THE NEW RECORD GAR WOOD REGAINS IT WITH 111.7 M.P.H. ON Friday, 5th February, the famous American pilot, Gar Wood, succeeded in winning back the water speed record. He had…

www.motorracinglegencls.com Although the Le Mans 24 Hours is reason enough to hit France in June, the 2003 race has an added attraction for those with a love of the event's…

The season has wound-up to a most praiseworthy spell of recordbreaking, as distinct from demonstration runs and stunts. Completely outstanding are Renault's eight Class H figures at Montlhery with their…

RALLY TEAM PRIZE WON BY SINGERS SAY what you will about Rallies, they are a very natural form of competition, testing cars under touring conditions, and when the M.C.C. are…

Records Now that Monza's banked autodrome has been added to the Montlhery Track near Paris, record attacks should flourish, although not in Britain, where Brooklands has been broken up and…

Motor Sport—Readers' Car Survey The Manufacturers Reply AFTER the first part of our Readers' Car Survey was published last month we contacted VW, Standard/Triumph and B.M.C. to obtain their views…

Historical authenticity Sir, I was very interested to read your June article on historic authenticity, particularly since it featured a photo of one of the Lancia D50s I've reconstructed in…

Sir, As you appear to be, like me, a stickler for facts, perhaps you will permit me to offer a few corrections to your article "Out of the Past" in…

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Sir, Regarding your recent Ford-Weslake V12 article, I take exception to Mike Daniel's assertion that, "The Daytona fiasco was entirely due to a JWA cock-up over gear ratios". As briefly…

Daimlers, etc. Sir, Many thanks for another interesting issue, and especially for the Daimler articles. You may not remember that the 3-speed 16/55 cars were fitted with Morris-Oxford gearboxes, complete…

FIESTA S1600 IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THE Ford Fiesta has been a success. It arrived in a market looking to downsize, a cool-looking, great-driving diminutive knight in shining…