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ASK PRESENT-DAY car owners, as they are trying to decide whether to re-equip with Dunlop Sport, Pirelli Cinturato or Michelin X AS tyres, whether they have heard of Rapson tyres…

CLUB AFFAIRS ** • Citroen owners in the Exeter area have formed the Devon Citroen Owners' Club. Hon. Sec. : E. J. Taylor, " Glenroyd," Hills View, Barnstaple, Devon. *…

Sir, The nostalgic article on the 1922 RollsRoyce " Silver Ghost/' by A. C. Molyneux (December issue), prompts a few comments by way of a footnote. If the curious and,…

SPORTING MACHINES ON TEST. THE No. 1. o.h.v. B.S.A. 13)7 " DOUZEARBRES." VI V attention was first directed to the overhead valve v model B.S.A. on the memorable occasion, a…

• • * THE DLIESENBERG Sir. I was, of course, delighted that the Editor found my enthusiasm for the Duesenberg infectious, and from the paragraphs which preceded my own notes…

After the 1,000-kilometre race in June, when Siffert set the fastest lap of the Nürburgring in practice at 8min 00.2sec with a Porsche 908, and Amon did 8min 00.3sec with…

Sir, I have read with interest your recent Editorial on speed restrictions—personally I think you are being entirely too gloomy - I believe it's still perfectly possible to maintain high…

Bagshot Heath was the scene of much activity on October 18th, when the Stamford Bridge Motor Cycle Club staged their "Au Revoir" Scramble around the usual Red Road Course. With…

Back in 1989, the Formula One field contained eight graduates from the previous season's European Formula 3000 Championship. This year, at the time of writing, there are only two. One,…

"The Porsche 911 Story" by Paul Frere. 187 pp. 9 1/4 in 6 3/4 in., Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB3 8EL. £4.95.) Porsche history has by now been…

By Dieter Streve-Mülhens & Rainer Schlegelmilch ISBN 3 00 012 504 3 Published by Schlegelmilch, 255 Euros This lavish series of mainly photographic books has set a high standard so…

Sir, In the never-ending controversy that goes on in the motoring Press about the respective merits of British and foreign cars, how rarely is the " K.3" M.G. put forward…