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In a speech he gave at the opening of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, reported in last month's edition of Lord Montagu's Veteran & Vintage Magazine, Mr. Gilbert Hunt,…

Last month, outgoing editor-in-chief Andrew Frankel signed off on this page by saying the future of Motor Sport has never looked brighter. Now the torch has been passed to me…

Specification. Engine: 4 cyl., 63 x 90 m.m. bore and stroke, capacity 1122 c.c., 3-bearing balanced crankshaft, 3-bearing camshaft, overhead inlet valves, side exhaust valves, pressure lubrication throughout. Cooling by…

Ford Fiesta 1.6S As reported in the April issue, the new Ford Fiesta has now arrived in a fanfare of publicity, but it is basically a shopping car in three…

Jim Bullough This former rallying champion died after a short illness at the beginning of June. In 1966 Jim Bullough teamed up with navigator Don Barrow in a Lotus Cortina…

"Tuning and Maintenance of M.Gs.," by Philip H. Smith, A.M.I.Mech.E. (Foulis, 7, Milford Lane, W.C.2. 160 pp., 15s.) With instruction manuals for the older cars becoming increasingly rare and priced akin…

LEAGUE OF MOTOR SPORTSMEN—FORM OF ENROLMENT I desire to become a member of the League of Motor Sportsmen. I am not* already a subscriber to MOTOR SPORT, and enclose t…

In the aftermath of Jo Siffert's tragic accident at Brands Hatch in 1971 came a resolution to make Grand Prix cars safer against fire risk, particularly in the case of…

Sir, Like no doubt many others I was most interested in your article "Another Ghost Story", March 1977. You state that what happened after the First World War is obscure.…

THE SPORT AFLOAT. THE POOLE HUNDRED W. P. ALLEN WINS, FOLLOWED BY SALVI. ALTHOUGH there was a disappointing entry this year, the Yachting World Trophy race proved to be quite…

Fords in the Alpine Trial. SIR,—The following fact has only recently been brought to my attention, and I must therefore apologize for commenting at so late a date. In your…

Congratulations to the MG CC's Triple M Register, whose members, subject to official confirmation, set new records at Millbrook on August 28/29, with five pre-1934 MGs. The ten new records…