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"Phew! Pretty hot isn't it? The speaker shaded his eyes carefully with his hand and watched Meeson's A.C. flash over the line at nearly 100 m.p.h. His companion turned away despondently.…

The second round of the European Touring Car Championship again featured the fast Jaguar XJ 5.3Cs, but both cars were eliminated by outer drive-shaft flange failures in the first half…

THE S.9 BLANCH! VIAREGGIO SALOON IMPRESSIONS APPKEt A LENGTHY WEEK-END RUN The name of Bianchi has always been one which sports-car enthusiasts have held in respect ever since this famous…

BACK NUMBERS We have a few copies left of some early issues. Please write to : The Editor : Motor Sport 21, City Road, E.C.I

Sir, In this year of the Ghost, I thought I'd send you a photograph as my little contribution. This is inspired by your splendid article in the March Motor Sport.…

Never before has the British Motor Industry been more deserving of publicity. By its contribution to the war effort it most certainly ensured our present Freedom, and the Peace which…

Guest column Motorcycle and F1 World Champion Surtees runs Britain's A1 GP team. He tells Motor Sport about his hopes for a new British hero and how champions don't just…

Wood Green & District (cont.). Cowley), and Miss J. E. H. Weekes, whose A.C. had carefully balanced wire wheels. The brake test at the top. of Kop Hill was extremely…

The Radio Times, introducing a motor-racing Commentary "Spanner in the Works," broadcast during July by the B.B.C., stated; "Since the war motor-racing, once a Cinderella among the country's sporting pursuits,…

Luxury for a few in a package meant for millions The borrowed SAAB 99 EMS slithered through the first slippery assaults of the British weather admirably, but the sight of…

The Trojan Owners Club has dug up that famous 1924 advertisement "Can You Afford To Walk?", which detailed the cost of walking 200 miles compared to that of driving the…

The official results of the prolifically supported Kenco RAC Veteran Car Run show 359 starters out of 427 entries of pre-1905 cars. The 49 unfortunates who retired were: T Moore…