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The RIGHT EQUIPMENT and the RIGHT PRICES You are indeed Dressed for the Occasion in the best possible way when you obtain your equipment from us—and you save money OVERALL…

When one has been competing in rallies for some time, one develops preferences in much the same way as more vaunted reporters get to like—or dislike—Grand Prix venues. During the season,…

From France, we hear that when racing driver Edward Bret ceased to be a flying instructor at the CFS at Istres, he went to the 1929 Olympia Aero Show to…

Sir, As it's March, it must be time for Andrew Frankel's dismal grizzling about the sheer awfulness of screwing more wedge out of the long suffering readership — of course…

TURNING A NEW " LEAF " REFINEMENT WITH A SPORTING PERFORMANCE THE KEYNOTE OF THE LEA-FRANCIS RANGE WHEN once a car has won for itself the reputation of a thoroughbred,…

"HOTTING-UP" A STANDARD MODEL FOR COMPETITION WORK. (PART 1). Practical Suggestions for Increasing Car Efficiency. IF the title chosen for this article has an ungrammatical flavour, I think readers of…

THE JUNIOR RACE VELOCETTES SWEEP THE BOARD. THIS year's races both on two and four wheels have provided a remarkable series of one make grand slams, and the junior Manx…

Corgi have an unusual model in No. 259 of their Corgi Toys series, this being a Citroen DS with Henri Chapron 2+2 coupe body, having openable doors and boot and…

GRAN PREMIO SIRACUSA A Good Victory for Ferrari SIRACUSA, SICILY, March 39th. AS in 5959, the Grand Prix at Syracuse in Sicily was limited to Formula z and was held…

[Some readers seem to have tired of this series, while others are very emphatic in their requests that it should go on, so this month we are publishing a rather…

Saloons seemed more addicted to brass radiators than the Chummies. Why  Offenders included Poulson's 1928, Fowler's 1930, Oborn's 1929 and Mrs. Pegler's 1929 saloons: consecutive numbers in the field. (O.K., O.K.—what can you do if the nickle has worn through?) Bennett…

The Rolls-Royce heritage trust has published the memoirs of George Bulman, head of the Air Ministry's engine-team from 1928-44. Edited by Mike Neale, it is a unique 373-page recall of…