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Sir, My Porsche is quite rightly described as a rear-engined car. By the same token a front-engined car would be one in which the engine lies ahead of the front…

Sir, These vehicles were made by Messrs. Belhaven Ltd., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. My grandfather, Col. R. R. Mellor, bought this firm about 1910 from Messrs. Robert Morton & Co. Ltd. (now…

The 22nd Raid Suisse-Paris, one of Europe’s biggest classic car rallies, took place over three days at the end of August. More than 60 cars lined up for the traditional…

ONE of the oldest World records in the books, for the fastest boat on salt water, has fallen after nearly 50 years. In December, Dr. Carlo Bonomi added over 20 m.p.h.…

Alfa Romeo 2600 Register Sir, I have recently been persuaded by a small nucleus of Alfa Romeo 2600 owners within the Alfa Romeo Owners Club to organise a 2600 Register. I…

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GLOBULES Kendrick Achieves an Astonishing 58.68 m.p.g. in an Austin-Cooper in Tough Mobil Economy Run NOT CONDUCIVE TO ECONOMY.— The Editor taking a Vauxhall Victor…

THE NEW FORMULA LATER STILL News is to hand that the abolition of the body dimensions regulation of the 1938-lo Formula no longer holds good. Apparently the Bureau Permanent des…

A section devoted to old-car matters Hispano Souza and Supercharging In the "Books Review" pages of this issue of Motor Sport I have accorded high praise to the new book…

Last month 1 commenced this feature with a tale of how I tried to trace the career and eventual outcome of the aero-engined car built originally by the famous pilot…

Sir, I read with great interest your article on "The Diesel Background". In 1953 my father visited Stuttgart and bought a Mercedes-Benz 170DS which we still have in daily use…

Modern times If a week is a long time in politics a month is an age in Formula One. Since we last met on this page we've had three more…

Sir, In your article, "A Matter of Nomenclature," I observe that I am criticised for painting the name of my car on the bonnet. As this is the first complaint…