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Some Interesting Information concerning Motor Racing and Films Since you published my notes about the 27 cars I have owned in the last 12 years I have received many pleasant…

To stud, or not to stud IT'S AMAZING how unfailingly the Monte Carlo Rally seems to cause a controversy year by year. Perhaps that statement is really unfair, for we…

Sir, I have read a number of readers' comments recently with regard to the revised MoT test and must admit to having been sceptical in some cases. My recent experience, however,…

We hear . . . W. E. Wilkinson, the Bellevue Garage tuning wizard, is still in the West Country doing important aircraft work, in close company with Percy Pugh, of…

ANTHONY POWYS-LYBBE SUCCESSFUL IN COUNTY DOWN RACE Anthony Powys-Lybbe, who gets as much amusement out of his motor-racing as anyone, showed in the County Down Trophy race of the Ulster…

[By means of which our roving European reporter keeps in touch with the editor.] Dear W.B., The other day some of us were discussing car names and their origins, not…

Blydenstein's A pack Cavalier SR This month we concentrate on two road cars that typify the performance industry's approach to the eighties. Inevitably one of them is turbocharged, but first…

Sir, Never before has a major championship been dominated as has this year's Can-Am championship. It has never happened before and will probably never happen again and we should make…

Blower Bentleys are not the easiest of of cars to use for long-distance rallies, so great credit is due to Lord Montagu for winning the prestigious Rally Monte Carlo de…

Two of the more prized booklets in my collection of old motor car catalogues are those issued by the Austin Motor Co. Ltd. of Longbridge, Birmingham and by Leyland Motors Ltd.…

THE LEWES RECORD FALLS AT LAST! Ever since May 7th, 1932, the record for the one-third of a mile Race Hill, Lewes, has been held by R. G. J. Nash…

The trials and tribulations suffered by a staff man in 28,000 miles with Triumph's small, sporting saloon The Triumph Dolomite Sprint has been hailed by us and others as one…