Archive Magneto's Despair In London, on August 16th, Oldham and Son Ltd., of Manchester, held a Press demonstration of their revolutionary new Power-Seal battery. This battery can be taken out of storage, filled… September 1955 Issue By W.B.
Archive Veteran Edwardian Vintage, March 1961 A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters The V.S.C.C. February Tests The Vintage S.C.C. had the excellent entry of 77 cars, 50 of them pre-1931, for its Heston Driving Tests last month.… March 1961 Issue By W.B.
Archive The Decline Of The Small British Sports Car What Has Happened, Queries the Editor, to the Under-1,100-c.c., Lightweight, Inexpensive Cars in this Category? It is an astonishing fact that in spite of the enthusiasm for motor sport prevailing… July 1954 Issue By W.B.
Archive Matters of Moment, February 1954 The Coming Season A whole issue of Motor Sport could be devoted to discussion of the prospects and possibilities of the coming racing season, so popular and well supported is… February 1954 Issue By W.B.
Archive Vintagery At Slough The last day of February was reserved for the Southern Rally of the Vintage S.C.C., consisting of a series of driving-tests at that desolate and inelegant piece of waste ground… April 1954 Issue By W.B.
Archive To Silverstone Per Simca After being without it for 4 1/2 months we put a well-known sports two-seater back on the read for the journey to the Daily Express Silverstone Meeting. However, the ride… July 1954 Issue By W.B.
Archive Miniature News MECCANO have introduced larger Dinky miniatures, which they say makes "die-cast history". 'The first of the new models is of the Ford Capri 3000 GXL. As the scale is 1/25… January 1974 Issue By W.B.
Archive Miniatures Regular readers of Motor Sport will know that the Editor is an enthusiastic collector of motor-car models. This field has been extended recently by some new Meccano "Dinky" models, which… May 1954 Issue By W.B.
Archive "Motor Sport" Conducts the First Published Road Test of the Healey "Silverstone" Sports 2-Seater A genuine maximum of over 100 m.p.h., exceptional acceleration and splendid braking and roadholding, allied to docility and ease of control, characterise the latest model from Warwick. The Healey has… November 1949 Issue By W.B.
Archive Earls Court Impressions The Show holds much of interest, although some of the expected glamour (we refer of course to the cars) is absent. Alfa-Romeo do not show their Spider, only Americanised closed cars, the Ferrari and… November 1955 Issue By W.B.
Archive Vanwall Successes at Castle Combe Harry Schell Wins Two Races for Vandervell and Sets Lap Record to 90 m.p.h. The Bristol M.C. & L.C.C., at the Castle Combe circuit in Wiltshire, achieved distinction on October… November 1955 Issue By W.B.
Archive Peter Collins Runs Away With Maserati-Dominated "Daily Express" International Trophy Race at Silverstone Parnell Wins Sports-Car Race for Aston Martin. Hawthorn's Mark VII Jaguar Takes Touring Car Honours. Bueb (Cooper) Leads the 500s. Horrible weather for practice gave way to a beautiful day… June 1955 Issue By W.B.