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…

Opinions expressed are those of our correspondents, and are not necessarily those of MOTOR SPORT. Speed limit plea From the Earl Howe: Sir , I feel that your readers and…

Fifty years of Grand Prix history will be celebrated during the fourth Grand Prix Historique de Monaco over the weekend of May 15-16. Formula One cars from over 30 marques…

Sir, I am writing to air my views about Fl safety. This has been prompted by the recent deaths at Imola. I think that one modification that could be made…

Rory Farrell Jnr took a fine win in the opening URS Classic Formula Ford 1600 race in his Crosslé 45F. He qualified fifth, but a demon start from the Northern…

David Piper Daily Express Trophy support race, Sifverstone, 1967 ONE AERODYNAMIC MODIFICATION AND A WHOLE LOT OF ANGER ENABLED DAVID PIPER TO TAKE ON THE FORD GT4OS IN A THREE…

Sir, If Motor Sport of the 1980s can be trusted(!), Mr Groves (Letters, November 1999) is correct in saying that Emilio de Villota raced a March until the Spanish Grand…

PETROL FLEX-DE-LUXE The effects of vibration in crystalising and making brittle steel or copper petrol pipes is well known, and on racing cars and aeroplanes the use of flexible piping…

THE TRUTH AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS J. L. Wyer finds some authentic data relating to the 1921-26 Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq racing cars Ti IE recent series ol art ales ill MOTOR SPORT dealing…

Historic car authenticity Sir,  You certainly started something with your article on Historic Car Authenticity and I have followed the subsequent correspondence with much interest. It appears we are all…

MOLLISON'S WONDERFUL FLIGHT. SHORTLY after the R.A.F. machine left Cranwell, Mr. J. A. Mollison, flying a Puss Moth fitted with a Gypsy Major engine set off from Lympne on a…