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Matters of Moment, August 1979
Renault and the French Grand Prix Since the adage that "today's racing-car is tomorrow's tourer" lost some of its authenticity,…
August 1979
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Motor Sport Fixture List for August
Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in the…
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1979 British Grand Prix race report - Williams all the way
Williams all the way Silverstone, July 14th It was all sunshine and peace at Silverstone over the period of the…
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Capt. George Eyston, O.B.E.
An Appreciation I find it very hard, and sad, to believe that Capt. G. E. T. Eyston has died. He…
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VSCC at Shelsley Walsh
(July 7th) Thamks to the generosity of the Midland Automobile Club the vintage lads have a meeting of their own…
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Book Reviews, August 1979, August 1979
"Mini" by Rob Golding. 208 pp. 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" (Osprey Publishing Ltd., 12-14 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9LP.…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, August 1979
A Section Devoted To Old Car Matters On Welsh Roads in the 1920s I had long been of the opinion…
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The Brooklands Reunion
Held on June 24th, there was a new aspect to the Brooklands Society's Reunion this year, motorcycles and cars being…
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Further thoughts about those 1922 Grand Prix Sunbeams
By writing-up Bill Lake's splendid 1922 GP Sunbeam in the June issue I have let myself in for some more…
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Sunbeams (and Talbots) at Wolverhampton
(July 1st) It must have been back in the 1950s, when my wife was running the STD Register, that I…
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Will the turbine-car ever surface?
The Editor Recalls Some Attempts to Get Rid of the Reciprocating Engine With the Turbo-cars very much in the news…
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Rally Review, August 1979
The International Rally of Brazil Although an immense amount of excitement and pleasure is generated by the established classic rallies…
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A Daimler Item
Brian Smith, author of that definitive Daimler history and that great study of the Royal Daimlers, kindly sent me a…
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The VSCC August Race Meeting
The last VSCC race meeting of the year and the final round of the 1979 Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy…
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Vintage Postbag, August 1979
"Those Chronic Straight-Eights" Sir, I must rise to John Oldham's comments on the straight-eight Lanchester. It is true that individual…
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Miniatures News, August 1979
From Lesney comes another of those once-so-popular "Matchbox" miniatures, a tiny model of the Renault 5TS, very appropriate in this…
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The Renault 5GTL
An Enjoyable Way of Saving Petrol It was fortunate that a Renault 5GTL came up for road-test over the Brooklands…
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Formula One Trend of Design
Exhaust Systems In the early days of racing engines, when most of them were supercharged, the exhaust gases were more…
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Derek Bell discusses the cars he has driven in competitions
A career that starts with a Lotus Seven on the 13th of March, 1964 and continues with unabated enthusiasm in…
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1979 French Grand Prix race report
A great Renault victory Dijon-Prenois, July 1st On alternate years the Grand Prix of France takes on a green and…
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