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\ GENE KLEIN MOTORS RALLY f!IMPORT CAR SPECIALISTS" SPECIAL MOTOR SPORTS WEEK ISSUE NEW and USED THE LARGEST PORSCHE MG SELECTION MORRIS OF AUSTIN ~t SPORTS & CARS VOLKSWAGEN AUSTIN-HEALEY IN THE WEST 5511 VAN NUYS BLVD. 12001 VENTURA BLVD. VAN NUYS STUDIO CITY ST. 7-7328 ST. 7-7432 FACTORY AUTHORIZED SALES·SERVICE·PARTS ALWAYS A 100 CAR SELECTION TOP $$$ TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE .WE'LL TRADE DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN WHICH CAR HAS the ~NO-TENNA'? (Pats. Applied For) Pick the car with the "NO-TENNA" installation and win yours free AL DAVIS RADIO DRIVE-IN MOTOROLA FOREIGN CAR ACCOUNTS Clem Atwater Sports Cars . 15531 Ventura Blvd., Encino B & B Car Sales. ..700 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermesa Beach Brentwood Motors.. 2610 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica MOTOROLA, largest supplier nationally of Custom Tail- British Automobile Co....; . 6366 Delongpre, Hollywood British Motor Car ·Co... 9372 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles ored Foreign car radios, is the sole source of the revolu- Continental Motors... 901 No. LaBrea, Inglewood Coventry Motors. .. 338 No. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills tionary new "NO-TENNA". (No aerial to mar or scar the Europa Motor Car Co. _... 11055 Ventura Blvd., No. Hollywood beauty of your car. No cutting. No aerial to see. Proven more Reg Fudge.. 17554 Ventura Blvd., Encino Holliday Motors... _. .. _ 11647 Ventura Blvd.. Studio City efficient than conventional car aerials.) ENTER THE AL House of Allard.... .. _ 7178 Sunset Blvd.l, Hollywood Gene Klein . 1200 1 Ventura Blvd., Studio City DAVIS "NO-TENNA" .ONTE T. Gene Klein.. .. _.. .. 5511 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys Light Car Co... .. 201 North Western Ave., Los Angeles Jack McAfee Motors . 13323 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks I. Vi It thl h wro m of your favorite l.A. County Foreign car dealer. Michell and Pauli .4647 W. Slauson, Los Angeles Larry Reed..... .. .. 5208 Centinela, Los Angeles Q 7. lei ntHy whl her in his display has the "NO-TENNA". Bob Roberts _. .. 4301 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles • orrt t h ie will win your "NO-TENNA" FREE wi+h installation Peter Satori... 2301 Colorado, Pasadena f u tom T ilored MOTOROLA Foreign Car Radio. This offer Sherman Oaks Motors.. 14161 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks i f r limited time only. Truschel Motors .. 10996 Washington Blvd., Los Angeles Vaughn Singer.... .. 6730 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles Williamson Motors... .. 3153 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles World-Wide Automotive.. .. 10860 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles 1/ '. as (':ISY as that. Just drop in at one of the dealers listed here, lool over his display and pick the car with a "NO-TENNA" MOTOROLA CUSTOM HDQ. (;0 NOW! See it demonstrated and be convinced. All DAVIS RADIO DRIWE-IN Open 9 to 9 week days, Sat., 9 to 6, Sun., 11 to 6. 5037 W. PICO BLVD., L.A. NOW AVAILABLE-New MOTOROLA Radi'o for Austin-Healey Custom Tailored by AI Davis. (2 blocks west of La Breal JUNE-JULY, 1954 3 The President's Page by JOHN FOSTER THE talk all around .seems to be centered ing to the carburetors was only one eye- on Motor, ports Week; what to enter, dropper full per second, yet every time the what arc tho chances of winning, what is accelerator was depressed, as in acceleration, the Spcrts Cur Proving Ground going to a whole cupful! of gas was dumped into be? One thin~ iH certnin, th events are the carburetors; most of which was wasted: as well plann d lI11d OIWlni~,od as any group If the 3000 rev figure could be kept constant of OllthuMi(IHIHcould wish. None III' Act up gas mileage would be, astronomical! So re- BO thut lite l'I'HulIH 111'('II fl1l'I'J.(OIW«onclusion, member at all times, constant pedal pressure and ulthou, It Ih" ,'xpNlc\I\c'lld will h(1 II unrl an easy right foot will make all the lill,11l mOL',' III "IIMI' I'll WII/.(I'I'Il\IIt IIllIIIy of diff('l'c'nc,c ill t.h world in your economy, Ihl (IVI'III~ lI11d VII"'IHIM,'IIlHHlIH(\I',' WOIl by ,01l1(J ollt<'1' important contributing factors lito uuvlr:», for lur-k Iii III pIli H U 11I1'/.(1(l1l1'1 urr : lire \11'!'RAIII'", one minute warm-ups In Ih'IMI' II10101'ill/.(('ldIHlhollll'H, lunill~, idlin~ spcccl, mixIIII" .s, clean air 1 11111fully l'ollvlllC'Cld t hut "th week" C'I('HIH'I'Hs,park plug gap and even the toe-in will Ii1'1II/.( IHOMI 'lIljoytlllllll to thos who or toe-out angle of the front wheels, ontl1r for tho Ah er Iun of purtiolpution, Coasting will he allowed this year in the the excltcmcnt of fri mdly ompetirion and Frugality Run! Knowing that some bounder th pl asure of meeting such a grand bunch will no doubt take advantage of this fuel of devotees, saving stunt we have made it legal for It It has been most gratifying, during everyone, In England, during the rationed this past year, to recognize the handsome war years, coasting one's car whenever pos- dash plaque on some stranger's car and, sible became an art and gas mileages were upon introducing myself, spend a pleasant possible up to three figures! So watch for half-hour or so in discussing last year's some fantastic figures on the Frugality Run "week" and the events in which this par- and watch those brakes-they're expendable! ticular enthusiast entered, One of the most joyful memories of last Everyone I have spoken to was happy to years "week" was the winning of a new receive his copy of RALLY and pleased MG by a young couple who were then with the contents, Everyone wants more and strangers to us, It couldn't have happened . more of the stories like: English Trials at to two nicer people and today Penny and the Owl's Roost and My-Our First Coun- Curry Neeley are real active members in cours. And, more of those fine cartoons, our club with a much wider circle of Some have told me that they would like to friends, send in stories and articles but they cannot- To those of you who are entering the for they are not writers, Gads! Who is? Just events in Motor Week for the first time I leave it to our RALLY Editor; he will glad- have a :fiew tips, Mail in your entry early for ly re-arrange your verbage and punctuate competition numbers will be assigned con- your paragraphs, You just write it down the testants in the order in which they are re- way you see it and let him do the rest- ceived and that number will be used by the and you will get the by-line, contestant during the whole week's activi- In closing, a word of thanks to our chap- ties, An early application will insure the ter secretaries for sending in their local contestant of an early start and his name newssheets and for helping distribute our will appear in the program, Get to your first issue and our sincere thanks to the event early with plenty of gas, local de- advertisers in this, our club magazine, I tailed maps, flashlight, driving license" good strongly suggest, or tather insist, that we timepiece and air in the spare tire! all make this one little effort in apprecia- On the Frugality Run, economy of op- tion and that is: whenever you decide to eration is the prime factor and there is more buy something for the car look through the than one way to help squeeze that extra pages ofRALL Y and find the address of mile OHt of each gallon of gas. There are one of our advertisers; make your purchases literally hundreds of tricks that can help from them and be proud, just as I am, to ~ but I will mention only a few of the most tell them you are an FCCA member and common, I saw a demonstration on an en- that you saw their ad in RALLY, • .. Hell , , , you said LOWER IT!" gine that has worked wonders for my gas Sincerely, mileage, At a constant 3000 revs on an MG engine (43.46 mph ) the amount of gas go- JOHN FOSTER I 4 RAllY JUNE-JULY, 1954 5 srl~ttl·! editorial RALLY GIVE YOUR MCi AT II(J TfJ8fJ()l($ OH happy confusion month! Motor week VOL. I, NO.5 JUNE-JULY, 1954 DURING will take its toll on already strained THE NEW SOUND! MOTOR SPORTS WEEK and overburdened chapter heads. CONTENTS Here you wilr see over 300 books and magozines Everyone will be in one heck of a hurry New Huth Dual Cast Iron Header System for on: Design, Racing, Sports Cars and in foct any The President's Page ............ .4 MG gives it that extra GO! thing you might wish on automobiles. all week long, but we should not lose sight of this one important fact: traffic laws are John Foster BRITISH CAR OWNERS still in existance and no allowances can be Editorial .....0..... REPAIR 6- MAINTENANCE DATA expected from the city officials, and, acci- Industrial Dynamite .... 8 From Car Craft Data Sheets consist of 8·81j2 x 11 poges for overhaul dents can happen during Motor Week, just & maintenance of Englno; tgn/tion; Clutch; Gearbox; like any other week in the year. Perhaps, From The Chapters ......... 12 Axlol 6rak«ul Stoering, ole. Wiring & lubo diagrams during this week, it would be well to take Valley Relay Rally ... 14 Diu, many chorts & loctlonod drawings, stock of ourselves, our own individual driv- Buick Road Test.