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SALMSON saimson Ho) two-scater, starter, dynamo, rev.-counter, siwedorneter, all in working order. Four 110Nk yr 1 battery, safety screen. Strinium, 16, Thorillicld Court , Holders Hill Road, N .W.7.

Brief Encounter with the 760-c.c. REAR-ENGINED RENAULT SALOON Outstanding Comfort by any Standards. Splendid Controllability. Seating for Four Grown-ups. Very Brisk Performance and Upwards of 45 m.p.g. from an Ingenious…

CARS I HAVE OWNED [G. Anthony Phelps, A.T.A. Pilot, tells of his motoring education.—Ed.] FROM previous contributions to this series I gather that practically every MOTOR SPORT reader was bred…

B.O.C. PRESCOTT NATIONAL SPEED HILL CLIMB (Sept. 13th) EXCEEDINGLY pleasant in the warm sunshine, Prescott on this occasion saw Boshier-Jones (Cooper 1,100) get within 0.18 sec. of his former course-record…

Fatality overshadows UK marathon -- LE JOG, Dec 4-7 The 10th running of the Land's End-to-John O'Groats Classic Reliability Trial offered a challenge as great as any of the previous…

The West Hants and Dorset C.C. deserves the highest credit in respect of its hill-climb at Blandford on May 28th. The kilometre course permitted high speeds and possessed two exciting…

Porsche Moments Jesse Alexander This is an evocative collection of photographs by American Alexander, who based himself in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s to pursue a career in motorsport…

RALLIES are either won or lost; they can never be bought. No matter how massive an operation is mounted to back up a team of cars, competing skill and organisational…

The 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy was one of the more dramatic races in New Zealand’s golden era of motor sport, By Eoin Young When news broke that the Wigram air…

Kimi Räikkönen’s world rally debut in his Citroën C4 got off to an adventurous start in Sweden, with the Finn showing breathtaking pace but also his inexperience on what was…

A highlight of this year’s Le Mans 24 hours will be the competition debut of the Nissan-powered Delta Wing that will start the race from a special 56th grid position…

At a time when privateers could drive their cars to and from race tracks all over Europe, the Baron invested in a uniquely sprung Maserati. It was, he tells Gordon…