CONTINENTAL NEWS The Mountain Championship NO one who was present at the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb this year and saw the performance of Von Stuck on his Austro-Daimler will be…

MOD N METHODS IN ODY Ii UILDING M ANY readers of MOTOR SPORT will have noticed in pass ., ing along the Portsmouth Road the works of Abbott and Co.,…

SECRETS OF ENGINE BALANCE—continued. Apart from the flywheel, which, if accurately machined, is seldom much out of balance, the only revolving component with any considerable inertia is the crankshaft. The…

HIGHSPOT of the Annual General Meeting of the Daimler and and Lanchester Owners' Club, held on the week-end of April 18/19th at the Jaguar factory, was a Concours d'Elegance. This…

A hard battle for the lead of the Historic Racing Saloon race was the main attraction at this HSCC meeting in early August. Simon Garrad's BMW 2000 had the pace…

Indianapolis Model-Ts Sir, I was intrigued by the reference to Mr. Bradshaw's 1917 Indianapolis model-T Ford, in view of the fact that no race was held at Indianapolis in 1917.…

The new Ford Mexico Seven days ago another new Ford came on the market—the Escort Mexico. Motor Sport believes that participation in competition motoring improves ordinary cars and we are…

By David Sutton ISBN 0954286014 Published by Live Wire Books, £18.00 It's sobering to see how rapidly a successful firm can crash. David Sutton was, through the Seventies and Eighties,…

Philippe Etancelin's first big victory of the season, when he vanquished the Ferrari Alfa-Romeos at Dieppe, has been the cause of his Maserati being displayed in the showrooms of the…

Engine : Four cylinders, horizontally-opposed, 88 x 74 mm. (1,800 c.c.). Push-rod-operated overhead valves. 9.0-to-1 compression-ratio. 92 (net) b.h.p. at 5,200 r.p.m. Gear ratios : First, 12.9 to 1; second,…

THE FIRST TO WEAR THE GREEN A Review of Napier Racing Cars, 1900-1908 A. S. HEAL Coittigned from the Jane issue FIVE Napiers. three kVolseleys (designed by Herbert Austin) and…

? I OWNED CARS I HAVE REMEMBER the Erie-Campbell ? That was the first car I ever owned. Where they got the "Eric " from I don't know, but Campbell,…