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V-E-V miscellany, February 1972, February 1972
A 1936 Austin 7 Ruby saloon, owned by the same lady all its life, recently went to the garage which…
A 1936 Austin 7 Ruby saloon, owned by the same lady all its life, recently went to the garage which…
Sir, In an unassuming sort of way the motorcyclists of Yorkshire have, for many years, taken part in an annual…
Sir, I am trying to accumulate information on the Vipen car which was produced in Hull during the early part…
Sir, When I was employed in the Drawing Office of the Daimler Motor Co. in Coventry I was responsible for…
Sir, I was wondering if any readers could identify the first vehicle on the enclosed photograph ? The picture was…
The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1971 The time—how it flies!—has come to review briefly the…
Racing car manufacturers are almost inevitably under-capitalised and, while this is not a great problem when one is building only…
Driving a Holden.—In the December issue of Motor Sport we wrote, "We have never ourselves driven a Holden, although we…
Ford's best seller responds well to modification The title of Britain's biggest selling car, recently captured by Ford and their…
The Monte Carlo Rally last month was the first of ten qualifiers in the International Rally Championship for Makes, as…
Sir, As a reader of Motor Sport for over 15 years, I now feel compelled to write to you over…
Sir, Re Motor Sport's "Be prepared" editorial. Having read your review of a Range Rover, a little later I ordered…
Sir, In the Province of Ontario, Canada, on all divided multiple-lane roads there is no "passing lane" as such. Any…
Sir, On looking through various back numbers of Motor Sport, I noticed recent correspondence concerning the ridiculous names given to…
Sir, For 18 years I drove and enjoyed a succession of British-built automobiles. These varied from such mundane machinery as…
Sir, I read with interest Mr. L. R. Blewett's letter (Motor Sport, January 1972) as I have owned two Fiats,…
Sir, With reference to "The Remarkable Mystery of the Elusive Dry-Cell" in your January issue. As the owner of a…
Sir, I feel that I cannot start the New Year better than to write to you to add my praise…
Sir, Letters are always a joy to me, but I am afraid that Mr. Paul Thomas has got it all…
Sir, Well you see, it was like this. There I was driving my ratty Mini round Sloane Square, and this…
Yamaha inline-four YZR-M1 seems to be fighting a losing battle against the V4 hordes of Aprilia, Ducati, Honda and KTM. The M1 didn’t win a single race last season, so can it fight back in 2024? Fabio Quartararo’s crew chief Diego Gubellini has a plan…
An easy fit, and why Wehrlein missed out So finally one of Formula 1’s worst-kept secrets was confirmed: Valtteri Bottas is Nico Rosberg’s replacement at Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton. Given…
This year’s Sebring 12 Hours was a fierce race all the way with 10 different leaders and more than half a dozen cars capable of winning. In the end, it…
It was a time for keeping your nerve, when the British weather was holding the crowd’s race-leading favourite Lewis Hamilton hostage to fortune. The rain had arrived on around lap…