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THE six-cylinder 23.8 h.p. Straker-Squire is worthy of the closest study on the part of vintage enthusiasts, but it is a car which many people will have forgotten. During the…

Sir, I refer to your road test report on the Rover 3500S. For some years now I have felt that the motoring Press has dealt a great deal too generously…

The VSCC ran a cold but interesting meeting at Donington on May 7th, sponsored by Pirelli—so it was appropriate that MOTOR SPORT's Editor arrived on Pirelli tyres, although I have…

Sir, Lion cubs and the RSPCA! Really, Mr. Boddy! Perhaps I should feel honoured that Motoring's Malcolm Muggeridge sees fit to aim his faltering lance at my windmill. In fact,…

One of the motoring events that I always particularly enjoyed was the Brighton Run for veteran cars. I first went on this personally in 1936 as passenger on Richard Nashe’s…

In reply to our correspondent Colin Ward (Letters, MOTOR SPORT, October 1987), Harry Edwards, well-known historian of the Morris Register, confirms that registration letters were originally allocated on the population…

BRITAIN'S NEW RECORDS CAPT. G. E. T. EYSTON AND J. R. COBB ON LAND, AND SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL ON WATER SELDOlvl in the history of the land speed record has…

After a long wait, the local lending library was able to obtain for us a copy of "Open Cockpit" by John Nesbitt-Dufort, DSC (Speed & Sport Publications, London. 1970-ISBN 85113-140-2),…

A reader since 1970 who owns the Jaguar XK120 which was one of three raced by Risca Garages of Swansea, South Wales, in 1953/54 (chassis 661048) would like to know…

Veteran Edwardian Vintage A SECTION DEVOTED TO OLD-CAR MATTERS THE VSCC CYCLECAR RALLY Claddesby lIi1, Leicestershire, September 2151 IT WAS AN excellent idea of the Light Car Section of the…

SOME BRAKING PROBLEMS HOW ROAD SURFACES AND CHASSIS DESIGN AFFECT THE BRAKES. DRIVERS frequently have heated arguments as to the methods of obtaining maximum braking efficiency, with special regard to…

Richard Twelvetrees, AMIMech.E., etc.  Capt. Richard Walter Rickard Twelvetrees, who died last year at the age of 96, was Editor of Motor Sport in the mid-vintage years from 1925 until…