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With the arrival of better weather, the Editor recalls the days when people went to Weybridge not only to see the motor racing, but to watch the aeroplane races CONSIDERING…

OPENING OF NEW TRACK AT LINAS-MONTLHERY. Unprecedented Scenes on the Approach Routes : Almost Complete Block of Traffic on the Second Day : Many World's Records go by the Board…

Harvey Postlethwaite More than 1000 people packed in to the tiny parish church at Checkendon near Henley to commemorate the life of F1 designer and innovator Harvey Postlethwaite, 55, who…

Your mention of the New York-to-Los Angeles-and-back-in-reverse car moves me to point out that it is very easy to put the innards into the rear axle of the Ford A…

I knew nothing of Denis Jenkinson until I published a letter from him in Motor Sport, but when we met at the RAF during the war, he as an engineer…

Sir, Having just read the October issue of Motor Spot I notice that in the classified advertisements section there are no less than 56 second-hand Morgans for sale on offer…

Ken Downing This British driver, who died recently aged 86, only raced for five seasons. But in that time he managed to notch up two grand prix starts. Downing raced…

Sir, Oh, my dear Sir, to quote G.B.S., your report on Le Mans 24 Hours. Christine Beckers is most certainly Not the second woman ever to take part at Le…

OVER 20 years ago, before Swedish cars were known to any extent in this country, I went to look at the Saab and Volvo factories. The quality put into these…

I thought you might be interested to see this photograph of a Crossley owned by a great aunt of my father's. We know it was in her possession by 1923,…

The, Ford SV OC hold a meeting jointly with the Fairthorpe SCC at the White Horse Hotel, The Borough, Downton, near Salisbury, on the last Tuesday each month. Cars such as Ashleys, Dellows,…

The quality of the entry on the Rally of Argentina was second-rate for an event with official World Championship status… Last month we spoke of the effects which FIA 'relegation'…