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  2. H. A. L. SAPSFORD'S PRICES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  3. Motor Sport and Motoring

    J. D. BOOTH is so keen on representing New South Wales in the Australasian outboard championship for the O'Donoghue Shield that he has had built a new ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 862 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 35 words
  5. A Dirt Track Season For Adelaide?

    ONCE one of the leading dirt track speedways in Australia, the Royal at Adelaide fell on hard times about five years ago. ...

    Article : 188 words
  6. REAR-ENGINED CROSSLEY

    WHEN, a few years ago, Sir Dennistoun Burney, famous airship designer, produced his first rear-engined, streamlined car, It was regarded as a ...

    Article : 385 words
  7. DRIVERS USE ONLY BRAKES AND ACCELERATOR

    WHAT is described by a high English-authority as the first "absolutely fool-proof gear change system," has been tried out and proven by six leading ...

    Article : 161 words
  8. EUROPEAN SEASON IN RETROSPECT

    THE two outstanding features of the European motor racing season Just ended were the driving of Nuvolari, and the degree and the scope of M. G. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 513 words
  9. IN GAR WOOD'S WAKE

    WHILE Gar Wood, with his four-engined Miss America, is supreme in world marine speed and super-speedboat racing, Scott Paine, most recent British ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 201 words
  10. CAR RACING ON RACECOURSE

    HAIRPIN bonds, a dusty track, hair-raising skills, and crashes through fences were Just a few of the thrills provided in the programme of track ...

    Article : 614 words
  11. Road, Track & Factory

    WEBLEY and Scott, best known as the makers of the British service revolver, are now manufacturing the L.G.S. freewheel under license. This is an ...

    Article : 321 words
  12. N.S.W. SHALE OIL AND ITS POSSIBILITIES

    TO the motorist, the most interesting item in the report submitted by L. J. Rogers, to the New South Wales Shale Oil Investigation Committee is the claim ...

    Article : 116 words
  13. NO START AT P'MATTA

    OWING to the rain, Saturday night's meeting at the Parramatta Speedway was postponed. Riders, however, were allowed to practise. ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. MONTE CARLO

    THERE will be two categories in the 13th Monte Carlo Rally beginning in January—up to 1500 c.c. and over. Both must average 24.8 m.p.h., Including all ...

    Article : 348 words
  15. BETTER SPEED AND MILEAGE

    BY mixing steam with the petrol mixture, a car's performance has been Improved from 62 m.p.h. and 14 m.p.g. to 74 m.p.h. and 24 m.p.g. reports the ...

    Article : 168 words
  16. IT MUST BE HARD

    THE course of the N.S.W. Light Car Club's night driving contest (the last of the year) is not mentioned in the conditions. But one item therein Indicates ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. ORMSTON'S INHERITANCE

    JACK ORMSTON will never more visit Australia as a dirt-track rider. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 91 words
  18. SELF-HELP WITH CARS

    THE training-car scheme of the Dirt Track Car— Racine Club (Sydney) has been extended. Besides teh special Chey. with an R. and R. head, the club men ...

    Article : 182 words
  19. TECHNICAL SLIP

    ALTHOUGH some of his speeds (at Montlhery) were bettered by the Pierce Arrow's previous run at Lake Muroc (U.S.A.), John Cobb (Napier ...

    Article : 211 words
  20. "THE REFEREE" QUESTION BOX

    K.B. (Wellington N.Z.): (1) No. The original Tiger Moth went out of production after two had been-built. It was an exceptionally smalt machine: it could not be ...

    Article : 1,640 words
  21. POOR SHOW AT BRISB. SPEEDWAY

    AFTER four postonements, the Brisbane Exhibition was able to hold its meeting on Saturday. It was only fairly well supported, and no programme held ...

    Article : 235 words
  22. A ROLLS THAT IS DIFFERENT

    THE most magnificently startling Holls[?] Royce in Australia took the road in Sydney last week. Startling is the word—imagine a Rolls with a paste blus and ...

    Article : 228 words
  23. SILENCE AND COMFORT AT 90 M.P.H.

    FIVE of the now Bentleys were recently used in a demonstration run in England. The passengers found themselves travelling in perfect comfort, says ...

    Article : 113 words
  24. Fluid Flywheel For Cycles?

    THE adoption of the fluid flywheel an[?] self-changing gearbox for motorcycles certainly has gone farther than being merely an "idea"—for ...

    Article : 53 words
  25. ENGLISH CRITICISM OF ENGLISH A.C.U.'s FIAT

    RIDERS who contemplate going abroad are up in arms, says the "Evening News" (London), apropos of the English A.C.U.'s flat that winter tourists must ...

    Article : 151 words
  26. SPEEDWAY LEAGUE PROSPECTS

    PLANS for his speedway league competition, run on similar lines to those in England, are now well under way, reports Promoter Hoskins. ...

    Article : 128 words
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