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A chance contact at a VSCC meeting sent me to Hereford last month to talk to Mr. Percy Pritchard about ttte old…

A chance contact at a VSCC meeting sent me to Hereford last month to talk to Mr. Percy Pritchard about ttte old…
A Projecta, or not? A READER has sent in a rather faded post-card depicting a canoe shaped cycle-car standing under…
The reader who enquired about the early history of his ex-Brooklands' 1934 MG NA has received some useful information which…
Sir, In answer to your correspondent W. Gibbs, Jean Bugatti did complete a practice rim at Shelsley in 1932, crashing…
Sir, I was interested in the article entitled The Brooklands Miller in the current issue, and Icon, perhaps, add some…
Sir, In your obituary of Kaye Don you say that after the 1934 Mannin Beg accident "which resulted in the…
Sir, Your interesting article on Singers and the Barnes family brought back some interesting memories. Originally the Barnes show-room was…
Sir, I noticed some correspondence in the Sept. and Oct. issues concerning M. G. Magnette Na. BHX 238, and can…
Sir, You may be interested to know that on May 3rd 1935 I bought, second hand, from Green Bros. of…
Philip Watkins of the Association of Panhard Owners is very keen to have information about the manufacture and workings of…
It is recounted above how a popular Brooklands Calthorpe vanished without trace, during the 1930s or in the early war period.…
After Rolls-Royce Ltd. took over the old Bentley company in 1931 there was a slight pause before anyone knew quite what…
A good deal of information has been given in Motor Sport about the Renault Fuego since its introduction, and the more…
Heroes all Montreal, September 27th I am sure most people arrived in Canada expecting the mm-st as far as thc…
Power is usually associated with the production of movement, not its prevention. and one might have difficulty thinking of a machine…
BMW's 528i anti Ford's Granada 2.8 injection have much in common — both have fuel-injected 6-cylinder engines with a nominal…
LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX fpiriLacie",,,"unind tahrigitnr,„%tacmuriTroTt flerg: car park of the Caesars Palace hotel complex in Las Vegas, Nevada. It…
Sir, Anyone who believes that Ader flew, or even "hopped" in "AEOLE" or "AVION" in the late 19th century should…
Sir, The photograph of the Parnall gyroplane submitted by Mark Parnall is of great interest since there are few published…
"Drive It, — The Complete Book of British Drag Racing" by David Hardcastle & Peter Jones. 184 pp. 11" x…
This is quite simply, brilliant. Bear with it and you may well see a rather novel way of cost cutting in Formula 1. Who needs the drivers anyway... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLoANg6nNY[/youtube] How…
A landmark moment for British motor sports After a marathon campaign spanning successive governments, the Motor Sports Association (MSA) has finally secured a change to British law, which will make it…
Thoroughness is an adjective associated (affiliated?) with Mercedes-Benz. Twice its Silver Arrows have redefined the sport’s gold standard in terms of attention to detail and strategic thinking, structures, models and…
It was confirmed last weekend that Steve Hallam (below) will leave his post as McLaren’s head of race operations at the end of the F1 season to join Michael Waltrip’s…