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Jack Hampshire, the I.o.W. steam enthusiast, still has his 1930 solid-tyred Foden steam wagon in service. Are there any twin-cylinder Jowetts looking for a new home ? We have an…

Three versions of the installation of the four-cylinder Offenhauser engine as used in all the Indianapolis cars at Monza. Left: The upright angled engine on the Wolcott Special. Right: The…

etta letauld „.....?101101.0?11111111,P WE HEAR . . . . The demand for sports cars seems as healthy as ever, and certainly cannot be adequately met. Frazer-Nashes are in great demand,…

Dear Reader, Last month, in my short article on the 158/159 Alfa Romeo I made a wild guess that we had not heard one of those cars running in England…

The might of such powerful or competent rally teams as Lancia and Toyota is not easily defeated, so when Harry Kallstrom drove a Datsun Violet to victory in May's Acropolis…

Another McLaren double Estoril Autodrome, October 210 TO round off the 1984 Formula One season, the Grand Prix of Portugal was revived and held on the little "mickey-mouse" Autodrome in…

WE HEAR Joseph Lowrey has acquired another Morgan, this time a very fine o.h.v. .1.A.P.-engined specimen. The Monaco Engineering Co., Ltd., has purchased a " 30/98 " Vauxhall for a…

RAIN SPOILS SHELSLEY WALSH Raymond Mays (Villiers Supercharge) makes fastest time in 444/5 secs. : The Bolster Special has a sensational crash, without serious injury to its driver : Breakdown…

Sir, I was interested in the letter of Mr. M. C. Jones about the Talbot braking and other idiosyncrasies. I had a Talbot 95 (Reg. No. AGU 70) from 1934…

With the worries of the millenium approaching, one bright idea stands out. On January 7/8 2000, the MCC is to re-enact the London-Exeter Trial first held in 1910. The route…

Brighton and Hove Motor Club. Hon. Secretary's address, xo, Prince Albert Street, Brighton. Please note that an Open-to-Centre permit date has been finally allotted for the Brighton to Beer 24-hour…

by Ian Bamsey and Alan Lis. 238 pp. 10" x 7". Foulis & Co., Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JL £19.95 Ian Bamsey, one-time Editor of Motoring News, has built up…