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READERS' SPARE PARTS FOR SALE AND WANTED FOR SALE Anzani engine, s.v., one rod and piston missing, cheap Austin Seven, Zenith vertical carburetter, cylinder head gasket, new swivel pin bushes,…

Talking of Elises, I’ve been driving one with body panels and seats made from hemp, and upholstery provided by sheep grazing near Lotus’s Norfolk factory. The Lotus Eco Elise has…

Sir, D.S.J. has unleashed a spate of happy memories in his article on Donington Park and its history from birth (Motor Sport, Jan. 1977). The original racing events were for…

THE FIRST INDIAN T.T. RACE. The first road race to be held in Western India was run by the Bombay Motor Cycle and Car Club on March 8th, 1925. The…

Survival of an Alfa Romeo Bimotore Sir, I noticed with some interest the "Tailpiece" depicting Austin Dobson and the Bimotore Alfa Romeo, and the letter from G. P. Harvey Noble.…

For all its glory attained on the race track, Honda has yet to transmute that into its road-going cars. With the exception of the Civic CRX, the average perception of…

THE MONTE CARLO RALLY Forty-six British amongst 156 entrants IF anyone is of the opinion that the adventure of it motor touring ended with the close of the early days…

Knight racing With seven gold medals in his saddlebag, Sir Chris Hoy is buckling down to a Radical new competitive discipline From footballer Luther Blissett to Olympic decathlon medallist Bruce…

MAKING THE BRITISH SALMSON PEOPLU who are not conversant with aircraft manufacture and all that it entails sometimes express surprise at the high cost of machines. They point to an…

TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY THE question of transport has now come to such a state that a motor car of some sort is practically a necessity. Moreover to…

WEIGHING OF CARS IN COMPETITIONS. The Royal Automobile Club asks us to draw the attention of organisers of hill-climbing or other competitions, in which weight is a factor in the…

Porsche Supercup Britain's reigning F3 champion Kelvin Burt had his first race of the year in the Porsche Supercup round which supported the Spanish GP in Barcelona. He came away…