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Sir, I am astonished at your remarks concerning the performances of pre-war winning Bugattis at Le Mans and the winning Jaguar this year. It must be almost impossible to make…

CONTENTS Wakefield wins the "200" for E.R.A. 315 Poole Speed Trials ..., 318 Rumblings .. . 319 Railton, A Remarkable 321 Club News 323 Three Races at Berne 826 Fun…

Sir, With reference to the letters of Bill Baxter of Mettoy (Corgi) and Joseph .Xuereb (Malta) in your June edition on the subject of model ears and model car kits…

Thank the lord for the unpredictability of motor racing. By Sunday morning in Melbourne we were badly worried. The new season stretched ahead with the prospect of two McLarens a…

Sir, I read with interest your article on building and running a Lotus Super Seven and having just undertaken a similar piece of lunacy myself I should like to add…

" ALPHONSE I I ." SOME of the readers of MOTOR SPORT who are of fairly long standing may remember an effusion which once appeared in these pages entitled "Alphonse."…

Fallacious Parlour Games Sir, Today again we strive to bury our Dead, glorious or otherwise in this context. The Automobile Association, in its infinite wisdom as we have all been…

We hear... The R.A.C. issued a news-paragraph on January 1st headed " Please Do Not Feed the Ponies ! " We thought at first that this was an attack on…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters The V.S.C.C. Welsh Week-end (October 5th/6th) This traditional fixture ran true to form, with 93 entries, of which 26 were content to tackle the…

After shaking himself up badly in a spectacular accident at Vallelunga a month earlier, French rising star Yannick Dalmas was back on top form for the Pau Formula 3000 street race…

Gliding Gossip and News MEMBERS of the motor trade appear to be amongst the keenest followers of gliding. Already several car firms have their own clubs, and one of the…

The car on the left never won a race but its arrival in F1 changed the face of the spor forever. Matthew Franey samples a piece of Grand Prix history…