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The car that never was and never will be. That's the story of the Lea-Francis Francesca. This car, the open version of which is pictured below, is on offshoot of…

SPA 1,000 km. THE finale of the World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers took place at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium on Sunday September 5th. The WEC crown was being contested by Ford,…

Two Fine Specimens The two fine specimens referred to were tamed by Mr. Gerald Albertini and consist of his famous tulipwood Hispano-Suiza and a just-post-vintage straight-eight Isotta-Fraschini. The Hispano-Suiza is…

Jj /.) .3) _1:1 _ILY_1_-) (jail) ILL/ J. 1J 'j_k_d__`1 9_11 _5_/) J I IL/JI IIiJJJ Oh dear! You can't help but feel a degree of sympathy for Eddie Irvine,…

Compared with its immortal rival, the sleek Suprmnarine Spitfire featured in last month's Motor Sport, the Hawker Hurricane was considered by some to be the ugly duckling of the two.…

Twenty years after the Porsche 911 made its debut at the Frankfurt Show (then as the type 901), the fastest normally aspirated version yet made has been announced with the Carrera badge.…

In recent years there's been a spate of new circuits in world championship use, and I mean tracks not merely new to Formula One, but tracks new, period, built in…

From "Summoned By Bells," by John Betjemann (John Murray, 1960) we discover that Betjemann remembers a Delaunay-Belleville crawling up West Hill, Highgate in its noisy bottom gear, prior to World…

Surtees/Parkes win for Ferrari Monza, Italy, April 25th The 1,000-kilometre race at Monza on Monday, April 25th, a national holiday, provided Ferrari with a hollow victory, rather like that of…

HOR BROOKLAN S in the I „C.0 RELAY RACE NETS SHOW THEIR STING at SPLENDID VICTORY OF EUSTACE WATKINS' TEAM OF E.W. HORNET SPECIALS IN KEENLY CONTESTED RACE. THERF, is…

By Michael Keyser ISBN 8376 0232 7 Published by Bentley, £39.95 The first of two Michael Keyser books this month is, in fact, a radically revised, rewritten and expanded version…

VSCC at The Verzons Ti it, MORE FREQUENTIY THE OLDER CARS ARE seen in use, the better the arguments which may be needed to retain their freedom in this respect.…