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THE STORY OF BROOKLANDS So great has been the demand for Volume 1 of W. Boddy's book that it is temporarily out of print. A second impression will be ready…

Sir, If Mr. Driscoll looks at "Plate 21 (lower)" in Kenneth Ullyett's book, "The Book of the Silver Ghost", he will see several 40/50 Silver Ghost cars photographed at the…

"Aston Martin-1983-1972" by Dudley Gershon, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.I. Prod.E, A.M.B.I.M., F.I.W.S.P. 136 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 51/2 in. (Oxford Illustrated Press Ltd.) Shelley Close, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8HB. £3.95.)…

Ford Avo are offering a "short shift gearchange" for all 2-litre Cortina Mk. 3 models built after March 1972. The change is the same as that fitted as standard to…

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SPEED FOR THE AMATEUR TRIALS are grand fun, but lots of enthusiastic amateurs feel that speed events are a closer approach to real racing. Consequently, we would draw attention to…

If Alain Prost's brilliant manoeuvre had worked at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix's 49th lap, the Frenchman still would have been the leader of the World Championship chase…

Sir, When I was at school in Ealing just after the war, a fellow sixth former invited me to ride my bike to Silverstone, stay on his uncle's farm and…

Just as it would be impossible to imagine the Derby taking place on any other course but Epsom, or the Oxford and Cambridge Boatrace taking place on any other river…

Two starkly contrasting views of Nigel Mansell this month. In this issue, which you might have noticed features a few pages on Williams, Patrick Head tells us that the 1992…

A Road-test Report by Cecil Clutton, with some interesting observations on the Cotal Electric Gear Change If smug complacency is an accusation which can justly be laid at the door…

Shirtsleeves and temperatures in the mid 70s was a welcome backdrop to the Historic Sports Car Club's Finals Day at Silverstone in mid-October. Strong grids and excellent racing completed the…