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Exaggeration Sir, I could not agree more strongly with your sentiments on high-powered advertising of vintage and "specialist" cars: in fact it would seem that not a few firms never…

LETTERS from READERS N.B.—Opinions expressed are those of our correspondents and MOTOR SPORT does not necessarily associate itself with them —Ed.

In a recent "Enthusiasts' Directory" feature on motoring clothing we mentioned the fact that the American "space-man" type of crash helmet had failed the tests laid down by the British…

Rolls-Bentley Comparisons   Sir, As a regular reader who appreciates the unbiased manner in which you write about motor cars, I would like to put the following question to you.…

A RETURN TO THE REAL THING? The 1k-litre H.R.G. is now in production at the Tolworth works. Backed by H. R. Godfrey (the " G "of G.N. fame), the H.R.G.…

If you drive northwards up A 5 and instead of turning right at the traffic-lights into industrial Tamworth you go straight on, in a few hundred yards you will see…

by Bill Pollack ISBN188897814 7 Published by Brown Fox Books, $23.95 What a cracking read. Bill Pollack was there at the birth of road racing in the US, and won…

Re-creation runs clean Four-times Le Mans winner steps back in time to tame the car which nearly ended his career before his first triumph at La Sarthe Thirty-seven years after…

Back in Australia in early 1966, when I was 13 and the world seemed to go on forever, the talk among my buddies was of The Beatles and Vietnam. For…

The 1926 winner is the only genuine survivor of the Le Mans cars. After the race Robert Bloch acquired it and cut off the tail, which he replaced with a…

SPORTS-CARS IN PARIS AN INTERESTING SHOW FOR ENTHUSIASTS AT THE SALON DE L'AUTOMOBILE FINE COACHWORK SPORTS-CAR racing has been overshadowed this year by the Grand Prix events, but in such…

Photographs All MOTOR SPORT Copyright photographs from this and past issues are available at the following prices : 12' x 15" .. 12/each 8" x 10" .. 6/ 6V x…