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g/12 A Well-Merited Honour. the land speed record was once more raised further from possible attacks by other countries, with the amazing speed of 246.08 m.p.h., the whole country was…

A Critical Forecast of the Forthcoming Shows. By INVESTIGATOR. THE; evolution of the motor movement is a restless tide, and the manufacturers are longshoremen who, snatching up the flotsam take…

This column has survived for a very long time and has in recent times been fed with tip-offs from keen readers, both at home, and recently from as far afield…

I Motor Sport 800 MILES IN 8 DAYS. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF A HURRIED VISIT TO ANTWERP AND BACK BY SPEED DINGHY. AN outboard trip to the Continent is well…

From the Brabham BT44 to McLaren's F1, Gordon Murray has never forgotten about style in his car designs and the good news is that he may not be finished with…

Despite indications of a comeback by their opposition, the McLaren Racing Team of Hulme and McLaren swept the final two races of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series and finished first…

Mention of the almost legendary Sequeville-Hoyau, even amongst the knowledgeable, usually arouses interest, but produces no real evidence as to what this early small car was like. Beyond the fact…

Sir I have just returned from Le Mans where, of course, I enjoyed enormously the Jaguar victory, but isn't it about time that the ACO was forcibly persuaded to provide…

Exclusivity in extremis! An outing with a Bristol is like taking a trip back in a time capsule to a more leisured, high-quality way of life; not exactly 1930s, more…

A NEW PROCESS FOR CAR PAINTING. How Scientific Methods Speed Up a Process which could not be Hurried HAVING spent some considerable time in overhauling his car in readiness for…

Although a previous book about Jim Clark has appeared, his up-to-date story is now told by Bill Gavin in "The Jim Clark Story," published by Leslie Frewin Publishers Ltd. at…

A WARNING Sir,—We should like, through the courtesy of your columns, to warn M.G. owners against an individual who is apparently going about the country claiming to be one of…