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by Colin Pitt, ISBN 184155 6238 published by CP Press, £29.99 Hmmm. This claims to be 'The essential guide to historic Lotus cars', yet Coterie Press has already produced what…

A "SOUND" TOUR A NOVEL VISIT TO THE ROLLS-ROYCE FACTORY AN interesting experiment was carried out recently on the Midland Regional Wireless programme, consisting of a" sound" tour of the…

"Renault — The Cars and the Charisma" by J. Dewar McLintock. 184 pp. 9 3/8" x 5 5/8" (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB3 8EL. £9.95) There have, as…

A Section Devoted to Old Car Matters The V.S.C.C. Silverstone Race Meeting (July 25th) Good racing, without serious incidents, characterised the second Vintage S.C.C. Silverstone Race Meeting of 1959. A…

Reading "The Rise and Fall of Horatio Bottomley" by Alan Hyman (Cassell, 1972) one would dearly like to know what makes of cars the vain millionaire swindler indulged in when…

common supposition that an engine could not be expected to work at its maximum power until a long time after the cylinders had been bored and new pistons fitted. Happily,…

Sir, If the publication of my recollections in Motor Sport did nothing more, it resulted in my renewing friendships with people who I had lost touch with for 40 years…

Sir, Following an inquiry in your magazine dated April 1973, a reader required information about a make of car named Silver Stream. After extensive enquiries I have the following information…

On January 29 the VSCC went to Brooklands for a driving-test meeting, with 10 tests laid out for the 61 competitors. Some of the less-usual cars had a go, such…

Swedish rally ace Bjorn Waldegård will renew his old association with Mercedes when he drives a classic 500SLC from Silver Arrows Racing in the Ypres Historic Rally at the end…

" BIRA " BEATEN AT LAST RAYMOND MAYS WINS CRYSTAL PALACE CUP AND BREAKS LAP RECORD, WITH HIS 2-LITRE E.R.A. RILEY WINS SPORTS CAR RACE AND BUGATTI THE VINTAGE EVENT…

.2Ite Watith NON-GLARE Foy, ,Otiving 91, Pack, Jape PASSMASTER—Triumph of Optical Research. Throws a powerful beam to the near side of the road only—eliminates dazzle. ROADMASTER—Range 300 ft. Width 80…