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Safety Belts Sir, I was once more astounded to read your comments on safety belts. You state in "On the Road": Issigonis has said that, like me, he has had…

Sir, In these days of cynical media manipulation in sport this is a wonderfully refreshing opportunity to go public and thank a Formula One Team for an act of simple…

Silverstone, Northants. It's late July and the second biggest crowd of the UK season has come to bask in the nostalgia of the third Christie's International Historic Festival. On raceday,…

An Exhilarating Day's Motoring in Peter Clark's 1½ H.R.G. History, they say, repeats itself. Certainly in 1939 Peter Clark invited us to borrow his Meadows-engined "Le Mans" H.R.G. for a brisk…

Graham Gauld The subhead reads, ‘a compendium of Ferrari and Ferrari-related stories’. And that’s exactly what you get: a series of highly personal vignettes that first appeared in the Ferrari…

The Tyrrell team reminds me of the plot from a Spaghetti western. The hero's on top, falls from grace, goes through a hard time, regains his self respect, and comes…

LADY KILLERS SIR, At Goodwood, after a lifetime of searching, I finally discovered Utopia. The Revival Meeting was without doubt the stuff that dreams are made of, and all credit…

Ford has launched a new film library aimed primarily at motor clubs. Administered by Guild Sound and Vision Ltd., Woodston House, Oundle Road, Peterborough, and organised by the Ford Rallye…

The weather did its best to destroy both the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours on July 5 and the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 12 but it failed…

Paul Fearnley fulfils a long-standing ambition to meet a man whose achievements bely his legendary status Jeez, you know me better than I do." Frank Gardner is a bit vague…

BRIEF SPECIFICATION Engine: 2 cylinders. 76 x 76 mm. (684 c.c.), 7.16 h.p. Tax £6. 20 b h.p. Two-stroke cycle. Coil ignition, automatically controlled. Thermo .syphon cooling. Petroil lubrication. 5.9…

CONTENTS inside front cover 1 4 7 9 Engine Design in 1909 .... The Reminiscences of H. L. Biggs—Part I Cars I have Owned .... One of the Fastest ....…