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Low chassis, high power Before WW1, the medium-to-large sportscar market had been very well served by desirables such as 3-litre and 4.5-litre Bentley and the Bugatti family, with the 30/98…

SIR, Nigel Roebuck's reprise of Ronnie Peterson's career in the May issue brought many happy memories flooding back and, sadly, the acute sense of loss I felt following his death…

SCORED CYLINDERS. Scores in cylinder bores can be filled in by Barimar Metallurigcal (Patented) Process, to fit existing pistons and returned in two days under money back guarantee, at low…

Porsche and success in endurance events seem intertwined. Not so in rallying, claims John Davenport Photography: McKlein A magician by the name of Antony Noghes once conjured a race track from…

THE N.S.U. SPORT PRINZ THE N.S.U. Prinz II saloon road-tested by MOTOR SPORT in June 1959 was fitted with the 24-b.h.p. version of the twin-cylinder overhead camshaft. 583c.c. engine, but for…

Sir, I feel I must write to you again, this time about the article on page 574 in your July issue about Renaults. It seems that little has been said…

To conclude the Formula 1 Grand Prix season, the "circus" travelled to Morocco to contest the Grand Prix of that country on the very fast road circuit just south of…

ACHIEVEMENT. RECENT NOTABLE FEATS PERFORMED BY BRITISH CARS AND MOTOR CYCLES AT HOME AND ABROAD. 10,000 MILES NIGHT-AND-DAY MOTOR-CYCLING. One of the most remarkable performances in motorcycling history has just…

In using the AFN Archives to find a picture for last month's article on car dirt-track racing my attention was drawn to a further onslaught on the cinders by four-wheelers.…

We had recently the pleasure of meeting Mr. H. J. Bentley, who, in 1920, was racing mechanic to H. Kensington Moir at the Straker-Squire factory at Edmonton. Mr. Bentley recalls…

M.G. MIDGET F'.C.11. 1932 model, 8 h.p., coachbuilt coupe, two-tone brown, sunshine roof, dual screenwiper, very carefully used, magnificent condition, one owner. 139 gns. —3/5, Heath Street, N.W.3. Hampstead 2215…

Simon Taylor's Notebook article on non-championship F1 races brought back memories of my cycling to Snetterton in the early sixties for the Lombank Trophy F1 event. Stirling Moss, Jim Clark,…