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Welsh lightweights The annual Light Car Weekend of the VSCC in Wales, enhanced by sunshine, was especially successful this year. With six tests to a novel formula, Seymour Price devised…

▪ * * A MATTER OF IDENTITY Sir, Congratulations to the sharp-eyed enthusiast Police Officer in the patrol-car on the Lytham-Blackpool road. At the approach of my husband's 1940 S.S.…

* Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in this list * C = Closed Event. Cl = Closed…

Motor Vehicles in the 1914/18 War Sir, I had exceptional experience of actually driving and testing nearly all types of vehicle of both the British and German armies, having served…

X-Ray spec: Rhiando Trimax Though only a bit-player on the motor racing stage, this one-off typifies the fresh thinking which led to the 500cc revolution. By Keith Howard After the…

Sir, The Government should be grateful to motorists who vote at elections, and who accept Crown evidence when they serve on a jury. South Croydon H. HILL

It was appropriate that there were three Brescia Bugattis among the 250 car and motorcycle entry for September’s Kop Hill 99th anniversary celebration. In 1925 Francis Giveen, an undergraduate who…

Sir, You may be interested in the various references to cars in "Farouk of Egypt" by Barrie St. Clair McBride, published by Robert Hale in 1967: Page 55,—First cars given…

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For today's Formula 1 drivers, the glare of the media spotlight is relentless. TV cameras haunt every corner of the paddock, there are daily press conferences throughout a Grand Prix…

Motor—L-head type —eight cylinders, cam en bloc, detachable head, bore 3-3/8", stroke 4-1/4", S A E rating-36.45 hp, Piston displacement 322 cubic inches. Valves—Special heat-resisting alloy. Pistons—Light weight aluminum alloy.…

Sir, I have followed the recent Mini v. Imp correspondence with interest but troubles are not necessarily confined to cars costing under, say, £600, as my experiences show. Early in…