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Contents, January 1955
Matters of Moment … Page 9 R.A.C. Championship Trial Page 10 Racing Mechanics ... Page 11 The London Motor Club’s…
January 1955
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Matters of Moment, January 1955
Moss Joins Mercedes-Benz The whole motoring world and many laymen besides are discussing the sensational news that broke just before…
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Excursion!
The evening after the showing of the VW film in London a VW Microbus, driven by members of the motoring…
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A Thought-Provoking Film
VW Motors Ltd. entertained their guests to an excellent colour-film in London on December 17th. The film shows how VW…
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The R.A.C. Championship Trial
22 Entries Contest 1954 Championship over New Course in Kent. George Newman Proves the Winner This year's R.A.C. Trials Championship…
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The Racing Mechanics
(Continued from the December Issue) Frank Sharpe Having dealt, in the last two articles, with two distinctive types of mechanic,…
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Vintage to the Last
Sir, I have acquired a +(2)pc. Ultra Lucia. It is powered by a No. 9 cobolt bomb void induction, supra-gravity…
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"Chain Gangsters" Meeting
The Frazer-Nash section of the. V .S.C.C. met at Tewkesbury on December 4th/5th for the annual general meeting, prize-giving and…
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The London Motor Club's Gloucester Trial
(December 4th)The London M.C.'s Gloucester Trial, in its day second only in importance to the M.C.C. Exeter but of recent…
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Correction
We very much regret that owing to the full results of the R.A.C. Veteran Run not being available as we…
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A Case for Alcohol Fuel
Cleveland have issued a little booklet, "80 deg. Below and All's Well," explaining what carburetter icing is and how, of…
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My Year's Motoring
The Editor Looks Back on the Cars He Drove During 1954 When I concluded an article under this heading relating…
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The G.N. Hasn't Joined the Dodo!
Enchaîné Describes Some "Specials" of G.N. Ancestry Which Should Enliven 1955 Sprint and Race Meetings There are indications that this…
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Vintage Interlude
Highgate must be vintage-car minded. The Editor went there the other day to call on Mr. S. C. Cull, who…
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Rumblings, January 1955
A Promising 1,100-cc Sports-Car Engine A very pleasing exhibit at last year's Earls Court Motor Show were the two Kieft…
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Pictorial Review
London M.C. Gloucester Trial R.A.C. Trials Championship V.S.C.C. Lasham Rally Top: Championship Trial — R. W. Phillips going well in…
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Club News, January 1955
Oxford U.M.D.C. The Oxford U.M.D.C. intends to run its exacting Targa Rusticana Rally on March 13/14th. This is an event…
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Books for the New Year
"Best Wheel Forward," by J. A. Gregoire, translated by C. Meisl. 194 pp., 5 ½ in. by 8 in. (Thames…
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Club and Trade Items
After many years' service as Sales Manager at the Walthamstow Motor Co., Ltd., of Layton, L. S. Evans has resigned…
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Letters from Readers, January 1955
N.B. — Opinions expressed are those of our correspondents and "Motor Sport" does not necessarily associate itself with them. —…
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