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Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow - Bentley T-series, by Malcolm Bobbitt. Veloce, £25. Whether buying a cheap Silver Shadow for a limited spell of top class motoring until it disappears in a…

The Seventh Mille Miglia VICTORY FOR TAZIO NUVOLARI, WITH AN ALFA ROMEO. MAGNIFICENT DEBUT OF M.G. MAGNETTES IN WINNING 1,100 c.c. CLASS FROM NEW MASERATIS. THAT the Italians are more…

AWARDS FOR THE M.C.C. EXETER TRIAL M.G. MAGNETTES WIN TEAM PRIZE. SIXTEEN TRIPLE AWARDS. The twenty-second Exeter trial ended the final event of 1936-37 for the M.C.C. series of a…

A Japanese invader The World's major Western motor manufacturers, for a number of reasons we will not go into here, have swung away from sports cars almost entirely over the…

With deep regret we record the death of F/Lt. John Seth-Smith, a test pilot to Fairey Aviation. He was flying a Fairey "Firefly" fighter over London when the aircraft commenced…

WHILE 60,000 racing enthusiasts headed towards Silverstone the Assistant Editor turned his Sprite in the opposite direction on to the A30. The ultimate destination was the Montagu Motor Museum, where…

THE HOME THE " MOTH " -sk ROUND THE WORKS OF THE DE HAVILLAND CO. TO really appreciate a visit to the factory of the De Havilland Aircraft CO., Ltd.,…

I cannot let the month of May 1965 go by without looking back to the same month in 1955, a mere ten years ago, for it was on the first day…

The combination of a fuel-consumption formula (all the cars had to run for 20 laps or more without refuelling), the absence of many graded drivers, and—worst—the lack of Matra, Alpine,…

AN IMPROVED CASTROL " R " The distinctive exhaust smell associated with Castro! It has been synonymous with motor sport for over forty years. Wakefields now announce thai this racing…

Sir, Firstly may I be allowed to comment on Mr. P. F. G. Wright's notes on 2-gallon petrol cans. The only Pratts cans that I have come across are of…

Charles Amherst Villiers: from supercharging to James Bond, Churchill and a manned mission to Mars. Paul Kenny looks at an amazing maverick When you are next in London with half…