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With Special Reference to a "Hotted up" Model-T Ford It was in 1914 that my father decided to dispense with the pony-carriage which had served as family transport throughout our…

Sir, I hate to take my old friend Jeremy Walton to task over the road test of our Escort XR3, published in the March issue but 1 do feel that…

MOTORING SPORTSMEN. Mr. Arthur George Reynolds. By THE EDITOR. ARTHUR GEORGE REYNOLDS started life as a boy in a printing office until he became thoroughly acquainted with all the practical…

Quite literally in a class of its own, the RAV4 is approximately a cross between a hot hatchback and a tractor… How to make yourself the centre of attention, lesson…

Jamal Hameedi Ford GT project manager How was a road car built on a race-team schedule? 1) Upfront analysis: the programme was built on the premise that every engineer would…

Fast Runs Against that, in 1906 Rolls on his fourcylinder (not six-cylinder as Hough has it in his TT book) open Rolls-Royce had a top speed of only about 60…

Anstice-Brown (Halselec) wins "Motor Sport' Trophy THE Final Of the MOTOR SPORT Silverstone Trophy, which was contested at the North Staffs M.C. meeting, provided a comfortable win for John Anstice-Brown in his Climax-engined…

Motor Racing Variety Silverstone, September 14th Under normal circumstances the Daily Express sponsored meeting at Silverstone is held in May, but this year the petrol rationing frightened the organisers into postponing…

Ronnie Peterson: Formula One Super Swede By Johnny Tipler ISBN 1 902351 07 X Published by Coterie Press Ltd, £34.95 If you enjoyed our Ronnie Peterson story last month, then you've…

It left Feltham as a semi-works racer in 1935, made its debut on the Mille Miglia, finished eight at Le Mans, went back to Italy - CMC 614's itinerary was…

Where is Fl next? Our map shows where the FIA Formula One World Championship currently goes and where we think it might be going in the next decade as, among…

First Moss, now Hawthorn, state emphatically that they prefer automatic transmission to a gear change which calls for manual skill. This must come as a surprise to many thousands of…