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THE MISSING EDITORIAL The response to appeals for material for publication has been so generous that each month it becomes necessary to hold over outstanding copy: Realising that this must…

Tiny triple I suppose that the last three-cylinder car to appear in these pages was a two-stroke Saab, or just possibly a DKW. Neither had pretensions to a sporting character,…

"If some was good then more must be better." That's Peter Wright's take on Chapman's reasoning with the 80. It should have leap-frogged the 79 copies he knew everyone else…

As Motor Sport went to press, Rupert Avon was 'stable and showing slight improvement' following his accident in Friday's free practice at the Goodwood Revival Meeting. Better known for racing…

What is Vanden Plas? The other day MOTOR SPORT was due to road-test an Austin A55 Countryman but because it had suffered a gearbox calamity at the hands of a…

MOTOR SHOW "200" BRNADS HATCH, October 30th THE B.A.R.C. ran a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch at the end of October that was memorable for more than one reason.…

I am informed that we made a bit of a muddle about the calendars issued by the two leading Morgan Clubs. It seems that the Morgan Sports Car Club first produced…

In the solid-tyred wheel tracks of Richard Smith's 1899 3 1/2 h.p. Benz another old car has undertaken the End-to-End Run from Land's End to John O'Groats for charity. John…

Postscript When one attempts to do original research into the more obscure corners of motor racing history, one comes across two main problems. The first is that magazine reports and…

Why a 24-hour race at Silverstone triggered thoughts of a great man Turned up for my fourth Britcar 24-hour race at Silverstone with thoughts full of my third, four years…

Racing at Brooklands would hardly have been possible without the presence of A V Ebblewhite who, although having a business in London to look after, managed to set the handicaps for all…

A CASE OF OVER ENTHUSIASM MICHAEL McEVOY and G. Mackenzie Junner, F.R.S.A., M.I.A.E., M.Inst.Met., have both been pleading for races for oil-engined cars, because they believe that racing would improve…