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Warming up
The coming Season of Grand Prix racing is in too fluid a state to predict exciting racing or a flop…
February 1970
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Deceitful Datsun
Our attention has been drawn to an advertisement for the Datsun 1600 which appeared on the inside back cover of…
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Car sales - some comparisons
Some interesting things emerge from a study of the New Registrations of New Motor Vehicles in this country for the…
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"MOTOR SPORT" trophies for 1970
As announced last month, MOTOR SPORT, in conjunction with Shell, is awarding £1,000 for a Formula Three Championship this year,…
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The things they say. . .
"I snaked my way through them and opened up on the straight until I pushed the speedo needle post the…
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Ford's 16-valve Escort
WE HAD hoped last year to try a 16-valve Cosworth Capri, but it failed to appear. But by next April…
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Moss returns to motor racing
Although he did not race again after his Goodwood accident, Stirling Moss (in one's thoughts of late because of that…
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March Engineering: The GP? of 1970
THE TITLE of this article is a name that has been more in the news these last few months than…
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American comment
AFTER ending the NASCAR season on a high note (when a Dodge Daytona won the last Grand National race at…
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American comment
The final round of the SCCA's Continental Championship for Formula A cars was not held until three days after Christmas,…
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American comment
Another and perhaps even more important reason for Petty's return to Plymouth was an announcement by Ford that its racing…
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Continental notes, February 1970
The regulations for the Le Mans 24-Hour race arrived recently and it is interesting to note that its official title…
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Continental notes, February 1970
TOWARDS the end of last season the Sporting Commission of the FIA were still living in hopes of achieving what…
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Continental notes, February 1970
Having gone on at some length about the French and their Le Mans race I will be brief about the…
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The Radbourne 652-c.c. Fiat
Cheap, cheerful and economical modified motoring LAMENTABLY, many motoring enthusiasts now feel that there is little joy left in driving…
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A sad little tale from Italy
A sad little tale comes from Italy about the winter testing that Ferrari has been doing, with the first of…
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A question of numbers
THE nearer we get to 1984 the further away we get from using words, especially nice old English or French…
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Miniatures news, February 1970
THE Corgi Toys range of heavy commercial vehicles has been augmented by Corgi Major model No. 1147 which is a…
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Jaguar DC Dinner-Dance
THIS annual happening will be held at The Carlton Tower, Cadogan Place, WI, on February 27th, commencing at 8 p.m.…
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Fragments on forgotten makes
No. 45: The Baughan HENRY PERCY BALIGHAN started the Baughan Motor co. in 1919 with premises in Tyburn Lane, Harrow,…
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