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Vintage Postbag, May 1973
Carnivals Sir, One can appreciate the editor's distaste of fetes, carnivals, etc., in which veteran and vintage cars are featured…
Carnivals Sir, One can appreciate the editor's distaste of fetes, carnivals, etc., in which veteran and vintage cars are featured…
Sir, I read with great interest the letter of Mr. Grigg, of Hornchurch, under the heading "Inconsistent History" in the…
Sir, I found the enclosed photograph the other day and thought you might be interested to have it. It was…
Sir, Mr. R. J. Evans' interesting letter about early car electrical systems, particularly those of CAV, underlines how the English…
Sir, In his book "The Vintage Car", T. R. Nicholson says that the second "n" was dropped in 1921—presumably to…
Sir, I can add very little information to add to "Sorting Out the Sunbeams". I confirm mine having chassis No.…
Sir, For the sake of those future historians to whom Motor Sport must remain an impeccable source of reference, may…
Sir, I will attempt to reply briefly to Mr. Doland's letter in your last issue. Nothing can prevent an individual…
Sir, Can you help me? I have recently restored an old engine which has been in my possession for about…
Sir, The enclosed photograph is that of an Enfield. My late father bought this car in April, 1913. He sold…
Tuning topics There are several ways of buying 150 m.p.h. performance and shattering acceleration for over £7,000, but the only…
A poky estate from the north A compact yet roomy sporting estate car offering good handling and performance in the…
One category of racing that rarely merits much more than the passing mention in the pages of motoring magazines yet…
Rally review Choose any rally in the world and, if you wanted to, you could probably pick out a score…
Rome, March 25th. Last year's onslaught by Ferrari on the World Championship for Makes was impressive, but not entirely without…
Last February Motor Sport published a colour feature devoted to our staff's idea of what constitute ideal pairs of cars.…
The history of the ERA in pre-war "voiturette" races has been well chronicled and widely acknowledged as one of the…
by Denis Jenkinson. 143 pp. 9-1/2 in. x 7-3/4 in. (Michael Joseph Ltd., 52 Bedford Square, London, WC1. £3.00) This…
Know Thy Beast by E. M. G. Stevens. 193 pp., 8-1/2 in. x 5-1/4 in.. (The Vincent-HRD Club, 102a Doddinghurst…
Usually these references to cars which figure in non-motoring books are based on what I come upon in old volumes…
Desmosedicis ran riot at Sepang, but fast one-off laps don’t always mean much when the actual racing starts Image: Mat Oxley Ducati riders dominated the first preseason tests at Sepang,…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring the birth of one of the sport's greatest November 14 1945: The man one spot behind Luca Badoer in…
Cadillac will join the F1 grid after reviving and rebranding the failed bid of Andretti Autosport. But there were several other outfits whose bid to join the grid was unsuccessful. Here's what we know about each prospective entry and the FIA's application process
There are obvious parallels between Ferrari’s 2014 season and that of 1991. In both cases the team boss left part-way through the year and was replaced by a man who…