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Sir, I enjoyed reading about the Triumph TR2/3 in the January issue, especially the early history. Unfortunately, there is an error in the quote from Ken Richardson about the first…

Sir, Between now and August 26th, 1950, you would be doing a great service to all those who enjoy watching motor racing if you could use your influence to press…

THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL TULIP RALLY This event was as tough as the Monte Carlo Rally. Our own Ken Wharton won in a Ford Pilot, Ford cars winning three of the…

ARD LUCK IN ULSTER 1.1 "Nothing but 'Ard luck can stop us winning ! " said Gordon Harker to our editor over our private wire. "We've got the Juliet-Romeo nicely…

We are delighted to learn that the financial set-backs of Lines Bros. will not apparently stop the production of the Meccano miniature constructional system. Although down the years coloured parts,…

ntinental Notes and News By HAROLD NOCKOLDS. Definitely an Inducement., MOTOR racing as a whole is surprisingly (ree from nationalistic spirit. Not even the Nazis are badly affected by. it,…

As we close this issue there have come to hand a very fine motor horsebox (No. 979) by Meccano in the "Dinky Supertoys" series, while the latest Lesneys include an E.R.F.…

100'M.P.H. PERF.ORMANCE ALLIED WITH REMARKABLE ROAD-HOLDING AND STEER.ING THE TWELVE CYLINDER ATALANTA SALOON THE twelve-cylinder Atalanta is such an extremely good car that MOTOR SPORT has great pleasure in presenting…

(Continued from last month) Apart from the Thousand Lakes, Finnish rallies do not allow practice, so that the science of making pace notes is not as advanced in Finland as…

Something for historians to ponder and perhaps debate? In 1971 the Guinness book of Car Facts & Feats gave this as the "motor show" staged by Sir David Salomons at…

The editorial Rover 3500 has been fitted with rather novel Skyport glass sunshine roof to enable the Editor to savour once again at least some of the joys of fondly-remembered…

One of the better vintage occasions of the year is the VSCC's speed hillclimb at the Bugatti OC's Prescott course. It was certainly near to ideal on August 8, with…