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The first owner of a 1937 Packard 120 d.h. coupé, JG 9450, who drove it until 1951 trouble free and then sold it back to Leonard Williams, the Concessionaires, as…

Rapier Register The new Secretary of the Rapier Register, which caters for owners of Rapiers and Lagonda Rapiers (not Sunbeam Rapiers !), is now C. B. Wragg, 45, Hastings Road,…

VSCC Colerne THE annual speed trial over a standing-start kilometre, with times for the quarter-mile and kilometre and speed over the finishing line, was held on the airfield near Bath…

Another ace? BMW's "series two" 5-series range was beginning to show its age, but that did not stop the German company from selling 700,000 of them since the mild face-lift…

The 4.9-Litre Sunbeams Success after Success far the Indianapolis-engined Cars. Louis Coatalen, Chief Engineer and Director of the Sunbeam Motor Car Co. of Wolverhampton, was a great motor-racing enthusiast, who…

Sir, I write to praise Donington Park and the BARC for a superb BOSS Formula meeting. To witness recent F1 machines was a rare treat Anyone expecting a bunch of…

Four weeks after Tom Walkinshaw Racing's resounding victory in the Daytona 24-Hour race, the Jaguars came very close to defeating the Porsche establishment again in the second round of the…

The Renault 30 TS Expensive but technically worthy ON APRIL 25 of this year a most significant Renault went on sale in its native France, offering more of everything than…

Last month Motor Sport devoted an Editorial to the danger of having toughened, as distinct from laminated, safety-glass in the windscreen of your car. This important matter has now got…

A 1922 Type AK 32hp Minerva chassis that had been lying on a farm near Salisbury has been rescued by a reader who requires a suitable engine, gearbox and radiator…

For some reason best known to itself, authority sometimes insists on parked cars being lit even in illuminated city streets, with resultant police action when car owners omit to turn…

Saab and chips As in every aspect of technology, the microchip is playing an ever-increasing role in the development of the car. Engine technology has advanced in leaps and bounds…