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Matters of moment, March 1971
Another lost cause? This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This…
Another lost cause? This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This…
In recent times the different drawings and paintings of cars and motor races, obtainable commercially, has become quite prolific and…
The Daytona 500 is the most important race in the NASCAR stock calendar and was held on February 14th at…
The Imperial Tobacco Co., through its Player's brand of cigarettes, is launching its second decade of support for Canadian motor…
McLaren M16 We called on McLaren Racing in the depths of an industrial estate at Colnbrook, almost in line with…
Racing driver Hugh Dibley first came into contact with Len Wimhurst when he bought a single-seater Lola and then later…
One of the wisest things that Ford of Britain ever did in recent times was to give £100,000 to Keith…
Comment on the racing and club scene This winter a large number of our readers have probably put their feet…
Colombian F2 series The South American country of Colombia, unlike some of its neighbours, does not have a history of…
In the January Motor Sport, page 29, we dealt with the Sunday Times' remarkable faith in Mr. Dodd's claim of…
A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Driving Tests, Oxford (January 31st) The Vintage SCC has alternated pleasant driving-test venues…
Our sister monthly Motorcycle Sport had an Editorial last month, in which the view was expressed that today's super-bikes have…
Sir, As an ex-chain ganger I was delighted to read in your V-E-V section that "Patience" is alive and well,…
What appears to be a circa-1913 LGOC-B-type/Daimler bus is serving as the basis of a caravan, later developed into a…
Sir, Amongst the many interesting features in Motor Sport not least is that section devoted to "Cars in Books". In…
Sir, I enclose a photograph of a precisely similar body (even to the hinged half-section of screen) to the Fiat…
Just before the Royal Mail ceased to be a British institution we received two Lesney miniatures. One of these, "MATCHBOX"…
Before the European motor-racing season starts it is comforting to remember that there are several excellent annuals which adequately summarise,…
The Reliant Motor Company tells us that it has transferred to Bob Joyner & Son the spare parts business and…
There was a most interesting "find" in the recently-published "Being Geniuses Together, 1920-1930" by Robert McAlmon, revised by Kay Boyle…
Chris Mann, the publisher of Bodyshop Magazine, has kindly donated a limited number of Jim Dugdale prints showing the late Gerry Marshall driving his DTV Vauxhall Magnum at the 1977…
John Hugenholtz called me last week. The name will ring bells if you’ve been to the Zandvoort circuit in Holland. His father, also John, was circuit director at Zandvoort from…
Aston Martin has confirmed production of the V12 Speedster, a limited-edition hand-built tribute to the 1959 Le Mans-winning DBR1. A celebration of the marque’s most famous racing victory, the V12…
Motor Sport's novice-to-navigator journey ends with sixth-place finish in Wales Rally GB National Photo: Will Broadhead Sweet Lamb, in mid-Wales, is paradise for rally cars. Miles of gravel track with…