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Matters of moment, January 1964
ROLLS-ROYCE: AN EXPLANATION Some of our more red-white-and-blue readers have cast aspersions on our patriotism, because we have repeatedly named…
ROLLS-ROYCE: AN EXPLANATION Some of our more red-white-and-blue readers have cast aspersions on our patriotism, because we have repeatedly named…
The 23rd Monte Carlo Rally will be held from January 18th to January 21st. Starting points will be from Athens,…
The above names have, in the past, caused a considerable amount of correspondence to and from this office regarding the…
SPARKING PLUGS Sparking plugs have been in the news just lately mainly because of the "Golden Lodge" controversy. However, as…
Following their retirement from racing, Aston Martin have sold the two special-bodied Aston Martin DB4GT models to Mike Salmon and…
A reader in Sweden has sent us the table reproduced below, which indicates power loss through car transmission systems. In…
Following his experience with the Chrysler-powered dragster Sydney Allard has introduced a Mini-dragster powered by a Shorrocks supercharged Ford Cortina…
Held in picturesque surroundings at Maidstone's Vintner's Park on November 24th, the Kentish Border CC's 21st Annual Sporting Trial, a…
Without doubt the most exciting piece of news to come from the Continent was the communication from the Commission Sportive…
The committee running this form of single-seater racing using the 1,172-c.c. side-valve Ford engine, have announced that there will be no major…
ROVER REPLIES Sir, I would like to take up a point mentioned in "Showtime Soliloquy." In this you say that…
In an editorial we might have written ourselves, which talked of conditions "in this overcrowded, over-taxed, over-damp island," the Daily…
A 100 m.p.h. 4-seater G.T. car sold in component form for £945 How many 4-seater G.T. cars capable of 100…
The Editor looks at the past and present position of the overhead camshaft engine "Every one of these new engines,…
One new miniature for the New Year – the elaborate Corgi Toys Ghia L 64, "a model of one of the…
Anti-freeze, under-bonnet lamps, immersion heaters help to ward off frost, but an electric fire in the garage is perhaps best…
Stirling Moss, writing about the Beatles in the TV Times: "Haven't they been rather over-exposed to the public?"
A section devoted to old-car matters In cold but dry weather the V.S.C.C. ran off its annual Silverstone driving tests, taking…
Still the plugs pour in! Since the Editor referred to his collection of ancient and unusual igniters, readers have sent…
Sir, The fascinating article on the Bleriot-Whippet was highly evocative to those of us who were adult at the time…
On the A303 in Somerset there are quite a few hills. Some are pretty big, which helped my 1992 Fiat Panda cover an entire mile in 48 seconds. Quite impressive,…
It sounds as though Mallory Park is in a bit of a pickle. Verbal decibels have reached danger level in a row over its number of days’ usage and the…
Paul Fearnley marks F1's second-ever father and son World Champions by looking back on 1982, the year of Keke Keijo Erik and Nico Erik. Father and son. And Formula 1 world…
Teams haven't yet reacted to the proposals put forward by Formula 1 post-2020. Is that an ominous sign? Liberty today presented to the teams its intended post-2020 vision of Formula 1.…