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" Barristi Alirron CA Its. -1950/51,'' A. 11. 'Atkins. Foreword by Raymond Mays. (George Ronald, 2, Alfred Sireet. Orford. 128 pp., is. 6d.) ThiS is another book listing all the…

"Aircraft of the 1914-18 War." Edited by D. A. Russell, M.I.Mech.E. 234 pp., 11 ¼in. by 8 ½ in. (Republished by Harleyford Publications, Harleyford, Marlow, Bucks. 42s.) This remarkable work…

Sir, Recent correspondents extolling the virtue of noise and complaining about moves to silence exhaust systems seem to have missed the point. No one particularly wishes to spoil their fun…

David Scott-Moncrieff on the mystery of the missing ex-de Palma 1914 GP Mercedes When I was young, and that was one hell of a long time ago, there was considerable…

A 1911 40/50-h.p. "Silver Ghost" Rolls-Royce described by its owner, John Bolster. It all started when I bought a 1912 Rolls-Royce catalogue. This sumptuous publication was full of coloured pictures…

Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in this list C = Closed Event CI = Closed Invitation Event.…

Mercedes-Benz W125 Technical overview The Mercedes-Benz has an eight cylinder 5660cc blown twin-cam engine with four valves per cylinder and wet steel cylinder liners in an alloy block. The latest…

Sir, Your re-test of the VW 1500 S was of great interest to myself. I purchased a new 1500 S from Renwicks Garages of Newton Abbot, Devon, in February 1964…

Big names will appear at the 2007 Motor Sport Business Forum on December 5/6 at the Grimaldi Conference and Exhibition Centre in Monaco. Speakers include Max Mosley, BMW Motorsport director…

TRIPLEX 21st BIRTHDAY. On August 2nd the Triplex Safety Glass Company celebrated its 21st birthday for it was on August 2nd, 1912 that the first board meeting of the company…

No one got hurt in the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2005, but otherwise it was one of the most disastrous days in the history of Formula 1. Michelin,…

[This, the ninth article of the series, is by C. W. Moss, the well-known competition driver, now in the R.N.V.R. He describes, from memory, the very large and varied number…