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Matters of moment, March 1967
Traction Avant This year's Monte Carlo Rally, refreshingly free from protests, underlined what we have long advocated—abolition of the prop-shaft…
Traction Avant This year's Monte Carlo Rally, refreshingly free from protests, underlined what we have long advocated—abolition of the prop-shaft…
Results: New Zealand Grand Prix, Pukehohe, January 7th -- 57 laps, 100 miles. 1st: J. Stewart (B.R.M. 2.1-litre) -- 162.49…
Results: Buenos Aires, January 22nd. 1st: J-P. Beltoise (Matra-Cosworth) -- 140.563 k.p.h. 2nd: E. Offenstadt (Lotus 55-Cosworth).3rd : J-P. Jussaud…
Corgi claim that their new Bedford tipper miniature faithfully reproduces the solid short stubby appearance of the original; No. 494…
South African Grand Prix and B.P. British Petroleum have taken exception to the following part of our report of the…
Interesting engine developments The new Formula Two came into being on January 1st of this year and will remain in…
News from McLaren At the end of last season the McLaren Racing Team decided to cut their losses and abandon…
The Renault 10 The other day I was without a car and then the 'phone rang and I was told…
American cars used to be something of a joke so far as Europeans were concerned, when bulbous and (to us)…
Swedish Rally Results -- General Classification (top five): Ist: B.Soderstrom/G.Palm (Cortina-Lotus) ....43,726 penalties 2nd: S.Lampinen/T.Palm (Saab V4).....44,440 penalties 3rd: R.Aaltonen/H.Liddon…
A Sports Car from Turin The whole basis of the Fiat Dino car is the V6 engine which is a…
Ferrari triumph Daytona Beach, 5th February 1967: When Ford won the Manufacturers Championship last year it was achieved with a…
Considering the fantastic amount of publicity their many rallying successes have brought them, most people will already know that the…
Over the years since 1953 when the European Rally Championship was first inaugurated many different makes have figured in the…
We have had winter experience of driving with the aid of a " Farlite " stainless steel iodine-vapour series 777…
Those who remember the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Rally which took place at Goodwood in 1964, when 1,100 of these cars…
" B.M.C. Sprites and Midgets at their present prices cannot hold a candle to the Honda S800."—Paul Frère comparing Japanese…
Ever since the M.G.-B was introduced it has been the subject of snide remarks from the competition fraternity on the…
" Doble Steam Cars," by J. N. Walton. 203 pp. 8-3/4 in. x 5-5/8 in. (Light Steam Power, Kirk Michael,…
The travel books dealt with recently in this feature seem to have attracted another book of a similar nature, namely,…
Examining the personality behind champion Jim – not Jimmy, almost never James – Clark What would he have made of the brazen world of Formula 1 now?…
Fifty years ago at Ontario Speedway, a star-studded line-up of Andretti, Stewart, Hill and Donohue took part in a race which pitted F1 and F5000 machinery against each other – who would win in the Californian sunshine?
It was guesswork that guided us to the Dadford Road in 1977. Back then I had only a vague notion of Silverstone’s whereabouts, but we knew we must be getting…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Early in 1936 the Silver Arrows battle seemed to have gone Auto Union’s way, with the…