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Sir, Was there ever such an unholy combination as the Lotus Spares Department and British Railways? As a young, expanding company, Lotus are chaotic; whatever will they be like in middle…

"Automobile Treasures," by T. R. Nicholson. 120 pp. 9 4/5 in. x 7 1/4, in. (Ian Allan Ltd., Terminal House, Shepperton, Middlesex. 30s) This is a beautifully turned out book, full…

The Bentley Speed Six in which Frank Clement and Dick Watney finished second at Le Mans in 1930 has been sold at auction for close to £2.8 million. The Works…

Formula One Racing for Dummies By Jonathan Noble and Mark Hughes ISBN 0764570153 Published by Wiley, £14.99 Don’t be put off – the 'Dummies' format has been a huge success…

Speed limit petition With a grand total of 75,886 signatures, the Motor Sport / Motoring News petition was handed by Earl Howe to Mrs Lynda Chalker, Minister of State for…

While most people in the racing world were at Monaco recently, for the Grand Prix, the Commission Sportive International of the F.I.A. convened a meeting of drivers, organisers and constructors…

Alfa Romeo has been riding the British recession effectively. Unusually, it is the largest car in the line, the 164 saloon, which breathes life into Romeo. The British Alfa 164…

Those who find recollections of the past boring are apt to remind us that Henry Ford said "History is Bunk". But that is taking the great man's quotation out of…

Sir, Please tell me how a Cierva Autogiro turned into a Fox Moth on page 156 of the February issue? Did it go through a pupation? Chris Higgins, Crawley, West…

Sir, I wonder if any readers can explain why so many people with soft-top sports cars drive around with the tops up when the sun is shining and the weather…

Sir, In reply to the lener from H. M. Crump (July issue) concerning the Lea-Francis Hyper owned by his brother in the early thirties, Mr. Crump is correct in stating…

Besides their high-voltage coils, which are in great demand amongst sports-car owners, Runbaken Electrical Products make a number of items of equipment of interest to the enthusiast. Their "Midget" grinder…