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ALLARD-SPECIALS TRIUMPHANT ONLY TWO CLEAN PERFORMANCES IN THE COLMORE TROPHY RACE GUY WARBURTON, driving an eight-cylinder Allard-Special, won the Colmore Trophy in the annual event held on February 26th, in…

READERS' SPARE PARTS FOR SALE AND WANTED FOR SALE Alta engine 9 11.p. crankshaft, main bearings, camshafts, timing wheels, cylinder head, sump etc., engine complete except for two lines, one…

With reminiscences of war in and on the air, I am reminded of an aspect of what can be termed the "magneto scare" although it relates to the Kaiser conflagration,…

As the Second World War ended, so motor racing could start up again, with RAF pilot Tony Crook among its early pioneers By Martin Gurdon Childhood wishes drew Tony Crook…

THANKS' Sir, Through your journal I would like to express my thanks to the A.A. men who helped me over Shap Fell recently. They were working under atrocious conditions, and…

The presence of two vintage racing ACs at the August VSCC Prescott hill-climb, as reported last month, prompts a few words on the subject. Willoughby's two-seater has the Anzani-pattern side-valve…

THE response to our suggestion for a Census was most healthy, when you take the normal proportion of letter-sending readers to total circulation, which is a very sober ratio indeed,…

PETER CLARK ON HIS H.R.G. TEAM AT the October meeting of the North London Enthusiasts' Car Club, held at St. Ermyn's, Westminster, a talk on "Sports Car Racing" was given…

Sir, Now that the lamentations at the passing of the Riley Pathfinder have died down, can I enjoin you to mourn with me at the demise of that most honest…

11-1 IE IR IE and 111H IE IR E 'arrtshaft" Politicians at Speed. ITALY is recognised as having produced some of the finest racing motorists in the world, but it…

Letters from Readers. Lockhart's Stutz—And Others AS one who has followed the progress of streamlining of racing cars for the past few years I was very interested in your article…

Sir, I bring to the attention of your readers the existence of the Ford Model-T Register, whose objects are to account for Model-Ts of all types in this country, to…