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Koenig's 305 b.h.p. Ferrari turbo
When your working day begins with a man from Munich parking a Ferrari apparently valued at £44,000 in front of…
January 1983
Page 35
Sunbeams at Indianapolis
I have prevailed upon Mr. Anthony S. Heal, the great authority on anything appertaining to Sunbeam cars and STD affairs,…
Page 40
The changing scene
Some time ago I was complaining in these pages about the prolonged closure of a road bridge on B438 and…
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"Oh dear" department
Nothing much, we are pleased to say, in Iast month's issue, apart from the seemingly inevitable literals, except that it should…
Page 41
V-E-V miscellany, January 1983, January 1983
Reverting to the reference to a Rolls-Royce char-a-banc made recently in these columns, a reader tells us that it was operated…
Page 41
Getting faster!
Hugh Conway has reminded us that at Elvington last year the times for the standing kilometre set up by St.…
Page 41
The Jappic
I have been taken to task by C. P. M. Walters, whose Company, Chris Walters Ltd., is involved in engineering…
Page 41
The 2.9-litre road-equipped Maserati FGC 412
My remark recently that I had ridden at Brooklands in a road-equipped 2.9-litre Maserati, before the similar ex-Birkin car so…
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Bogus sports-cars
The editor casts his mind back to some that were more sporting in appearance than in performance. It is rather astonishing…
Page 45
A motoring landmark
On November 12th last year, the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent visited Michelin House, Chelsea, to return a large clock after…
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Vintage postbag, January 1983
More on Imperia Sir, I was most interested to read of your reference to the "Jam Factory" at Maidenhead. Please,…
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Books for the new year
"Thirty Years of Motoring for Motor Sport" by Bill Boddy. 160pp. 11" x 8-1/2" (Grenville Publishing Co. Ltd., Standard House, Bonhill…
Page 55
AMG Mercedes-Benz 500SEC
One might be forgiven for thinking that the process of refinement which gave rise to the splendid Mercedes-Benz 500SEC could…
Page 59
Lynx Engineering
Individual variations on the XJS theme... It is now more than 12 years since Guy Black, then an engineer with Weslake's…
Page 61
Lombard RAC Rally
It was a great shame that an event of the calibre of the RAC Rally, and final round of the World…
Page 74
Cars in books, January 1983
No makes of cars are mentioned in "A Heroine In Her Time — A Life of Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan 1879-1967” by…
Page 78
Air
An aerial cyclecar With the new Micro-light flying having attained the BBC "Nationwide" programme on TV (and, of course, the…
Page 79
Miniatures news, January 1983
Scalextric have introduced a red 3.0-litre Tricentrol saloon-car racing Ford Capri which has working head and rear lamps, apart from…
Page 79
Letters from readers, January 1983
Brooklands v. Mary Rose Sir, Your remarks in this month's Motor Sport concerning the proposed gravel-raising threat to Brooklands are most…
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