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Chassis Type F1 Engine No, 375/010 While the Ferrari factory supplied the major components the car was assembled, modified and completed by the Vandervell racing team and many original components…

Sir, I was very interested to read " G.H.W." on the subject of Class I sprint cars in your May issue. It may be recalled that Kenneth Neve wrote on…

Talking museums, the Shuttleworth Collection, at Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Beds., will be holding three major functions in June. Firstly, the national Flying Scale Model contests will be held on…

Sir, After making a fairly sustained effort over the last five to six ears to win some sort of recognition for that much neglected and, indeed, much maligned mechanical species,…

THE TRIUMPH "SOUTHERN CROSS" FOR 1933. NO new sports models are announced for 1933 by the Triumph Motor Company, Ltd., of Coventry, but attention has been concentrated on improving the…

TETE ROOF OF EUROPE Some Experiences of the Chief Alpine Passes IREMEMBER in an elementary textbook of mechanics an illustration of a lovely horse hauling up a weight by means…

A 3-LITRE STRAIGHT EIGHT BALLOT Time was when the discovery of Veteran Types to be included in this series in MOTOR SPORT involved laborious search by ," Baladeur " for…

THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX. THE, French Grand Prix which was run off recently at the base of the Pyrenees mountains resulted once more in conclusive British victories. The three large…

The 1953 Coronation Safari, and the two East African Safaris which followed, were supported by the then East African Standard newspaper, and last Easter Clive Pulman, managing director of the…

Fed up with your Escort or Astra? Fiat's Bravo and Brava might offer the most appealing hatchback alternative yet If there was an award for the most interesting mainstream car…

Late changes to the route for the Sunday leg of the Roger Albert Clark Rally mean that the November 20-23 event will no longer visit Oulton Park. Instead a pair…

May 9th May 9th is the day reserved for the Daily Express/B.R.D.C. Silverstone meeting. A record crowd is expected and you should make your grandstand and enclosure reservations NOW to the…