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Continued from the October Issue of "Motor Sport " THIS'LIST OF SPECIFICATIONS AND DATA HAS BEEN COMPILED TO ASSIST THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER OF A FAST CAR IN THE DIFFICULT MATTER…

"Australian Bugatti Register". Compiled by Bob King. 87 pp. 9 3/4 in. x 12 1/2 in. (Australian Bugatti Register, 38, Martin Street, Elwood, Australia. £6.40, postage included). This large-page, soft-cover…

Sir, Re. your April letters, my husband and I thought our pair of cars might be of interest in that they are radical opposites, but make a fine pair. My…

THIS YEAR's Model T Register Chilterns Rally attracted a very good entry of ten pre-1917 cars and even more after this date as well as a selection of commercials. The…

Sir, Nice article on Jean-Pierre Beltoise. He did indeed win two F1 races for BRM, though only one was a GP — interestingly, this time in the dry. The P180…

THE RECORD-BREAKING the matter of wind resistance. It appears as though the designers of the body were more concerned with utility than symmetry, but though the racing Lanchester can hardly…

The British hill-climb season got off to a good start with the Aston Martin O.C.'s two-day Daily Mirror Trophy event at Wiscombe Park, Devon. Most of the leading R.A.C. Championship…

Motor Sport's very first issue was published in 1924 as The Brooklands Gazette. A year later this title was changed for the present more allembracing one. I have often wondered…

The LMP1 prototype class will in future be open to a range of alternative fuels in the Le Mans 24 Hours. The new-for-2014 rules are based on energy consumption, but…

Clark: Number One? Sir, I read the letter from John Olliver in the August edition of Motor Sport with some interest. I notice he included Jean-Pierre Wimille, surely the most…

Thirty years after its last race, Chevron B42 chassis 16 will be back in action next season in the experienced hands of Hugh Price in Historic Formula 2 races. Raced…

BL's future Sir, Your leading article in the August issue clearly shows the agony many British car enthusiasts have been going through the last few years. BL seems to excel…