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Sir, What is Mr. N. E. Hawkes of West Ella talking about? "Boulevard peripherique"—he sureIy doesn't mean the Paris "South Circular"? Compared with London's cart track (South Circular) the Paris…

Nothing for Granted "You must be mad," "You need your head examined," "It's a long way to go for illicit sex" were just some of the remarks made as I…

STOP PRESS— THE FERRARI "BOMBSHELL" by the Continental Correspondent THE big question of the past few weeks has been the truth behind the statement issued by Ferrari that his cars…

We hear... Flt.-Lt. Protheroe now has his Type 37 Bugatti on the road after its major "blow-up" at the 1947 Gransden meeting. It now has full-pressure lubrication, and new valve…

Sir, In your feature "My Year's Motoring", in the February edition of Motor Sport, you mentioned that you run your 1953 VW on Castrol GTX motor oil. I, too, ran…

VSCC Cadwell Park Finale THE FINAL VSCC race meeting of 1984 took place on August Bank Holiday Sunday at the picturesque and hospitable Cadwell Park road-circuit. It marked not only…

Sir, It was a very pleasant surprise to see the article on Keith Greene (April 2003). We lived in the same Essex village in the 1950s. My father had a…

For a time, Derek Gardner's unique P34 helped Tyrrell overcome a Cosworth power shortfall

The Cornwall Vintage C.C. has three fixtures approved by the R.A.C.--a rally on May .200h, closed spec it trials on July 8t.11 and it c.i. rally on SeptemIter 2nd.

Sir, The continual barrage of attack on Motor Museums makes me wonder if the critics are correct in their assumption that because a car is in a Museum it is…

Most motor manufacturers indulge in cosmetic face lifts to revise models, a policy which often goes down like a lead balloon on second-hand markets. With the new "little-six" 320, BMW have reversed…

"Crankshaft, flywheel and bearings replaced at 13,000 miles just after fitting of engine conversion!" "Piston slap from new. Cured with Interior Silent Travel." "Pistons replaced at 15,000 miles. Excessive oil…