Octane July 2004
Overview
Publication Details
| Type | Magazine |
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| Publisher | Octane |
| Published date | 01/07/2004 |
| Pages | 172 |
Articles
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| 48 | Endurance Pace - Porsche 917 & 908 - The Porsche 917 still reigns supreme when it comes to high speeds, clocking over 240mph at Le Mans. But it wouldn’t have been possible without the less well-known 908....so Derek Bell tests them both for Octane. | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 11 |
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| 60 | Impiëchment - The triple world championships for Porsche from 1969 to 1971 followed a spectacular development programme driven relentlessly by one man. | General interest | 3 |
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| 64 | The Apollo Has Landed - Apollo 5000GT - Thought to be the only Apollo 5000GT in the country, this superb Italian-American creation has just landed from Arizona in the USA. | General interest | 6 |
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| 70 | After 36 Years.....- Morgan V8 Roadster - Morgan has a new model to replace the plus 8. It’s called the roadster, it’s powered by a Ford V6 and it’s here in the first test by any magazine. So, how will this new, legislation-friendly V6 compare with the old V8? | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 7 |
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| 78 | Underdog Day - After a year of disappointments, Morgan is ready for Le Mans. The Aero 8 LM GT is good for 190mph, the Brits are there to cheer it on. So, how did they get this far and how will they do? | General interest | 3 |
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| 82 | Soap Stars - The Dunhill soapbox challenge is a display of friendishly clever technical ingenuity and serious competition. Octance attended the second test day, the prelude to the Goodwood Gravity Racing Club’s race at the Festival of Speed. | General interest | 3 |
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| 86 | The Numbers Fame - Healey 3000 - There are a handful of rally cars that are so famous, they’re known by registration numbers alone. This is URX 727, the first Healey to win a major rally (in the hands of Pat Moss and Ann Wisdom) and up for sale for the first time since the 1970s. | Features | 4 |
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| 92 | Daimler Double-Six - Built to assert Daimler’s superiority over all its rivals in the luxury car market of the 1920s the silent Daimler Double-Six found favour with both royalty and the very wealthy alike. | Features | 8 |
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| 100 | Coppa Milano Sanremo - Rally virgin Nick Foulkes completes, much to his surprise, the Coppa Milano Sanremo in a Bentley SII. He even wins a prize.... | General interest | 4 |
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| 104 | From Aston to Zagato - It took 40 years for Aston and Zagato to revive the relationship that created the DB4 GT Zagato. Now Octane brings you the prototype of the 190mph Aston Martin Zagato Vanquish Roadster. | Features | 3 |
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| 110 | From Eagle to Alligator - Just 12 years after winning the Belgian Grand Prix in one of his famous Eagle race cars, Dan Gurney had built the first in a line of revolutionary motorcycles, now called Alligators. | Features | 3 |
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| 114 | Anyone for Polo? - Polo originated in Persia over 2600 years ago, was brought in Britain by army subalterns in the glory days of the British empire and is now booming in the UK. | General interest | 4 |
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| 124 | Classic Motorcycle - MZ TS250 - The ungainly-looking TS250 offered handling which could be pushed way beyond the limits of its ludicrously long silencer. | Features | 1 |
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