When Alfa Romeo's new eight-cylinder won the Targa Florio in 1931, one conjured up visions of a pure racer. But this was not so, for the type was subsequently put…

EASTER AT BROOKLANDS ARTHUR DOBSON WINS THE BIG RACE CONVINCINGLY FOR E.R.A.—BEADLE'S ALTA VICTORIOUS AT NEARLY Ti m.p.h.—CONNELL'S DARRACQ WINS ANOTHER OUTER-CIRCUIT RACE, AT II6.83 m.p.h.— A HUGE CROWD. BROOKLANDS…

Sir, While I can't claim to have a battery as old as Mr. Wade's, I still think my 12-volt Exide is pretty remarkable. I bought it in July 1954—ten years…

Sir, How very enjoyable to read Andrew Frankel's retrospective track test of Richard Attwood's fabulous Porsche 917 in the February issue. Added interest for me was to be able to…

CRANKSHAFT COMPROMISES rthe earlier days of the internal combustion engine the question of crankshaft design had not attained anything like the importance it has today. This was due to the…

Models IT HAS been disappointing just how few interesting and reasonably priced models of modern racing cars there have been in recent years. It is therefore a paradox that the…

THE CASE FOR G.P. RACING Sir, The article of "The Case for Grand Prix Racing" in the November issue was very interesting and on the whole very sound. There are…

The Brooklands Museum has recently added to its collection of racing cars, which includes the lap-record Napier-Railton, the Duesenberg, and ERA R10B which was raced at the Track by Peter Walker…

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How a 50 year-old hot rodder and the 17 year-old car he built himself tore up the form book to break a 26 year-old record using 31 year-old tyres It…

OPEL OMNIPOTENCE.—Opels used to be particularly very dull cars, although the post-war Kadett, seemingly made of tin and brown paper, endeared itself to quite a number of drivers because it…

Sir, Further to your article - "A Chat with H. G. Munton" - in the December issue, I enclose two photographs of a Brescia Bugatti, which I believe is the…