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Nissan Silvia Turbo ZX Just as Ford has its XR series, Nissan is spreading the ZX designation down from the recently introduced range-topping 300ZX to less expensive models through the…

Ascari Robbed of a Certain Victory. Pau, April 11th. The interest at Pau was not so much the cars that were present, but those that were not, and the biggest…

Sir, If you are going to continue the correspondence about the Hillman Imp, may I join in ? Qualifications : mine is 4 years and 38,000 miles old, and was…

Nathan Beehl First impressions aren’t great – the cover design is decidedly strange – but it’s the content that matters and Beehl should be congratulated on the depth of his…

The Maserati 450S was a spectacularly fast contender for major sports car championship honours when it arrived on the scene at the end of 1956, but a number of trifling…

CIVIL AIR DISPLAY THE Guild of Air Pilots and Air' Navigators is organising a Civil Air ILdsplay to take place at Brooklands on Friday and Saturday, May 27th and 28th.…

REPAIRERS. Q CORED CYLINDERS. Scores in cylinder bores can be filled J in by Barimar Metallurgical (Patented) Process, to fit existing pistons and returned in two days under money-back guarantee,…

...THREE Stit, With regards to the Greatest Drivers story, you have succeeded in this virtually impossible task, in that your selection of Tazio Nuvolari as No 1 must be unchallenged.…

Engine: Eight cylinders (90 vee), 76.2 x 69.8 min. (2,548 c.c.). Push-rod-operated overhead valves. 8.2 to 1 compression-ratio. 140 b.h.p. at 5,800 r.p.m. Gear ratios : 1st, 10.5 to 1; 2nd, 6.24…

TUNING CARBURETTORS FOR COMPETITION EVENTS. The "Zenith" Carburettor. TN this, the second article dealing with tuning car burettors, it will be advisable to consider the action of carburation separately, and…

VINTAGE VEERINGS *.• APART from numy other charms, one of the attriitutes of the vintage car is its resistance to wear ; indeed, only by virtue of this quality are…

The Ferrari 312B2 that Jacky Ickx used to win the 1972 German GP returned to racing in May, driven by James Hanson in the Grand Prix Masters event at Brands…