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HONORARY DISTRICT AGENTS. H. Marshall, Ailby. Captain G. Mound, New St. W. A. Singleton, zz 4, Sutherland St. • .. Percy Watson, I Winchester Rd. R. Jackson, 24, C e.cel…

PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS 1 am enclosing the .attached road-test comparisons, one concerning a recently published report on the Vauxhall Victor and one on the jowett Javelin published in The Moto?. in…

Special Brews Dear Reader, One of the things I enjoy about Vintage Sports Car Club meetings is the variety of interesting vehicles and in particular the 'specials', cars created by…

For 2 hours 41 minutes and 18. 248 seconds the 74th running of the Indianapolis 500 gave over 400,000 spectators the most glittering display of sustained speed that I have…

"Brookiands A Pictorial History" by G. N. Georgano. 1:2 pp 94" x 7". (Dalton Watson Ltd., Beaulieu Books, 76, Wardour Street, London, W1V 4AN. £5.25). By my reckoning there have…

We hear Houldsworth, who is mentioned elsewhere in this issue in connection with Bamford & Martin Aston-Martins, is running an "International" Aston-Martin and is very anxious to find a 1…

1962: Eric Broadley is persuaded by Reg Parnell to build a Formula One car for the Bowmaker Racing team. Designated the Mk 4, this secures pole position for its first…

Record-breaking is one of the more interesting aspects of high-speed motoring. At Monza, in February, a Fiat 500, with Abarth engine conversion, broke six Class J international records, thereby confirming…

Sir, As a regular spectator at Silverstone for many years (from 1954 as a matter of fact, when, as a schoolboy, I watched Froilan Gonzales win the International Trophy in…

SOME HUMBLER TYPES D. F. Maltalieu describes some sports cars he has owned, of the sort that the less wealthy enthusiasts find particularly Interesting THE cars I have owned as…

Following the record-breaking grid of 52 Jaguar E-types at last year's Silverstone Classic, the organisers of the E-type Challenge are hoping to fill the grid to capacity with 58 cars…

Sir, In the last two issues of MOTOR SPORT, Denis Jenkinson has been remembered and held in reverence, by readers and those who knew him well. I wonder what he…