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George Wingard has had published a superb book entitled Red Wolves in Sheep's Clothing (ISBN 1 5 9971 0587) describing and illustrating the cars in his American collection, which include…

CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN As always, the first week of June is Isle of Man TT week. This year however, is a bit special. 2011 marks the centenary of the Mountain…

Sir, Allow me to congratulate you on quite the most enjoyable article I have read in MOTOR SPORT for some time, viz. "Reacquaintance with the 36/220 MercedesBenz" in September issue—a…

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For Comfortable Driving. The Ashley " Brooklands " steeringwheel has become firmly established in favour among sporting motorists since its introduction, and is now fitted as standard on the following…

Sir, I was interested in Mr Trenungs letter regarding overdriven new cars. In the 1920's Morris Motors came up with the simple idea of fitting a washer between the carburetter flange and…

THE SPORT ABROAD WITH the coming of April the motor racing season may be said to open in earnest, and the first really big event of the Continental Feason, the…

Further to your article in the current issue of MOTOR SPORT, you might be interested in two vehicles that my wife and I consider to be our "Ideal Pair". We…

Doug Nye is remarkably prescient in this month’s Motor Sport. When he filed his story about Formule Libre and mused how ‘run what you brung’ could find itself back in…

When I was a kid, someone gave me an EP – remember them? – of the BRM V16 on full noise. I once told Stirling Moss about it. "I'm surprised,"…

THE J.C.C. HIGH SPEED RELIABILITY TRIAL (May 2nd). On going to Press, particulars are to hand of the High Speed Reliability Trial organised by the/J.C.C., which is something quite new…

Sir, I was interested to read DSJ's article about Gillie Tyree and NKA 9. I can well remember him passing my parents' house on the A59 on Sunday mornings, testing…