Tuning A.J.S. Motor Cycles for Competition Work. By T. G. ROOK. ALTHOUGH the majority of riders of these machines are quite satisfied with their excellent performance as turned out, readers…

X-ray spec Designer Tony Southgate remembers when a new F1 team could emerge from the shadows and its car could be planned in a tiny garage. By Keith Howard All…

Motor Sport and Bentleys Sir, Perhaps to justify your confidence in our records relating to Vintage Bentleys, I thought you might like to have the following information concerning those bought…

It was a pathetic news item in the Evening Standard last month which reported that Vera Fusek, the 26-year-old stage and T.V. star broke down and wept in an Eastbourne…

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Sir, I enjoyed the Brabham stories in your May issue, but am still reeling from your choice of cover photograph. Why, when you could have featured such Brabham legends as…

SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT SHELSLEY RAYMOND MAYS BREAKS THE RECORD AGAIN IN 57.87 SECS. MAGNIFICENT BY BERT HADLEY WHEN You come to think of it the most remarkable thing about Shelsley…

Sir, Is it not time that "mechanics" at M.O.T. testing stations were introduced to the spring-loaded type of ball joint used on some pre-war cars? Each time I take my…

Starting with the fifth round of the European F2 Trophy for non-graded drivers on August 23rd, Formula Two cars once again went through a period of extended exercise. The first…

Historic Grand Prix Cars ACCORDING to Luigi his, the Alta Romeo historian, the Milanese firm built six of their famous Tip() B monopostos in 1932, with spares for three more.…

THE D.8.120 DELAGE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF AN EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE CAR MONSIF,UR Louis Delage has probably turned his long and distinguished racing experience to better account in his production motors than…

The Things They Say, . . "THERE are hydraulic valve lifters. a World-first in an engine under 1,500 cc." — From an advertisement in the Daily Exprin for the Vauxhall…