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Matters of moment, April 1974
Wanted - A motorist's manifesto Going West the other day and listening to the latest calamities on the BMW's excellent…

Wanted - A motorist's manifesto Going West the other day and listening to the latest calamities on the BMW's excellent…
Brands Hatch, March 17th There was one bright spot in the wet and soggy day at Brands Hatch which overcame…
New Formula One cars seem to be appearing about as fast as Cosworth Engineering are building 3-litre DFV engines and…
If it is true that the old skills and pride have disappeared from the motor industry as the old craftsmen…
The series of 100-mile races held in New Zealand and Australia for the Tasman Championship saw Peter Gethin win on…
Tow new coupes Lancia Beta: We have yet to road test a Lancia Beta saloon so find it difficult to…
Gourmets will welcome another edition of "Egon Ronay's Dunlop Guide" to the hotels, restaurants and inns of this country and…
I discovered a number of motoring references in "Fun While it Lasted" by the larger-than-life author Barnaby Conrad (Michael Joseph,…
Auto replicas have brought out No. 6 in their much-appreciated series of scale models of historic cars, this being a…
"Fairey Aircraft since 1915" by H. A. Taylor. 450 pp. 8 7/10 in. x 5 1/5 in. (Putnam & Co.…
"Automobile Year-1973/74" Edited by Jose Rosinski. 256 pp. 12 ⅜ in. x 9 ⅜ in. (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill,…
"Grand Prix Ferrari" by Anthony Pritchard. 382 pp. 9 2/5 in. x 6 in. (Robert Hale & Co., 63 Old…
A Discourse on the World's Best Car at the Time of the Armistice (Continued from the March issue) Having proved…
A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Pomeroy Memorial trophy contest, Silverstone (March 2nd) This now well-established event, planned originally…
V-E-V Mkeellany.—One of the most comprehensive Newsletters to come monthly from the clubs is that of the Historic Commercial Vehicle…
From Air Commodore F. R. Banks Sir, With reference to the first letter from Mr. C. E. Mills and regarding…
Sir, In reply to your enquiry about "Violet's Leap", I can only retell the tale as my mother tells it…
Sir, Following your article on the 1902 Mors, I wonder if the following will be of interest? In my copy…
Sir, The interesting article by Bill Boddy in your issue of February entitled "Where Are They Now" encourages me to…
Sir, Thank you for another of your necessarily infrequent articles on the restoration of a really important car. I am…
Fernando Alonso, on his return to F1, has immediately gone off-message regarding McLaren’s position on the cause of his testing accident at Barcelona in February that left him hospitalised with…
Fast Fords, classic Beamers and a World Rally classic sell big at Silverstone Another year, another extraordinary array of cars; the only thing more breathtaking than the machines at this year's Silverstone…
When Rob Widdows started his 'Tales with Mechanics' series on this website, one of the first names to be put forward was that of Bob Dance. Dance worked for Team…
Ferrari's graining issues have come rather wearing for Maranello, as its problems preserving tyres were brutally exposed in Paul Ricard