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Amongst some useful accessories which we can recommend are :- Runbaken special tungsten ignition contacts. These have a very long life and ensure the maximum efficiency of the ignition circuit.…

At the beginning of October an unusual happening took place on two British circuits, at Silverstone over the weekend of October 1st and at Brands Hatch on October 7th. A…

Several dozen (mostly foreign) entries have already come in for the 1996 FIVA World Rally, for pre-976 vehicles, which starts in Edinburgh on June 14 and finishes with driving tests…

Sir, I was most interested in your article in the January issue on the diesel engine, especially the phenomenal speeds achieved by some before the war. You asked for the…

The discussion continues Holland Birkett, Captain of the 750 Club, outlines his own views, in reply to the critics. His authority makes this contribution especially interesting, although we do not…

Alfred Owen, the B.R.M. sponsor, is Chairman of Port Hamble Ltd., Hamble, Southampton, a firm which has introduced the Pacemaker 19 outboard cabin cruiser. It is claimed that after a year's development…

Sir, It seems a little hard to single out the Bugatti Owners Club for criticism, for giving a prize to a replica 35B in its annual concours. Why pick on…

I see that a correspondent took me to task last month for mentioning the difficult turn-off from the M50, when crossing it to make for Ledbury, saying that this is…

Sir, Having thought that you rather tend to decry British products without much experience of them, I am delighted to have to eat my words as you have bought a…

Four more of the extremely informative guides, copiously illustrated with colour drawings, have been issued in the National Benzole Books series edited by Sir Hugh Casson. They are—“Castles," "Museums," "Sailing…

SIMON TAYLOR I KNOW WE'RE AU, FED UP wrai MICHAEL Schumacher monotonously winning Fl races: but it's still quite something that he tied up the title after barely 2000 of…

Sir, I feel it is time that the readers of your excellent magazine started a campaign for the provision of starting handles in new cars. Although this has been a…