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A Grand Prix car at the Track OF ALL THE FIR,51SIGHIINGS oftop GP cars at Brooldands, Count Zborowski's 1914 GP Mercedes was the most significant. A ghastly war against Germany…

An original road test taken from the Motor Sport archives, January 1964 Soon after that man Chapman had been signed on by British Ford, Dagenham announced the Lotus-Cortina, which was…

Veteran Types TN an article which appeared in "MOTOR SPORT" some half a dozen years ago, Mr. Lionel Martin ascribed the first appearance of the real sports car to the…

FOR SALE HILLMAN ,Spares and Repair Specialists. Re conditioned engines and chassis components. Large stocks of new and secondhand spares for " Minx " and " Fourteens." Blanchfiowers, " The…

Museums have a habit of Motor Museums have a habit of a springing up all over the place these days, like molehills on suburban lawns. The Patrick Collection will open in Birmingham…

Just Colin Colin McMaster & David Evans As a 12-year-old schoolboy in 1995 I was allowed one poster on the dormitory wall. There were quite a few featuring supercars (scantily…

After the first five rounds of this year's European Championship for Formula Two, it looked as if one man was going to walk away with the title. Beppe Gabbiani won at…

A Small French Saloon which is Smooth, Willing, Light-to-handle and Economical on Fuel To cover the R.A.C. Championship Trial last December Fiat (England), Ltd., put at our disposal a Simca…

After 29 years on this planet, Francois Delecour has never won a rally. Any kind of motor rally. Yet the Frenchman led his first World Championship event for Ford the…

We regret to learn of the death of Mr. Denham Brown, who died last March. He worked on the racing Straker Squire now owned by Adrian Liddell and showed considerable…

Not Henry Ford but the Ford Motor Co of Great Britain, although the legendary Henry himself did visit the famous Motor Course in 1912, to watch a race devoted to…

Euro prototypes back in Britain The European Sports Prototype series will race in Britain for the first time in three years during the Silverstone Historic Tribute Meeting on June 4-6.…