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During his archive movie film researches, my motorfilms.com colleague David Weguelin once found fabulous footage of Fangio’s great drive in the 1957 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, one sequence…

An Allard Wins the M.C.C. Sporting Trial Putting forward the date of his classic Buxton Sporting Trial to beat-the-ban, "Jackie " Masters had the pleasure of watching 79 starters leave…

VINTAGE VEER INGS *** VINTAGE ears will be well catered for by I he V .S.C.C. this season, peace and petrol permitting. In April 71 Ii the Northern Section has…

Theory and Practice by the Continental Correspondent The beginning of October saw the opening of the 40th Paris Salon and from the French buyer's point of view the whole show…

Sir, Nobody read your article on the Brooklands Straker Squire Six with more interest than, I did and, if I may be allowed to make some comments and suggestions after…

Sir, I have read with great interest your article on " Sprint Events 20 Years Ago." I see, in your description of the Caerphilly Hill (limb, 1924, you mention me…

NEW ACCESSORIES FOR THE SPORTS pROBABLY the most common fault among motorists who have just learnt to drive is an inclination to drive on the very crown of the road.…

Sir, Regarding your article "So What Was It?" in Motor Sport June 1985, it was a La Perle which won the GP des Voiturettes at Boulogne in 1921/22, took second…

Not wishing to be outdone by outsiders on home turf, Peugeot is preparing a plethora of products for the Paris Motorshow, almost all aimed at convincing a sceptical world that…

Senna quotes from the film — and the cutting room floor — reveal much Ayrton Senna could be articulate and mesmerising when interviewed in English, but he was far more…

A Sports Car from Turin The whole basis of the Fiat Dino car is the V6 engine which is a production version of the interesting 4-o.h.c. Ferrari engine, which dates…

The compulsory old-car tests After toying with the idea for five years, the Government enforces compulsory testing of old cars from the middle of this month, but at first only…