HE "LONDON-EDIN 15 GIL" FOR twenty-three years the M.C.C. have held their " London-Edinburgh ", and although in the old days of single-gears, hub-gears and belt-drives the long through-the-night run…

With reference to your article "Busman's Holiday", Mr. M. W. L. Goodson, of Jedburgh, drove his C-type Aston Martin at St. Andrews last summer. The car, which has frequently competed…

Workshop Manuals During the last few years. due to the increase in garage labour rates, no motorist can afford to be without his Workshop Manual. An average Manual contains 150…

NEXT MONTH: We continue our African Safari with a look at the role of aeroplanes in this demanding event.

Sir I cannot let Michael Cotton's comments on the fuel consumption formula in Group C in his piece 'Controversy in East Midlands' (MS Oct.90) pass unnoticed. When the formula was…

AN ANSWER BY MR. CLUTTON TO THE LETTER PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY ISSUE," WHEN TRIALS WERE TRIALS" Sir, I have examined with interest Mr. L. A. Cowcill's formula for use…

LADV competition drivers [The women did pretty well in motor racing before the war and by 1936 even the cautious Brooklands' authorities permitted them to compete on a level basis…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters To Brighton on Lord Montagu's 1903 Sixty Mercedes In spite of the fact that it is confined to cars built before 1905, the 1957…

Sir, May I comment on the following points from your January issue ? (1) Mr. Green should get into touch with Mr. F. II. Rambling, 20, GreyShiels Avenue, Headingley, Leeds,…

MILD SEVEN BENETTON FORD At the beginning of the year most people expected Benetton Ford to offer the sternest challenge to Williams Renault, but few truly expected it to supplant…

BOOK REVIEWS "Sleepless Knights," by John Sprinzel. 123 pp. 81 in. x 5.4 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd., 62, Doughty Street, I.ondon, W.C.I. 21S.) This is John Sprinzel's light-hearted account…

Sir, Many .people appear to write in high praise of their vintage motor cars, of various makes, but 1 have not so far seen anything in praise of what I…