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NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS. All contributions, whether literary, artistic or photographic, will be carefully considered by the Editor. A stamped, addressed envelope should be sent with every contribution, and the Editor…

Alfa Romeo 33 Green Cloverleaf Alfa Romeo have altered their onetime policy of attempting to make inroads into the mass market in Britain, via the smaller engined versions of the…

Modern anomalies! In the beginning, motor racing at manufacturer-level was a fairly serious business, undertaken for research purposes, or publicity, or a blend of both. It seemed to work, at…

An uninspiring start IF YOU thought last year's World Championship for Makes was more than a shade uninspiring, you should have seen the first European round in this year's endurance…

It is 21 years, I realise with some amazement, since I began covering Grand Prix racing for Autosport, and in that time I have come to know a good many…

THE A.C.U. Tourist Trophy races, run last month over the famous I.O.M. circuit, may be ranked among the finest events in the whole range of motor sport. A large number…

We have received this letter which is self-explanatory:— Sir, I have been permitted by the Air Ministry to form a committee to consider and submit proposals for the formation of a…

GOES LIKE A GUN THE 31-LITRE HOTCHKISS GUNS are in the news nowadays, and the famous French Hotchkiss, whose badge is two crossed cannons, Is the product of a big…

JB Millar has resigned his office as secretary of the Falkirk & District MC, and communications should now be addressed to RE Traill, 21 Muirhall Road, Larburt, Stirlingshire.

The inaugural Mexican Grand Prix of 1962 should have been a celebration. The country's racing prodigy, Ricardo Rodriguez, was to perform in front of his adoring countrymen. These people, who'd…

Over the years the Continental racing scene has been gradually changing, for better and for worse, but this year it took a decided step backwards, for Easter went by with…

EDITORIAL. THIS SUPERCHARGER BUSINESS ASTORM is sweeping the motor-racing cornmunities of Europe. More accurately, there are two storms, but both concern the question of whether superchargers should be permitted or…