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EDITORIAL. THE FUTURE OF RELIABILITY TRIALS. FOR some time past there has been a growing feeling of opposition among the general public against motor reliability trials. Complaints of inconsiderate behaviour…

The Historic Grand Prix Cars Association celebrates its 25th year in 2004, and the International Historic Donington Grand Prix in early May (1-3) is the flagship event in the club's…

Ideals With but three miles free motoring a day (unless you are an unscrupulous business-motorist who has "swung" far more E-coupons than your business needs), British enthusiasts can be excused…

Stratford-upon-Avon may have been the Home of the Bard. It is not the home of British Justice, evidently. According to that reliable newspaper, The Birmingham Post, which thought it justified…

 A reader in Suffolk who owns a Model-T Ford is anxious to acquire pre-1928 issues of the Ford Times, for which he would exchange handbooks forr the 1925 Morris one-ton…

RECORDS WEEKEND In the past two years the N.S.A. have organised a private two-day meeting at Elvington Airfield. near York, at which cats and ns,.1 cycles have at and set…

Across Australia by sun beams BP has announced that it is to sponsor a trans-continental chal lenge in November 1987. Competitors will be required to drive the 2000 miles from Darwin to…

USED SPORTS CARS FOR SALE (continued). FRAZER-NASH. pRAZER-NASH, a special sports car, 1927 model; -1: completely rebuilt this year at a cost of over £100, lowered long chassis, special mpdel,…

Alfred Woolf, calm and convincing publicity purveyor in this country for Fiat, rang me the other day to remind me that I had not driven a 124ST. Remembering how impressed…

The list of motoring events run under the rules of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile seems to get bigger every year, this list Comprising International events only; the lists of…

The Octane Race The Octane Race which the leading Petroleum Companies are about to enter is of interest to those who run high-performance cars with high-compression engines. Shell-Mex and BP Ltd were first…

Timing Cars and Motor Races The present interest in car performance and motor racing means that, more than ever before, stop-watches are in great demand. We were invited recently to…