Cars in Books FROM '1111/ Corgi paperback "Nice One Cyril", by Cyril Fletcher 1980): "My father had his first motor car while we lived at Trowbridge. It was a three-wheeler…

TOP DRIVERS WHO HAVE COMPETED As with Formula Ford, there is a long list of motor racing champions from Formula 1 to World Touring Cars who honed their skills in…

BRIEF SPECIFICATION Engine : Four cylinders, bore 69 mm., stroke 100 m.m., capacity 1,497 c.c. R.A.C. rating 11.9 h.p. 58 b.h.p. Tax £9. Push-rod o.h.v. Twin S.U. carburetters. Magneto Ignition.…

Sir, In Vol. 12, page 1008, you ask the question, "Can anyone identify this tourer?" In my opinion the car in the picture is likely to be a pre-1914 Fiat…

The Supercharged B.M.W. The machine whicAh has been causing much interest in its recent record attempts. THE Bayerische Motorenwerke, Munich, had long desired to test their newly designed supercharged machine…

Ferrari Festival THE Ferran Owners' Club are to repeat their very successful Ferrari Festival at Honington Hall, Shipstowon-Stour (off the A311) on Sunday, July 6th, from 10 a.m. to 4.30…

N.B. - Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -ED. Aston Martin DB3S/8 Sir, The Christmas Holidays over, I have had…

HERE AND THERE The Grand Prix of Pau Eleven entries were received for the first of the Round the Houses races, the Grand Prix of Pau. The course has been…

Sir, Congratulations on your 75th anniversary issue. In the circumstances it seems almost churlish to criticise, but under the heading 'Credit Where It Is Due' I must point out your…

ON STREAMLINED FORM STREAMLINE form has a bigger influence on mankind than is generally realised—we are referring to that streamline form which you contemplate at Brooklands, in the daytime when…

Their efforts could not catch the Mere., however, and Caracciola roared home to the deafening cheers of the crowd, who also gave a great ovation to Chiron and Varzi. In…

Thirty-Three Years of Car 1 uildin HOW RILEYS HAVE PROGRESSED THROUGH THREE DECADES IN THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. HERE often seems to be a tendency to imagine that anything which…