Page 17
Matters of the moment
1965 To commence this, the last issue of 1965, it is appropriate to look back on a year of satisfactory…
December 1965
Buy online
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
Page 18
Tokyo and Turin
Many people regard the Motor Shows of the Autumn season as so many images of Earls Court. Perhaps this is…
Page 18
A Service Withdrawn
Sir, In the past the Vintage Sports Car Club has often undertaken to do the handicapping for races for Vintage…
Page 18
A gun for Soldering
The Weller Soldering. Kit, 8100D-PK, includes a 120-watt soldering gun, solder, cleaning brush, soldering aid tool, spanner and two spare…
Page 20
Looking Back on Formula One
When the Mexican Grand Prix finished on October 24th with Richie Ginther in first place, driving a Honda V12, it…
Page 22
Vintage Discoveries
Crowded out of the " Veteran—Edwardian—Vintage " section, recent news of old cars thought to be looking for new owners…
Page 23
Castrol Films
A classic among the four new Castrol films recently released is " Mountain Legend." a 43-minute coverage of the 1965…
Page 23
Mynydd Eppynt Revived
Nearly twenty years have passed since the narrow, tortuous ribbon of road over Mynydd Eppynt, a bleak open moor in…
Page 23
Unreliable Radar
A speeding charge against a motorist was dismissed as a flop in Dundee Sheriff Court recently after the radar apparatus…
Page 24
Tour de Corse
We are constantly being told that the days of road racing are over. All that, they tell us, passed away…
Page 24
The Leonardo Da Vinci Lecture
It is gratifying to know that attendance at the tenth annual Leonardo da Vinci Lecture of the Institution of Mechanical…
Page 25
Ford Corsair V4 / Cortina GT - A Comparison
Mine are in-line, Yours in a vee, A Cersair for you? A Cortina for me! One of the important announcements…
Page 26
Kylami 9 Hours, Johannesburg (Nov. 6TH)
A number of private European entrants went out to S. Africa for the 9-hour race on the KyIami circuit, and…
Page 26
Stainless Steel
Earlier this year I had cause to comment on a stainless steel exhaust pipe extrusion, for covering up the unsightly…
Page 26
THE G.M.W.
The Guild of Motoring Writers held its 21st Anniversary Banquet at the Dorchester, with Sir Patrick Hennessy, Sir William Lyons…
Page 28
On The New Grand Prix Formula
Next month the new F.I.A. Formula One for Grand Prix racing comes into being, it having been announced just two…
Page 32
Continental Notes
Last month mention was made of Porsche setting up International records in Class E (1,500-2,000 c.c.) over the standing-start 1/4mile,…
Page 33
Books for Christmas
"Riley—The Production and Competition History of the Pre-1939 Riley Motor Cars," by Dr. A. T. Birmingham. 248 pp. 10 in.…
Page 38
The things they say. . .
" The British Motor Corporation's Vanden Plas Princess ' R ' has been strongly criticised by many people for power…
Page 38
B.R.D.C. Clubmen's Championship
Last month, in our report of the B.R.D.G. 4th Clubmen's Championship at Silverstone, we said that Mrs. Gabrielle Konig was…
You may also like
Opinions
Hall of Fame 2016: Parnelli Jones
US racing category nominee #7: Parnelli Jones Legends - Parnelli Jones Vol 75 No.4– April 1999 Jones was a boyhood hero of mine. I became aware of him in the…
Opinions
Gordon Murray Design honoured
On Wednesday November 2 at the Royal Automobile Club Gordon Murray Design and Mr Hugo Spowers were respectively awarded the prestigious Dewar Trophy and Simms Medal. The former’s iStream chassis concept,…
Grand-Am
Gallery: GT2 title-winning 964
The 964's chapter in Porsche's racing history isn't one full of headlines. But it was a short and successful stint, nonetheless: a class winner at Le Mans, Sebring and Daytona thanks…
History
Tracing the Targa Florio
The Targa Florio: a race that conjures vivid images of big, hairy sports cars on claustrophobic, winding roads; of large crowds of maniacal Sicilians, hanging off stone walls and sun-scorched…