Without doubt the most successful advertising is that done through personal recommendation, so that while rebuilding a vintage engine and wondering about paint for the cylinder block a friend who…

THE VAUXHALL VICTOR SERIES FB ESTATE CAR Engine : tour cylinders, 79.37 < 76.2 mm. (14508 c.c.;. Push-rod-operated overhead valves. 8.1-to1 compression-ratio. 56.3 (gross) b.h.p. at 4,600 r.p.m. Gear ratios…

What a fantastic article detailing the career of Johnny Dumfries. He has long fascinated me as he not only raced in the era that I find the most interesting but…

Sir, I read with great interest your article on Mr. P. A. Mann's magnificent restoration of the 1914 GP Mercedes, and I feel sure that Mr. Mann will not mind…

by B. W. Locke, M.I.B.C.M., A. Inst. A.A. 120 pp., 9 in x 6 in (B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, W.1. 30s.) This is a revised edition of this useful work…

SOME very fast speeds were put up at the Race Hill, Lewes, on Saturday, September 8th, the occasion being the meeting organised by the Bugatti Owners Club. For the first…

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Who Is to Blame ? IT is a curious fact that whenever an accident occurs in a motor-race, there are always plenty of people who go about laying the blame…

Interesting speculation as to which really is the fastest car in the show. As one cannot put a stopwatch on static exhibits, Motor Sport refuses to take sides. But we note that…

REDEX PROTECTION at your FINGERTIPS REM provides the oilier oil needed by the modern internal combustion engine. A chemical compound with an oil base, it is an extreme pressure oil…

by Paul Chudecki, 208pp. 10 5/8" x 7 3/4". Osprey Publishing Limited, 59 Grosvenor Street, London W1X 9DA £24.95 Published in mid-May, just a few weeks after the announcement of…

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