The R.A.C. In some quarters when anything has seemed amiss with the Sport the "old gentlemen" of the R.A.C. Competitions Committee have been advanced as the scapegoat. We of Motor…

Sir, Your Brooklands article did not give credit to the late Kenneth Evans, who secured preservation orders on parts of the Track, Campbell Circuit, Test Hill and buildings, an incredible…

ON THE AUSTIN SEVEN " NIPPY " OBSERVATIONS THE •• N. ii ipy Austin Se Veil seems to be a rather humble motor car about which to write in the…

FIRST book I propose to deal with this month is not really a book containing references to cars but a motoring book in its own right, although I venture to…

ENGINE AND SPARES BUREAU FIIAZEIL-NASH spares. Meadows engine spares. Ulster Austin spares. One G.N. Elektron bucket seat frame. Rootes and Comae superchargers. Many other spares. Write Spares Bureau, 132, Village…

There can be no doubt that GO54 is a very famous motor car. Now, after being in the same family ownership for four decades, the Talbot 105 that finished third…

Sir Following your article in MOTOR SPORT September, pages 1000/1001 relating to The Edwardian Race at OuIton Park, I note your attempt to put the record straight as they say,…

"Very Advanced Driving", by A. Tom Topper. 189 pp. 7-1/8 in. x 4-3/8in., soft covers. (Elliot Right Way Books, Kingswood Building, Kingswood., Surrey. 45s.) This is an odd little paper-front…

Fifteen minutes of fame Berta LR: Temporada Series, Buenos Aires – January 10-18,1970 A DFV-engined sportscar built in Argentina sounds fanciful, but Oreste Berta's racer was good enough to give…

THE LAST PRIVATEER SIR, Regarding Mr Groves' letter about Hector Rebaque in the November edition, Emilio de Villota did try to qualify a March 821 in 1982, in Belgium, Monaco,…

The 40th anniversary of the Ford Cosworth DFV grand prix engine will be one of two major Ford anniversaries celebrated at Brands Hatch on June 30/July 1 during the Autoglym…

THE TARGA FLORIO. ETTORI BUGATTI is this year making a really determined effort to regain once more the Targa Florio for France. This race, the blue riband of road racing…