Sir, Your correspondent, Martin Johnson, is correct in his presumption that a fuel cut-off device would not work well were it to operate between the tank and the float chamber…

Some notes analysing expert advice on making a popular vintage sports car perform properly. The "12 50" Alvis, which was, in continuous prodnction from 1923 to 1929, must still be…

Sir, I wish to correct a caption in last month's article on Jean-Pierre Jarier. The photo is of the two Renault-Mirages, not Alpines. These were the same Mirage chassis that,…

  Dane breaks Jacky Ickx's Le Mans wins record in Audi R8 British Le Mans legend Derek Bell has lauded Tom Kristensen for breaking Jacky Ickx's record of six wins in…

H. P. Blake's 1921 ABC Sir, There always has been a number of comparatively impecunious motoring enthusiasts of varying abilities. "Pom" Blake was one of them, and I feel the…

Ballot in the 1921 GP Sir, I was interested for two reasons to read G. L. Easterbrook Smith's letter concerning Ralph de Palma's Ballot in the 1921 Grand Prix dc…

The 60° V4 Taunus 12M engine has a bore and stroke of 80 mm. x 58.86 mm. (1,183 c.c.). It develops 40 h.p. (D.I.N.) at 4,500 r.p.m. or 50 h.p.…

Those who read last month's Editorial on the new Morris Marina ADO 28 may be interested in this Press Release from the BLMC:— After being on general sale for only…

The highlight of the VSCC's Hawthorn Memorial Trophy Meeting at Silverstone was the race-long battle for the Boulogne Trophy between Tim Llewellyn's tyre-smoking 3/8-litre Bentley (now running with an unpainted…

The show Another S.M.M.T. London Motor Exhibition opens at Earls Court on October 21st. Allis is an-annual happening which signals the close of the British motoring sport Season, the advent…

Sir, I was very interested in J. B. Perrett's reference to Ackroyd Stuart as during the mid1940s I lived in Chipstable, a small and isolated village in West Somerset which…

Sir, I was amused to learn that Mr. Hay considered his Fiat 125 "reliable" after only 20,000 miles. I have covered 80,000 miles in 25 months in my 2-litre Triumph…