Pit Stops

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29797, 13 April 1962, Page 9

Pit Stops

k Ferrari is rumoured to k be building a car together 4 with the Gilera mo’.orj cycle factory, and the lat- ! ter firm is said to have deJ veloped a new air-cooled k in-line eight-cylinder enk gine with twin o.h.c. and k desmodromic valves. The k engine is claimed to proJ duce well over 200 b.h.p. ? at 11,000 r.p.m., and to be ! positioned transversely k across the chassis behind, k the driver. It is surprising k engine designers have 5 taken so long to return to j desmodromic valve gear, J the success of which was ! clearly demonstrated by I the Mercedes G.P. cars. * ¥ ¥ ¥ J When a new headquar--4 ters for the Auckland Car ! Club was opened in Auck- ! land recently seven pastk presidents of the club k attended the opening k function. They were B Messrs I. R. Chalmers, L. J F. McLaren, I. A. Parton,

I. S. Cranch, G. W. Whi:e, J W R. Beasley, and R. M. J Grierson. The new head- Jg quarters is the club’s first k permanent home since its k inception in 1932. The club k now has more than 530 4 members, many of whom J did voluntary work on the 5 headquarters, which was ! built entirely with volun- k tary labour. k ¥ ¥ ¥ k An afternoon trial held J by the Canterbury Car J Club on Sunday was won J by J. Butts (Minor) with ! one point lost. D. Craig k (Mini-Minor) was second, k with six points lost, D. k McElwee (Vauxhall) third 4 with seven lost, and D. J Good (Austin) and G. J Browne (Thames) fourth J equal with a loss of eight, k The 34 entrants followed a k 48-mile course in two sec- R lions over the southern B Summit road to Motu- J karara and Tai Tapu, and ! through Ladbrooks and S Halswell. J