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NOVEL OILING SYSTEM ON RUDGE T.T. MACHINES. THE Rudge T.T. Machines thitiesyear will have ofquite dry-sump lubrication anovel order. A worm driven double-acting pump working vertically in a pair of…

LOOKING BACK ON 1935 GERMAN AND ITALIAN RIVALRY, ASTONISHING SPEEDS AND A HAPPY FREEDOM FROM SERIOUS ACCIDENT THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS It is more probable that in years to come we…

Sir, I was very interested to read the suggestion for an exhibition and club put forward in your General Notes column for December. I am sure that once started it…

Dear Reader, I have been interested to read letters from readers deploring the wrong use of the English language, with particular reference to the word unique, in the September and…

The Magneto Scare Sir, Re the pre-W WI magneto situation, when I entered the auto-electrical industry in 1940 I was puzzled by the obvious similarity between the different makes of…

Sir, I have read with interest and sympathy the considerable number of letters recently appearing in MOTOR SPORT from writers in various parts of the world complaining about post-war British…

Taxation of the over-burdened (i.e., the motorist) is to remain stable for some time to come. The German war may be over by the time these Wanted—A Utility Sports Car…

Up against works railcars, three Brits chose a Rolls-Royce. Gordon Cruickshank recalls the 1970 World Cup rally to Mexico Competition successes involving Rolls-Royce motor-cars are reasonably sparse. They do include…

MIDGET RACING IN NEW YORK Since the Madison Square Garden Corporation began promoting midget racing last year, the fastest "doodle bugs," as the midgets are called, have been flocking to…

Brief specification. Engine : 6-cyl. 73 x 100 mm. bore and stroke, capacity 2,511 c.c. 0. _ .V. push rods. 3 S. U. carburettors. Dual ignition, magneto and coil. Gearbox…

THE Sir, Despite the huge stun of money rmnd three or four years spent on the B.R.M., I do not think it should be criticised because both ears retired in…

A slightly revised version of the popular 11/4-litre saloon series "YA" to be known as the series "YB" is announced by the Nuffield Organisation. Detail improvements which have been carried out…