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The Leidart-8 The inter-war Ford V8 engine was such a smooth and inexpensive powerplant that it is no surprise that it was the basis of several sports cars made by small-output…

Marchal Distributors Ltd., Brook Lane North, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex (Ealing 2672 or 3671), announce the new Marchal asymmetrical lamps, claimed to give the advantages of both the pre-war…

Motor Sport's Founding Editor Rare breed Marendaz en masse In a pre-war breaker's yard I saw a derelict American engine on which were the letters 'MS'. It took me a…

From "Master of Lancut—The Memoirs of Count Alfred Potocki" (W. H. Allen, 1959), which tells of the remarkable estate of Lancut in Poland, which fell during the Second World War…

David Rothauser – DVD A labour of love, celebrating a time when drivers approached their motor racing with a strong sense of fair play and few embodied this more than Collins. This…

Sir, In 1931 I did the usual thing by buying my first motor-cycle, a Norton, which did 99.5 m.p.h. on a wet road. I rode the Norton for 15 months…

NO RETURNS Several letters have been received from readers complaining of their inability to procure " Motor Sport." Newsagents will not procure copies if they have not received a definite…

REPAIRERS. SCORED CYLINDERS. Scores in cylinder bores can be filled in by Barimar Metallurgical (Patented) Process, to fit existing pistons and returned in two days under money-back guarantee, at low…

The Rover 213SE I HAVE been trying the new so-called Rover, in 2I3SE form. Remembering the old Rover 2000TC and 3500 see-eight I used to drive, I confess to disappointment…

Contesting the Le Mans 24 Hours does not sound much like the common perception of 'retirement'. Even in the twilight of his career, Mario Andretti remains a case apart. Peter…

They came from opposite ends of the motorsport spectrum. One had been imbued in all things fast and mechanical from an early age by his garage-owning, racing-mad father. The other…

The Marauder sports car, based on Rover components, celebrates its 21st anniversary this year and O. F. W. Fisher, Thorncote Green, near Sandy, Bedfordshire, who owns a 1952 example, supports…