Last year the I.M.E. instituted a Symposium on the Design of Small Mass-Produced Motor Car Engines, at which eight papers were presented. The following is a summary of these. B.M.C.…

TUNING THE RILEY SOME NOTES BY A. F. ASHBY (In on interview) A. F. ASHBY A. F. Ashby commenced racing at Brooklands after the War with a s.v. 11-litre Riley,…

IH IE IR IE and 111H IE IR IE 'at-rtshaft" Scouring the Crankcase. IT is common knowledge that when a car is new the oil in the crankcase should be…

An Interview with Jim Rands [The late John Cobb three times broke the World's Land Speed Record in his twin-Napier-engined four-wheel-drive Railton Special, the last piston-engined car to hold the…

November in the Forests LIKE COUNTLESS other readers, we were all in stitches when we read D.S.J.'s description of the 1975 British Grand Prix in MOTOR SPORT's Jubilee issue. This…

THE TYPE 57 S BUGATTI In last month's issue of MOTOR SPORT we published some particulars of the new Competition Type 57 Bugatti, and further details have now come to…

Sir, I was interested in your comments about the 3.6:1 crown-wheel and pinion which Edward Riddle fitted to his Bullnose, apparently without much success. Recently I did the same modification…

N.E.C. SHOW A Sporting Occasion THE overwhelming impression received from this year's NEC Motor Show is that we are firmly back to a time when almost every manufacturer is leading…

IT HAS come to our notice that when it was proposed that a speed-limit of 40 m.p.h. reduced to 30 m.p.h. and another one of 30 m.p.h. to be extended,…

MATTERS OF MOMENT S.V. persus 0.H.V. Side valves look like jowing the hot-tube and the automatio inlet valve within the next ten years. Certainly, leaving out American ears, side valve…

CONTENTS Page Matters of Moment 1467 Fixtures 1468 Club News 1469 Rally Review 1470 Performance Cars at the Motor Show 1472 Historic GP Cars —Connaught 8-Type 1475 Oulton Park Relay…

co NT ENTS LAND. PAGE Speed Limits .... ... 295 The "Land's End" Comes of Age ... 296' An historic Monaco G.P. ... ... 301 The Seventh Mille Miglia ...…