Veteran Types TN an article which appeared in "MOTOR SPORT" some half a dozen years ago, Mr. Lionel Martin ascribed the first appearance of the real sports car to the…

FOR SALE HILLMAN ,Spares and Repair Specialists. Re conditioned engines and chassis components. Large stocks of new and secondhand spares for " Minx " and " Fourteens." Blanchfiowers, " The…

Euro prototypes back in Britain The European Sports Prototype series will race in Britain for the first time in three years during the Silverstone Historic Tribute Meeting on June 4-6.…

THE CASE FOR THE LOW-SPEED RACNG ENGINE Lost month the possibility of bigger-engined Brooklands cars was touched upon in Rumblings. In this article a contributor enlarges on the subject. —Ed.…

Time-keeping Extraordinary Sir Malcolm's record breaking attempt on " Bluebird" took place during T.T. week, and we all followed with considerable bewilderment the various figures which came through from America,…

B.M.C. Introduce the 948-c.c. Austin-Healey Sprite—To Sell for £678 17s. 0d. LAST month we drove to Birmingham for a preview of Britain latest sports car, the Austin-Healey Sprite. This new…

Fiat S76 A Recollection The S76 had been such a sensation that when a Middlesborough evening paper published a photograph of it in 1953 a tremendous response followed, of letters,…

LI-4:FTERS FROM READERS Letters from readers on any subject are always welcome Ind they should be as brief as possible. Sports Cars in the I.O.M. SIR, I cannot remember having…

CORRESPONDENCE The Editor of MOTOR SPORT. DEAR SIR, I was most interested to see in the current issue of Motor Sport an account of the Halford Special and its designer…

THE FIRST TO WEAR THE GREEN SOME HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2-LITRE AND 4-LITRE SUNBEAM RACING-CARS tThe Sunbeam Motor Car Co. Ltd., of Wolverhampton, was the only British concern…

MOTOR CYCLES—and A MORGAN—for 1925.

SIr, I dispute your claim that the longest solo drive in the 24 hours was by Levegh in 1952. This belongs to ER 'Eddie' Hall who drove his Bentley to…