relay Race moves to a Sunday date this year — October 7th. The venue will…
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Obituary
R. R. (Robin) Jackson, BACantab. — The ace tuner of the Brooklands days died recently as he approached 76 years…
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Cars in Books, September 1979
I did not expect to come upon any references to cars in "After Kilvert" by A. L. Le Quesne (Oxford…
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Spa Francorchamps
Reborn in time for a hectic 24 hours This year two young Belgian brothers by the names Jean Michel and…
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Formula Two Review
A British Champion? Although the 1979 European Formula Two season is one of the shortest on record, it has also…
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Road Impressions
The Fiat Strada 65 CL When I remarked recently that if we are being driven towards smaller-engined cars by the…
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VSCC Prescott Hill-Climb
Rain came, to dampen the second-half of the annual VSCC Prescott speed hill-climb, on August 12th. The slippery conditions after…
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