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Matters of moment, March 1959
The Monte Carlo in retrospect The 1959 Monte Carlo Rally is all over bar the shouting. It has been described…

The Monte Carlo in retrospect The 1959 Monte Carlo Rally is all over bar the shouting. It has been described…
Calling in at Pippbrook Garage at Dorking, we had a look at the progress on the Cooper-B.R.M. project being built especially for…
The Plastigauge bearing measurer For some years now the American motor trade have been using a product manufactured by the…
Following the article we published last January on an M.A.G.-supercharged Volkswagen, we have received many enquiries, while details of other "souped-up" VWs…
A Section Devoted to Old Car Matters Restoring a 1914 Turner Ever since I came to live in Cornwall,…
Sir, After nearly 30 years or more I recalled, in a conversation recently, the time when the late Sir Henry…
Grand Prix Of New Zealand The Grand Prix of New Zealand, held on the Ardmore airfield was open to Formule Libre…
The sporting motorist is very conscious of the efficiency of the hemispherical combustion chamber and must derive satisfaction from the…
In our issue of September 1958 the Continental Correspondent described his experiences during the making of the Shell film of…
Analysis of success and failure from Start to Finish of the final test Tabulated for each make of car as…
Austin Seven Specials by L. M. (Bill) Williams. 160 pp. 81 in. by 5 in. (G. T. Foulis Ltd.. 7,…
Acceleration Thanks to a reader in America, Mr. John Bornholdt, we have some interesting facts on their drag racing, or "sprints" as we…
In 1927, when 15 million model-Ts had been produced and Henry Ford had finally decided to bring out a replacement,…
The 1959 Lister-Jaguar is the first result of the teaming of Frank Costin with Brian Lister Ltd., as their Chief…
This year's Cat's Eyes Rally, run on February 7th and 8th, was a most disappointing affair for both competitors and…
A description of T. C. "Cuth" Harrison's Harford The "mud-plug" type of trial has suffered a rather chequered career since…
The make which was placed second in the Monte Carlo Rally, tested in the latest P.60 Montlhéry form, is found…
Early last month the Nuffield Organisation announced the new Mark lll Pinin Farina-styled M.G. Magnette, fourth of the new Italian-styled…
Playcraft Toys introduced several more miniatures in their excellent Corgi range last month. These additions (Nos. 200 to 206) covered…
I was induced to wade through " The Scarlet Tree," second volume of Osbert Sitwell's autobiography (Macmillan, 1946), because in the…
Myles Rowe has rocketed through IndyCar's junior ladder with a story like no other – he tells James Elson why this upcoming year is more important than ever
Why are we always so keen to skip to the end? Once racing drivers hit a certain age, typically around their mid-to-late-30s, it’s so often tempting to start asking them…
The feelgood factor of Oliver Bearman’s surprise Formula 1 breakthrough with Ferrari was much-needed, wasn’t it? What a refreshing diversion from… well, you know. Everything. I was about to write…
A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Staw Renault 5 Elf Challenge, Oulton Park, August 9 1980 Here’s…