Page 11
Contents, January 1955
Matters of Moment … Page 9 R.A.C. Championship Trial Page 10 Racing Mechanics ... Page 11 The London Motor Club’s…
January 1955
Page 11
Matters of Moment, January 1955
Moss Joins Mercedes-Benz The whole motoring world and many laymen besides are discussing the sensational news that broke just before…
Page 12
Excursion!
The evening after the showing of the VW film in London a VW Microbus, driven by members of the motoring…
Page 12
A Thought-Provoking Film
VW Motors Ltd. entertained their guests to an excellent colour-film in London on December 17th. The film shows how VW…
Page 12
The R.A.C. Championship Trial
22 Entries Contest 1954 Championship over New Course in Kent. George Newman Proves the Winner This year's R.A.C. Trials Championship…
Page 13
The Racing Mechanics
(Continued from the December Issue) Frank Sharpe Having dealt, in the last two articles, with two distinctive types of mechanic,…
Page 14
Vintage to the Last
Sir, I have acquired a +(2)pc. Ultra Lucia. It is powered by a No. 9 cobolt bomb void induction, supra-gravity…
Page 14
"Chain Gangsters" Meeting
The Frazer-Nash section of the. V .S.C.C. met at Tewkesbury on December 4th/5th for the annual general meeting, prize-giving and…
Page 15
The London Motor Club's Gloucester Trial
(December 4th)The London M.C.'s Gloucester Trial, in its day second only in importance to the M.C.C. Exeter but of recent…
Page 15
Correction
We very much regret that owing to the full results of the R.A.C. Veteran Run not being available as we…
Page 15
A Case for Alcohol Fuel
Cleveland have issued a little booklet, "80 deg. Below and All's Well," explaining what carburetter icing is and how, of…
Page 16
My Year's Motoring
The Editor Looks Back on the Cars He Drove During 1954 When I concluded an article under this heading relating…
Page 19
The G.N. Hasn't Joined the Dodo!
Enchaîné Describes Some "Specials" of G.N. Ancestry Which Should Enliven 1955 Sprint and Race Meetings There are indications that this…
Page 21
Vintage Interlude
Highgate must be vintage-car minded. The Editor went there the other day to call on Mr. S. C. Cull, who…
Page 22
Rumblings, January 1955
A Promising 1,100-cc Sports-Car Engine A very pleasing exhibit at last year's Earls Court Motor Show were the two Kieft…
Page 23
Pictorial Review
London M.C. Gloucester Trial R.A.C. Trials Championship V.S.C.C. Lasham Rally Top: Championship Trial — R. W. Phillips going well in…
Page 27
Club News, January 1955
Oxford U.M.D.C. The Oxford U.M.D.C. intends to run its exacting Targa Rusticana Rally on March 13/14th. This is an event…
Page 28
Books for the New Year
"Best Wheel Forward," by J. A. Gregoire, translated by C. Meisl. 194 pp., 5 ½ in. by 8 in. (Thames…
Page 30
Club and Trade Items
After many years' service as Sales Manager at the Walthamstow Motor Co., Ltd., of Layton, L. S. Evans has resigned…
Page 31
Letters from Readers, January 1955
N.B. — Opinions expressed are those of our correspondents and "Motor Sport" does not necessarily associate itself with them. —…
You may also like
F1
F1's version of VAR: remote ops centre that's a 'sanity check' for stewards
Big decisions made by Formula 1’s referees very often trigger controversy among both participants and fans, but nothing has set the world alight quite like the closing stages of last…
Indycar Racing News
Louis Foster – IndyCar's next star Brit: 'F1 is boring, US rewards drivers'
Brit Louis Foster is aiming for an IndyCar dream by dominating its junior feeder series – he says America does far more for young drivers than F1
Road Cars
'I'd back government's 2030 electric car plan — if there was a plan'
So now we know: in nine years time the last car powered solely by petrol or diesel will have been sold in the UK. Make that 14 years for all…
Opinion
Opinions
Mario Andretti's adventures at Daytona
Mario Andretti was less lucky in the Daytona 24 Hours than he was at Sebring where he won three times in 1967, ‘70 and ’72. Andretti started eight long-distance races…
×