Archive Gilbern in the States Sir, I have recently acquired a 1962 Gilbern GT; to my knowledge the only one in the US. The car has been used for autocrossing for many years now but… December 1976 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive SMM & T statistics The figures for new car registrations in 1971, from January to September, show British Leyland substantially in the lead, with a total of 398,631 private cars, an improvement over the… February 1972 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Mini Revisited: 1 Sir, Your article in the November 1975 issue, "The Mini Revisited", brought back some varied memories, not all of them pleasant. Like C.R./J.W., I too ran a fairly early Mini… January 1976 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Champcars in UK: Out with the new, in with the old? Champcar racing could return to Brands Hatch after a 25-year break following the cancellation of the Rockingham 500 planned for May 2003. Rockingham's new CEO Ashley Pover has canned the… January 2003 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Fenning's Victory Splash Round Two of the FlA Cup for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars with MOTOR SPORT fell on a soaking Magny-Cours circuit John Fenning was the deserved victor of the rain-blighted third… July 1996 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive The Brook's Super Sparker Sir, Your correspondent Mr. N. Buxton would like to know about the Brook's Super Sparker. He will be interested to know that this is the subject of British Patent (not… June 1967 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Datsun in the safari Sir, While I wholeheartedly agree with your comments with reference to "Deceitful Datsun", I would point out to you that Jamil Din (Uganda) did in fact finish third in the… March 1970 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive The 750 MC Six hour race The 750 MC Six hour race, started by Holland Birkett in 1951 to enable impecunious enthusiasts to have a taste of long-distance racing, has survived, and was again held at… December 2000 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive GM scraps evo car plan The General Motors brand, which has raced at Le Mans since 2000, and its long-term motor sport partner Pratt & Miller have abandoned plans to build a car to the… July 2008 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive V-E-V Odds & ends, May 1977 A member of the Industrial Railway Society confirms that the locomotive called "Brooklands" which was used in the construction of Brooklands Track, was a class-L, 0-6-0 Manning Wardle saddle-tank loco… May 1977 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Power to the drivers! Sir, The latest FISA fiasco over superlicences makes me wonder why a sport such as motor racing is governed by a bunch of bureaucrats whose qualifications could not make them… June 1987 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Vintage postbag, June 1984 Wrong Fire! Sir, I note in your report of VSCC April Silverstone that you credit Guy Smith with a fire in his Frazer Nash. Unfortunately for me, the fire was… June 1984 Issue By Motor Sport