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WANTED 3-LITRE LAGONDA, Alfa, or similar, in exchange for 16/80 Lagondu saloon in excellent condition. Fitted with 2-litre engine. Townsend, 90, Mayfair, Tilekarst, Berke. [8687 ZEISS HEADLARVGLASS, 11 in. diameter,…

After the unequivocal success of the 1934 T.T. race, the R.A.C. have wisely decided to leave the regulations for this year's event practically unaltered. In brief, the principle adopted by…

Millbrook, the new Brooklands; that's the premise behind a Bank Holiday Monday spectacular on May 29, when cars built for hammering round the Members' Banking will instead tackle the high-speed…

Should have seen that coming. Giving impulse free reign, goaded into pressing on by the searing frenzy of that pure-bred V12 nearing its sweet spot, understeer beckons. And how. Braking…

Slowest through the streets . . . Looking back, the first Dallas Grand Prix provided a few surprises, not least the fact that it turned out to be the slowest…

Sir, I am sending you some old photographs of our family "chariot" in my youth. It was a 1911 15/20-11-hp SCAT—the forerunner of the Ceirano--the initials standing for Societa Ceirano Automobile…

The Front-wheel Drive TRACTA An interesting 1-1 litre of proved design and performance. NOWADAYS there are a number of cars, which in many ways are inclined to lack interest in…

Colloidal Graphite as an aid to upper cylinder Lubrication. The The benefits derived from the use of a colloidal graphite running-in compound are already beginning to be widely recognised among…

Car engines have been modified to run on fuels other than petrol, but one and all, two or four-stroke, poppet, sleeve or rotary valve, blown or unblown, they require oil for lubrication,…

Pop rivets. Yes folks, it's all boiled down to tiny cylinders of soft metal that can be hammered flat at both ends 31 of them! lust one out of place…

At the start of the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, Lauda's Ferrari took an immediate lead from Reutemann s Brabham BT44 while Regazzoni's Ferrari (No. 11) actually interlocked wheels…

He’s overseen title-winning cars, engineered Senna and Schumacher, but the memory of Singapore 2008 remains painful… In the intense, rarefied world of Formula 1 a driver has to deal with…