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Griff on Zborow.ski GRIFFITHS BORGESON's promised saga of Zborowski has appeared in the American Automobile Quarterly, which contrives tit. publish without advertising support and which, like MOTOR spoRT, recognise, that…

Victory for Lancia on a sad occasion  The second round of the World Championship for Makes run at Brands Hatch on March 16th may not have been the most exciting long…

Jenks wanted a Vice for his workshop. They were in short supply in 1943, but we went off to a farm in Surrey, where an aged gentleman took us to…

Sir, The article on Toni Plowman (Motor Sport, July 1989) brought back happy memories of the immediate post-war era. It mentions that the dural front axle was discarded as "unsatisfactory".…

Bouncing back Injury is a constant risk in motor racing, but some drivers have shown immense powers of recovery Robert Kubica's careerspoiling injuries in his February rally crash are a…

There is no denying that for those who appreciate quality-car motoring of the more sedate kind, usually in closed-car comfort, a Rolls-Royce is the ultimate. No other make fascinates to…

It was less than ten years ago that the idea of a British car winning a Grand Prix was considered by most people to be impossible. There were British-built green…

Dear AH, The reason you couldn't find me in the great Renaissance Centre ("Ren-Cen" — ugh!), round which the Detroit Grand Prix street circuit runs, was because I wasn't there!…

From DSJ to the Deputy Editor Dear M.L., By now you will have come to the conclusion that D.S.J. is a mythical figure from whom reports, stories and articles arrive…

"Motor Cycling Road Tests." (48 pp., 8 in. by 11 in., Temple Press, Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, E.C.1, 5s.). This is the sort of high-class publication which can be sold for…

It is very satisfactory to know that memories of Brooklands Track remain undiminished as the years slip by. The motor-cyclists held their annual Brooklands Re-Union last month, and that for…

EASY STARTING ON COLD MORNINGS W.. oil is one of the commonest causes of troublesome starting in winter-time, A change in the " thickness " or viscosity of the lubricating…