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Don’t print this letter Sir, At last, somebody says it as it is. I agreed with every word of your piece on Max Mosley (June issue) and I’m sure that…

NEW RECORD FOR HEAVY-OIL CARS. Ever since G. E. T. Eyston broke the record for heavy-oil engined cars, it has been expected that a challenge would come from America. The…

The number of one-make organisations is quite prodigious, each one doing good work for its own particular cause. Did you know that Raleigh motorcycles, the Raleigh 5 cwt. commercial vehicles,…

LIGHT 'PLANES Sir, The Editor's review of early light planes in the November issue of MoTou SPORT Was US prOVOVi i VC aS it Was i tk rcsting. The caption…

Ayrton Senna bears the responsibility for prompting this particular article! When Team Lotus's number one driver decided to veto the recruitment of Derek Warwick as his team-mate at the start…

The US Grand Prix Watkins Glen, New York, October 5th WITH only tweak separating the Watkins Glen season linak from the previous race at Montreal, the Grand Prix teams had…

Three-wheeled motor vehicles were known from before the turn of the century. But they are better remembered from the cyclecar era of 1912 to 1922, one reason being that, if…

It appears that the spaghetti is poised to hit the fan. Luigi J Chinetti the racing driver formerly known as 'Coco' Chinetti and son of the four-time Le Mans-winning founder…

Sir Norman Cole and Partners sold a 1912 Métallurgique Cabriolet at the sale at Alexandra Palace 28th April 1971. The registration number was TM4148. I have not come across it…

MOTORING SPORTSMEN. Mr. S. G. Cummings. By THE EDITOR. KNOWN to the younger motor sportsmen as an energetic official at the leading motor events at Brooklands and elsewhere, Mr. Sidney…

David Williams  World rallying's foremost journalist died unexpectedly in August just days short of his 44th birthday. Having gained a first-class history degree at Oxford University, David joined the Rallies…

A LARGER M.G. MIDGET THE SERIES T MODEL, PRODUCED ONLY IN TWO-SEATER FORM AND COSTING £222, HAS A BIGGER ENGINE, A ROOMY BODY AND AMPLE LUGGAGE ACCOMMODATION. Owners of those…