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Motor Sport
BMW R90/S 900 cc 0-60 mph 4.8 secs. BMW R90/6 900 cc 0-60 mph 5.0 secs. BMW R75/6 750 cc…
July 1974
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Motor Sport
Superstar Mount a BMW R90/S Motorcycle and just watch her respond ... a performance that's a veritable tour de force…
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Matters of moment, July 1974
50 years young This issue of Motor Sport marks the fiftieth anniversary of the journal's introduction, for it was started,…
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Motor Sport Fixture List For July
Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in this…
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50 Years Young
Sir, May I take this opportunity to offer my warmest congratulations on your 50th anniversary? It would be impossible in…
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Le Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans
Matra's Le Mans hat-trick The claim on the advertising posters that the Le Mans 24-Hour race is "la plus grande…
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Hobbs at the Brickyard
Few Britons have featured in the results at the infamous Indianapolis 500, with the notable exceptions of Jim Clark and…
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Welsh Rally
Two celtic internationals were to have featured in this month's Motor Sport; instead there is only one, for the Scottish…
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Morocco Rally
A combination of several circumstances resulted in a drastic reduction in the quality of the entry for this year's Morocco…
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1974 Swedish Grand Prix race report
A Tyrrell Double Anderstorp. Yune 9th. There were a few changes on the driver scene for the Swedish Grand Prix…
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Reflection in the Swedish lakes
There were one or two minor lakes in the paddock during practice, as the weather tried to wreck the Swedish…
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European Letter
(By means of which our roving European reporter keeps in touch with the Editor) Dear W.B., I have just made…
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The Henry Affair
An investigation into a significant motoring mystery Since 1912 It Has Been Generally Accepted that the Peugeot Twin-Cam Racing Engine…
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A De Dion Bouton in Ireland
Sir, I enclose a photograph of my father in his 6 h.p. single-cylinder De Dion Bouton. I don't know the…
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The Napier Lion
Sir, I read with great interest your article under the title "I4ow did the Leyland Eight Rate?", particularly the references…
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Which Was First?
p>Sir, I agree with Mr. Robert I. Whyte that the Wolseley Register is a little presumptuous in claiming the Wolseley…
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Another Mystery Solved
Sir, I refer to your article "Cars in Books" published in the March issue of this year, and posing the…
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The Hall-Scott
Sir, I read with considerable interest the article "A Mystery Solved" (page 219, March 1974) concerning a Hall-Scott. As a…
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That Beardmore
Sir, Mr. Neve states that he bought this car in 1933 in Manchester but the photograph he sent in is…
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Brooklands Films
Sir, You mention a fragment of a Flanagan and Allen film of the 1930s at Brooklands. This was called "A…
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