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Reports of Recent Events ... 245 Horndean Speed Trials ... 247 Cofton Hackett ... 247 Shelsley Walsh ... 248 Technically…
November 1946
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Reports of Recent Events, November 1946
Milan G.P. This was yet another victory for the Type 158 Alfa-Romeos, Trossi winning at 55.59 m.p.h. from Varzi and…
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Allard Fastest at Hordean Speed Trials
The Southsea M.C.'s 1939 Horndean Speed Trials were the last event on the British calendar to be run before war…
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Gerard's E.R.A. Takes Cofton Hackett Course Record and Class Records Fall
Results: Sports Cars up to 750 C.C.: 1st.. B. Humphreys Austin) ... 39.2 sec*, (Only runner.) Sports Cars, 751-1,100 CC.…
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Motor-Cycles Faster than Cars up Shelsley Walsh
E. Lyons (498-c.c. Triumph) clocks 39.44 sec.; Raymond Mays (E.R.A.) 39.57 sec. A very instructive invitation meeting. John Bolster makes…
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Technically Historic
Some Details of the Miller Racing Engine We recently availed ourselves of an opportunity to examine a Miller racing engine,…
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Cars I Have Owned
Dermot P. Johnston, the well-known Irish photographer and enthusiast, writes of cars which have served him well — and not…
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Impressions of the Paris Salon
Specially gathered for "Motor Sport" by Marcus Chambers. Panhard.- 2-cylinder flat twin, air-cooled 594-c.c., developing 15 h.p., 4speed, front-wheel-drive, 56…
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Book Review
"The Early History of the Motor Car, 1769-1897," by R. W. Kidner. (The Oakwood Press, 6s.) This little 59-page book…
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British High-Performance Cars for 1947
Never before has the British Motor Industry been more deserving of publicity. By its contribution to the war effort it…
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Yet Another
We are always pleased to hear of a racing car in retirement, and recently the Editor went up to Berkhamsted…
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Outstanding New British High-Performance Cars
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Personality Parade
A Series of Interviews with Personalities famous in the Realms of Motoring Sport No. 10 — Charles Follett With the…
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Early Racing Sunbeams
Anthony Heal recalls Coatalen's experiments of 1910-11, which led to the evolution of the successful road-racing Sunbeams of the post-1918…
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Sideslips
by "Baladeur" "At Kingsclere, we turned down the lanes, well-surfaced, flanked by gracious country-houses standing in orderly grounds, and seemingly…
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BRDC Notes
New National Colour Some time ago it was announced that for a trial period of two years (commencing in 1947),…
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Rumblings, November 1946
Spider One of the most interesting happenings at this season's sprint events was the return of Basil Davenport's famous Spider,…
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Book Review
"Bouverie Street to Bowling Green Lane," by A. C. Armstrong, A.I.A.E. (Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd., 20s.) A. C. Armstrong, Managing…
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Club News, November 1946
We Hear Although prices generally remain at staggering levels, a few interesting cars came up recently at fairer figures. Notably…
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Book Review
"Speed Camera," by E. S. Tomkins. (Foulis, 10s. 6d.) We have sometimes claimed that we are motoring enthusiasts who write…
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