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Matters of moment, May 1979
GOING SMALL With petrol prices already rising, towards the expected £1 or more per gallon, there is one infallible way for…

GOING SMALL With petrol prices already rising, towards the expected £1 or more per gallon, there is one infallible way for…
RALLIES are either won or lost; they can never be bought. No matter how massive an operation is mounted to…
Sunshine Day Brands Hatch, April 15th SNOWED OFF on March 18th the Race of Champions meeting was held in glorious…
THE FORMULA ONE race planned as the star attraction at Donington Park's Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Meeting on June 3rd has…
STAR ATTRACTION in the British motor-racing calendar for May is the Silverstone round of the 1979 World Championship of Makes,…
A SECTION DEVOTED TO OLD-CAR MATTERS Ford Crankshafts A MINOR item of motoring history concerns the evolution of crankshafts for…
FROM an old film, found in the attic of a house, a reader has sent us some photographic enlargements which…
Those who feel that minority movements deserve especial support will be glad to know that the Trojan OC had its…
A CORRESPONDENT informs us that for the 14th Statesman Vintage Rally in New Delhi an entry of 67 was obtained,…
The Rover Sports Register, which caters for Rovers of all ages and types, is holding another Rally organised by its…
A SMALL but interesting item occurs in that very readable book "I Kept No Diary" by Air Commodore F. R.…
Lanchester versus Rolls-Royce Sir Your articles on "They Believed in Ghosts" and the R. R. Chauffeur's School were most interesting.…
A. C. Bertelli AUGUSTUS CESARE BERTELLI, whose name will always be associated with the second generation of Aston Martin sports-cars,…
THE HEADING does not refer to Woburn (The Duke of Bedford), Blenheim (The Duke of Marlborough) or Chatsworth (The Duke…
NAMES are something of a headache for the men who market cars in Britain. We have just heard that Fiat…
THE annual Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour saloon car race looks as though it will be the first event held on the new…
With the arrival of better weather, the Editor recalls the days when people went to Weybridge not only to see…
"Triumph Cars The Complete 75-year History" by Richard Langworth and Graham Robson. 312 pp. 10 in. x 7 1/4 in. (Motor…
THE BRISTOL Austin Seven Club will be holding its second annual static rally at Berkeley Castle, half way between Bristol…
THE JAGUAR Drivers Club has formed an XJ Register for the benefit of members with XJ6s, XJ12s and XJSs. The new…
Faster, stronger, better? Did Formula 1 deliver on its promise in 2017? Back in March I wrote a column just after the Australian Grand Prix. In it I asked some…
Formula 1 has confirmed it is to launch F1 TV in 2018, a subscription service of live streams, onboards and support series available across Europe and Latin America. F1 TV Pro,…
Is there one more act still to play out in the F1 engine drama? The F1 strategy group meeting on Monday and the F1 Commission the following day seems to…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…