Sir, Sub-Lieutenant G. P. Shea-Simonds, R.N.V.R. (" Cars I have Owried," June) was mistaken in supposing my quarrel is with the" 100 M.P.H." Invieta, with which I have had little…

CAMPBELL'S DA.YTONA PROJECT FOR some time it has been known in trade and motor racing circles that Captain Malcolm Campbell has been evolving plans for making an attack on the…

By J. Richard Aley of the Ecurie Chequers here seen in his highly - satisfactory 1¼-litre H.R.G. While none of the dozen cars I have owned have been of the exotic variety, I…

BRIEF SPECIFICATION Engine ,• Eight cylinders. Two blocks of four cylinders at 90 degrees. Bore 78 mm., stroke 95 mm., capacity 3,630 c.c. R.A.C. rating 30.01 h.p. Side valves. Double…

old: in the1930s Max Miller had a Standard Swallow, 'Wee' Georgie Wood a 15.7hp Crossley, Binnie Hale a six-cylinder Standard, Elsie Randolph of the Co-Optimists a Swift Ten, and film…

THE REVISED MULTI-UNION IT is typical of Chris Staniland's thorough approach to motor-racing that the Multi-Union should make a sensational appearance and then be laid up at once for further…

by Colin Pitt, ISBN 184155 6238 published by CP Press, £29.99 Hmmm. This claims to be 'The essential guide to historic Lotus cars', yet Coterie Press has already produced what…

A "SOUND" TOUR A NOVEL VISIT TO THE ROLLS-ROYCE FACTORY AN interesting experiment was carried out recently on the Midland Regional Wireless programme, consisting of a" sound" tour of the…

"Renault — The Cars and the Charisma" by J. Dewar McLintock. 184 pp. 9 3/8" x 5 5/8" (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB3 8EL. £9.95) There have, as…

A Section Devoted to Old Car Matters The V.S.C.C. Silverstone Race Meeting (July 25th) Good racing, without serious incidents, characterised the second Vintage S.C.C. Silverstone Race Meeting of 1959. A…

common supposition that an engine could not be expected to work at its maximum power until a long time after the cylinders had been bored and new pistons fitted. Happily,…

Sir, Following an inquiry in your magazine dated April 1973, a reader required information about a make of car named Silver Stream. After extensive enquiries I have the following information…