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Motorists travelling abroad will be delighted to hear of a new leather document case which has just been designed to hold their carnet-de-passage, insurance certificates, passports and landing tickets. It…

One year after its 1928 founding, the British Racing Drivers’ Club organised the 500-Mile Race over Brooklands’ Outer Circuit. In the foreword to the programme, Earl Howe CBE VD remarked…

Goodwill to motorists This is the last copy of Motor Sport you will see before Christmas. So we thought it right to be seasonal and as this is a time…

Last month's Donald Healey appreciation correctly said he was a successful Monte Carlo Rally competitor in Invicta and Triumph cars, but a gremlin got in the works in calling Healey…

Indian summer Dear reader, When people talk about an "Indian Summer" I am not quite sure what they mean, as I have never been to India and only really know…

Former racer Win Percy is the man Lord March trusts to ensure Goodwood's historic meeting doesn't end in tears Goodwood Revival was as exciting as ever — and for some…

Sir, When they ran the D-type at Le Mans in the days of Claes, Swaters, and Frere, I believe the team was known as 'Equipe Nationale Beige' rather than 'Ecurie…

1928 Levis Machines. One of the most interesting of the Levis range of machines for 1928 is the All-Weather Model " M de Luxe," which will be one of the…

THE CIRCUIT OF SICILY IT is interesting to reflect that the famous Targa Florio, now one of the few races for real racing cars, was originally a race for" touring"…

Racing the Silver Arrows by Chris Nixon Transport Bookman, £39.95. ISBN: 0-85184-055-8 Considering the acclaim which greeted Nixon's book on the Mercedes-Auto Union rivalry of 1934-39, and its rapid sell-out,…

August 5/6 Amanda Whitaker clinched the Formula Atlantic class of the Historic European F2 Championship with a win and a second place in class in rounds nine and 10 at…

THE J.C.C. HIGH SPEED RELIABILITY TRIAL. Notes on the Performance of Competitors. By the ASSISTANT EDITOR. (See illustrations on centre page.) PROM the spectator's point of view—which was -IL excellent…