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Gordon Murray's F1 ideal It all came from a comment that Gordon Murray made over five years ago. We were talking about the then-just-launched McLaren road car he had designed…

Sir, Just to put Mr. J. L. M. Cotter (Letters, July issue) straight following his criticism of the AA and its reaction to Government motoring policies, he is obviously ignorant…

Through the 1959 season John Cooper's little company in Surbiton was still the only one building, and racing, rear-engined grand prix cars. Colin Chapman was running his ‘mini-Vanwall', the Lotus…

Back in the early Seventies, when the East African Safari did not stick to all-weather roads, when the Acropolis was an absolute road race and when the first leg of…

Simon Arron Editor 1991-1996 "Who do you think you are, telling me what's going in the issue?" My first conversation with Bill Boddy didn't get off to a great start.…

THE LAYSTALL MOTOR ENGINEERING WORKS, LTD. ON the Laystall Stand at Olympia will be shown examples of the Company's products and Special Motor Repairs, including : New Crankshafts and Camshafts,…

Sir, I was most surprised to read three letters in your December issue actually praising the Triumph TR range of cars, my own experience with the model contrasts sharply with…

TRYING AGAIN Ilse Bentley D.C. is taking a 3-litre, two 41-litre and a 61-litre Bentley to Mont1h4ry at Easter to attempt one hour high-speed runs. The drivers will be Messrs.…

WIRELESS on an M.C.C. RELIABILITY TRIAL A Thousand Miles Test of a " Radiola" Wireless Set. By RICHARD TWELVETREES, A.M.I.Mech.E. EVER since the early days of Broadcasting, the problem of…

It was a pleasant surprise for WB to learn that he had been awarded the new National Motor Museum Prince Henry Trophy for 1993. Judged by the Museum's Advisory Council,…

Designer Frank Dernie laments the disappearance of the practical career path for talented young engineers that he followed The first involvement I had with F1 was a little bit of…

It was Ferrari's own fault. By squeezing its svelte GTO through a tiny 'body option' loophole in the GT regs, it made room for this, the fastest Cobra of all.…