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Most of the Fastest Rely on the Safest
To win on road or track, brake linings must be highly efficient . . . and utterly dependable. Ferodo's long…
November 1949
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Matters of Moment, November 1949
Keen Competition It is particularly satisfactory that sports car, as distinct from those high-performance cars which of recent times have…
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Reports of Recent Events, November 1949
V.C.C. Northern Rally Results of the Veteran C.C. Southport event on September 17th are now to hand. Seventeen veterans and…
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Joe Fry (Freikaiserwagen) Leads the Way at Weston-Super-Mare
Successful Bristol M.C. and L.C.C. Speed Trial Along the Sea Front. Butterworth (A.J.B.) Coasts Over the Line to Make Fastest…
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R.A.C.Championship Trial Spoilt by Dry Weather
Ken Wharton Wins - 2 sec. Superiority in Special Tests. Photographs will be found on centre pages - Motor Sport…
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Exciting V.S.C.C. Meeting at Luton Hoo
Walker (E.R.A.) Wins £75 Prize. Poore's 3.8-litre Alfa-Romeo Makes F.T.D. on Extra Run. The Vintage S.C.C. ran a successful, if…
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A Cooper 500 in Ceylon
500-c.c. racing has come to stay in this country and is spreading round the world. The Cooper is by far…
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Rumblings, November 1949
E.R.A.-Javelin The announcement of a new tubular-chassis high-performance version of the well-established Jowett Javelin, to be built by E.R.A. and…
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"Motor Sport" Conducts the First Published Road Test of the Healey "Silverstone" Sports 2-Seater
A genuine maximum of over 100 m.p.h., exceptional acceleration and splendid braking and roadholding, allied to docility and ease of…
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A New Track in South Africa
A new 2 1/2-mile circuit is nearing completion on the Grand Central Airport on the main road between Pretoria and…
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Lodge's Increased Business with South America
During, the first six months of 1949, exports of Lodge plugs — largely to hard currency areas — were seven…
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Obituary
Mr. R. H. Garner writes: "In pre-war days. Ken Jarvis figured successfully in trials with the hybrid trials car "Pansy,"…
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The Keller Special - A Swiss "500"
When in Zurich recently, We were able to meet Jakob Keller, a Swiss engineer who was sufficiently interested in the…
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Sideslips
by "Baladeur" If it were not for the fact that these articles all have the same name, I should be…
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Vintage and Near-Vintage Alfa-Romeos
by F. W. STILES late Managing Director of Alfa-Romeo British Sales. Ltd. Part IV — The Supercharged and Non-supercharged Single-…
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Sports Motor-Cycles of the Vintage Era
A Consideration of the Characteristics, Good Features and Failings of Some Classic Machines Part III - 1927 This series was…
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Motor Sport Pictorial Report
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Stop Press
Members of the "12/50" Alvis Register enjoyed a gymkhana near Chichester on October 16th, the winner being Eminson's 1923 "duck's…
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Gosport A.C. Speed Trials
Brandon's Cooper 1.,000 Fastest The recently-formed Gosport A.C. has put itself effectively on the map with a speed trial over…
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Letter from a Reader
Sir, As a Riley enthusiast of 15 years' standing who has owned ten of these "great little cars," may I…
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