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Matters of moment, April 1963
Horse, or horseless, age? Motor Sport's suggestion that to combat the increasing persecution of motorists a powerful protection society is…
Horse, or horseless, age? Motor Sport's suggestion that to combat the increasing persecution of motorists a powerful protection society is…
Owing to the disinclination of the snow to melt, the early season speed events have been sadly interrupted and, in…
Described to the Editor in a recent interview. It was a great pleasure to drive down to Sir Francis Samuelson's…
The pleasant West Country Speed Hill-Climb venue at Wiscombe Park, near Colyton, Devon, will have meetings on April 7th, May…
The B.A.R.C. announces that it has relinquished its rule that applied at certain of its meetings that a driver who…
The Motor Industry has its own "Who's Who." This comprehensive volume, published by Temple Press Books, Bowling Green Lane, London,…
The Michelin Tyre Co. invented detachable cycle tyres in 1890 and made its first tyre for cars in 1895. Up…
We often receive frantic 'phone calls from people who have purchased sports cars, only to find that they are being…
The 1963 race season at Snetterton opened on March 17th on a dull, chilly day, which slowly degenerated into rain.…
A 93 m.p.h. British small sports car with all-round independent suspension, disc front brakes and wind-up glass windows, Taxi-beating turning…
A sprightly small sports car now with larger engine and disc front brakes The M.G. Midget has been one of…
Engine: 4 cylinders, 64.6 x 83.7 mm. (1,098 c.c.). Pushrod-operated overhead valves. 8.9 to 1 compression-ratio. 55 b.h.p. (net) at…
Engine: Four-cylinder, 69.3 x 76 mm. (1,147 c.c.). Pushrod-operated overhead valves. 9.0-to-1 compression-ratio. 63 (net) b.h.p. at 5,750 r.p.m. Gear…
"International Auto-Parade, 1963." 6th Edition. 308 pp. 11.875. in. x 8.375 in. (Arthur Barker, 20, New Bond Street, London, W.1.…
At the end of this season Formula Junior comes to an end, to be replaced by Formula Two and Formula…
Since the war I have tested a number of Vauxhall cars. Early in 1949 the bulbous and generally rather curious-looking…
The 1963 Inter-Register Contests between the S.T.D., 12/50 Alvis, Fiat, Bullnose Morris, Humber and model-T Ford Registers are provisionally as…
Sir, With reference to "Book Reviews" in the February issue, I am pleased to be able to tell you that…
Sir, Mention of the smoke-making propensities of the 1914 T.T. Minerva cars, in your review of "The Racing Car Pocketbook,"…
Sir, These vehicles were made by Messrs. Belhaven Ltd., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. My grandfather, Col. R. R. Mellor, bought this firm…
Behind the F1 championship successes of Mika Häkkinen and Lewis Hamilton stood Aki Hintsa, says Matt Bishop. McLaren's team doctor developed a pioneering fitness regime, but was also a rock in turbulent times. His influence is still felt, seven years after his untimely death
So how come Tazio Nuvolari was so fast? Two Motor Sport photographs in particular provide clues. The first features in the August 1932 edition’s French Grand Prix report (right). It…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
We were sitting in the McLaren ‘brand centre’, three of us, mid-season 2008, just chewing the fat one grand prix Saturday, qualifying still a couple of hours away. In walks…