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Vintage Postbag, May 1981
"The McKenna Duties" Sir, Further to your article on "The McKenna Duties", I can confirm that vintage American cars' "mudguards,…
"The McKenna Duties" Sir, Further to your article on "The McKenna Duties", I can confirm that vintage American cars' "mudguards,…
Despite a rather gloomy forecast, the 1981 Wessex Trial took place in dry, if cold, weather at the beginning of…
Arising out of the publication of a photograph of a 1920s propeller-driven cyclecar in the March issue (page 299), a…
A reader, John Classey of Totteridge, writes in praise of the BBC-2 programme about the 1921 French Trans-Asian Expedition, using…
An Occasional Section Devoted to Aeronautical Affairs After the War, an "Aerial Derby" In the beginning the aeroplane was an…
Sir, I was most interested in the March Air article by "P.T.C." — presumably P. T. Capon and wonder if…
Rio in the rain! Rio-de-Janeiro, March 29th For most Formula One teams, the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix represented the second…
The Vee Six Honda powered Halt established itself as the car to beat in Formula Two right from the start…
Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet won the Argentine Grand Prix at Buenos Aires on April 12th driving his Brabharn-Cosworth BT49C (top…
If one considers that any Grand Prix racing driver is, in terms of basic talent, comfortably within the top ten…
Graham Priaulx (top) managed to get into the top ten with his sports/racing Tiga SC80 with a very tidy and…
Audi's superb Quattro —4-wd appeal—but so much else as well While some new cars are heralded by an enormous publicity…
I had just switched off a TV programme called "Did Darwin Get It Wrong?" the other night when it occurred…
"Remember, it's not a sports car," were the words of advice from BMW's UK press representative as we discussed a…
A Wealth of Experience One of the many pleasant things about visiting California for the Grand Prix at Long Beach…
Peking to Paris, 1982 When Prince Scipione Borghese undertook his amazing pioneer drive from Peking to Paris in the summer…
Development of the chain driven Frazer Nash car was more or less continuous from 1924 to 1938 and members of…
"Automobile Archaeology" by David Burgess-Wise. 160 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB3 8EL.…
One-make histories are among the more fascinating of the floods of motoring titles pouring from the presses, and we have…
N.B. - Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -…
It was guesswork that guided us to the Dadford Road in 1977. Back then I had only a vague notion of Silverstone’s whereabouts, but we knew we must be getting…
Having been far from these climes for the last three weeks, it’s entirely possible you have known for longer than me that a temporary export bar has been placed upon…
Johnson sets new NASCAR record Jimmie Johnson won an unprecedented fourth straight NASCAR championship in style at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Johnson qualified on pole, ran at the front,…
For years people like me have been moaning about the decline of manual gearboxes in the cars we like to drive, or at least would like to drive if we…