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N.B. -- Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -- Ed. A Mercedes-Benz 220S in South Africa Sir, The correspondence…

WITH the retirement of the P99 four-wheel-drive Ferguson-Climax and Peter Westbury's attentions being distracted by his own four-wheel-drive project, the 1965 R.A.C. Hill-Climb Championship has been a battle between the…

COM PET IT ORS in the M.C.C. London to Exeter Trial can always depend on bad weather, and the event which took place on the last day but one of…

If the worst weather of the year is traditionally laid on for the Brighton Run, it seems that the Veteran Car Club can count on the best for its Dorking…

Sir, Through your columns, may I ask help from any readers who may be able to assist me. I am compiling a register of Riley Imps. As well as discovering…

Replacing the innovative and iconic Lotus 72 was never going to be easy --- even though it was in its fifth season. Andrew Frankel drives the car that tried Bad…

“Millionaire racing driver Count Luigi Zborowskie, from Melton Mowbray, helped to build the film car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - from the Leicester Mercury of May 20, all the more…

Friction —the old, old problem You waste 70% of your petrol overcoming friction and heat losses! Friction is caused by bearing surfaces working together . . . producing heat, wear…

gte (c gifufie A Splendid Season. WITH the passing of the next few weeks the season's racing will have come to an end, and adherents of the sport will disconsolately…

Sir, On reading today's The Spectator, I came across a glorious piece by Rowlinson Carter on Czechoslovakia's love affair with the motor car. It struck me that it bears retelling…

MATTERS OF MOMENT • GRAND PRIX FINALE By the time this issue of MOTOR SPORT sees the bookstalls, the Fl Drivers' World Championship will have been decided, the excitement having…

(April 28th) Fine weather and the usual variety of interesting cars brought such a crowd that there was quite a traffic jam getting away, over an hour after the last…