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READERS' SALES AND WANTS To meet the repeated demands for .sonwthing on the lines of the old Spare Parts Announcements, we have instil uted a system of inexpensive advertisements. Each…

"THE MAN WHO NEVER CLOSED THE TAP." Colin Fair is no stranger to the older readers of MOTOR SPORT. lie was the first man to make a British outboard motorboat…

Prime Movers, by Karr Lucivigsen. Transport Bookman, £25.00. Here is a full account of lImor Engineering Ltd and its place in modern racing, from the capable hands of Karl Ludvigsen,…

Sir, I was interested to read your vintage veerings towards American cars (September) as I am running a Dodge circa 1925— the year of manufacture has provoked quite a number of…

RESULTS let • Elio de Angelis o di Imola — 5.040 Idlornatros par lap — 302.. lhr 34min 35 955sec —191.798 kph SAN MARINO GRAND MX — Formula One 7.6.0.1.=,t4dirzrin…

F1 on hold in America This month I want to say something about Formula 1, in particular the collapse of the USF1 deal and the prospects for Grand Prix racing…

Deprived of their Castle Combe circuit by "foot-and-mouth" the go-ahead Bristol M.G. & L.C.C., in conjunction with the Sporting O.D.C. and the Wiltshire School of Flying, Ltd., staged the first car…

Aviation Nostalgia Sir, How odd that you should review "No Echo in the Sky" by Harald Penrose in February 1975 MOTOR SPORT. Some books make a profound impression on one…

Each month for the past five years it’s been my privilege, on your behalf, to take a motor racing name to lunch. Then, on these pages, I’ve passed on to…

Austin Seven Specials by L. M. (Bill) Williams. 160 pp. 81 in. by 5 in. (G. T. Foulis Ltd.. 7, Milford Lane, Strand, London, W.C.2.  21s.). This is an excellent book,…

Ferrari foremost again Daytona, Florida, February 6th. For a number of years a rather unnecessarily long 24-hour event, this year following the recent FIA ruling, the organisers of the Daytona…

FOR SALE A usTIN ; Nippy, just fitted new bearings, pistons, high-compression gasket, very potent engine. Details and price to lan Howitt, " Thatch," Wollaton Park, Nottingham. Nottingham 7050. ALLARD…