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PART ONE AC Ace, Ace Bristol 1954-1963 Bespoke British sports cars with fine looks, excellent performance and, if you like crossplies, handling to match. Two engines — 1991cc AC unit…

Results of the VSCC Herefordshire Trial were held up until 45 days after the event clue to a protest having to be resolved. For the record, the best performance was…

AN TH R ROUND THE T WN RACE A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING ON THE CIRCUIT OF NICE. FOLLOWING on the successful experiment of the Monaco Grand, Prix, other French towns…

Your Car Madam Everything a car can give you ... independent suspension on all four wheels ... the smooth ride of a big limousine ... the expensive finish and opulent…

Jensen CV8s Sir, Sir, Further to the letter entitled "Better Buy Bigger" in the June issue of MOTOR SPORT from Mr. P. Fredrick de Frere, and to Mr. Malcolm J.…

A CROSSLEY SURPRISE. READERS will be interested to learn that Mr. Vernon Balls has acquired a team of 1100 c.c. Crossley 10 h.p. cars for the 1932 Season. It is…

Formula Two win for STP-March-BMW A FEW MONTHS ago in the Around and About column we highlighted the forthcoming battle between the Ford Motor Company and BMW at several levels…

Nicholson-tuned MG.-B GT ITS a peculiar business, tuning cars. Many non-drivers or non, enthusiast drivers have queried the benefits of modifying a sports carwhich " surely is fast enough anyway."…

THE INDIANAPOLIS " 500 " Arnold On a 100 cubic inch Miller, Winner of American Classic at 100.44 m.p.h. RECORD crowd pressed its way through the gates of the Indianapolis…

A major happening in the crowded VSCC calendar is the weekend spent trialing up the stiffer Welsh fields and by-ways, a fixture dating back to 1939, when the winner was…

The Scimitar and its forebears by Don Poker. 231pp (Court Publications, Drays Court, Witcombe, Gloucs GL3 4TN. £11.95 + £1.55 p&p) That the Reliant marque should have had to wait…

Sir, Like many more readers of your magazine, I shared your enthusiasm when the Mini-Minor was announced. Ten months ago I bought one. Since then it has consumed no oil,…