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Gulf London rally Results: 1st: R. Clark/J. Porter (Cortina GT). 2nd: J. Larsson/Bertil Petersson (Saab Sport). 3rd: B. Melia/G. Davies (Cortina GT). 4th: J. Damberg/F. Sager (Cortina GT). 5th: Pat…

B.A.C. INNOVATIONS LAST month Mr. Lowe-Wylde carried out a series of demonstration flights with his B.A.C. boat-glider on the Welsh Harp at Hendon. This craft, as can be seen from…

Big events test budgets as well as endurance, but demand is higher than ever What’s the cheapest branch of motor sport you can try? Scalextric, probably. But otherwise it must…

The ex-Birkin Bentley single-seater Sir, I am writing to thank you for the fascinating and erudite article which appeared in the October "Motor Sport" about the Birkin 4½ blown single…

The Global-warming panic is on! HRH The Prince of Wales has presented convincingly his own long TV documentary telling how we are destroying the environment. Mrs. Thatcher has said what…

RUMBLINGS V. itk the return of the Austin Seven a highlight of the justconcluded Earls Court Show thoughts turn again to economy vehicles built to ideals and ideas. Economy Cars…

The new-for-2014 rulebook for the Le Mans 24 Hours could spell the end for the open-top prototype. One of the proposals is that the new breed of prototype, which will…

Ivy’s charm offensive Sir, Your piece on Bill Ivy (October issue) reminded me of a distant memory from my youth. In 1969 I was a 14-year-old schoolboy waiting for a…

The man behind this remarkable collection of Lancias is Gino Macaluso, a former works rally driver for Fiat in the early 1970s. The genial Italian is now the president of…

There are some interesting references to cars in "The Unforgiving Minute" (W. H. Allen, 1978), the fascinating if at times almost unbelievable autobiography of Beverley Nicholls. When I first began…

American Eagle to soar again in Formula One? The Eagle name could return to Formula One next season. During the GP at Indianapolis, Dan Gurney revealed his plans to create an American F1 team, with two American drivers. Gurney, the man behind the…

After Britain's longest car rally, WB reviews the entry, and Tom Threlfall reports from John O'Groats A month or so after the veterans have had their Run to Brighton comes…