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Matters of Moment, March 1968
• Reply to the Petition Although we have not had reply to our anti-70 m.p.h. petition from the Minister herself,…
• Reply to the Petition Although we have not had reply to our anti-70 m.p.h. petition from the Minister herself,…
Increased prices of new cars, inevitable because the £ has been devalued, are reflected in a revised price-list issued by…
Once again Gurney won the 500-mile race for NASCAR saloon cars on the 2½-mile road circuit at Riverside, this being…
We have remarked previously on the quite remarkable number of P4 Rovers which are still serving their owners and the…
The Second Annual Conference of the Historic Vehicle Clubs' joint Committee organised by The Veteran & Vintage Magazine was held…
"For instance, investors in motor racing do not want to have their stake diluted by insecticides, paints, and varnish—as in…
Recent Lesney "Matchbox" miniatures cover a Ford Zodiac Mk. IV and a Mercedes-Bens Binz ambulance (Nos. 53 and 3, respectively).…
On May 26th the Standard Register stages its annual gathering at Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote, near Nuneaton, and also plays host…
I have encountered no cars in books for this month, but this is not because there are no more to…
The Bentley D.C. has commissioned an illustrated history of the Bentley car, to coincide with next year's 50th anniversary of…
"Automobile Year, No. 15" Edited by Douglas Armstrong. 268 pp. 12½ in. x 9½ in. (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Brooks House,…
After David Piper had set the local speed record to over 189 m.p.h., de Udy took his Mk. 3 Lola…
While Europe spends the winter months thinking about new racing cars for the 1968 season and running snow-covered rallies, the…
A full report on the 24-hours of Daytona is given elsewhere in this issue and, as M. J. T. indicates,…
It so happened that when reporting last year's Clubman's Championship at Silverstone the Sports Editor of Motor, having commented that…
Early in the New Year the Austin-Healey Sprite Mk. IV sports car came back to us for a final fuel…
When Ford (England) go racing this season with competition versions of the new Escort and a Cosworth V8-powered Group 6…
A dull start to the season Daytona, Fla., February 3rd-4th When the F.I.A. changed the regulations in the middle of…
I grew up with the simple child-like faith in the saying that "the camera cannot lie." Life was straightforward and…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. Driving Tests, Shrivenham (Feb. 4th) The Vintage Sports Car Club season opened with…
IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay bounced back from a poor result in the season opener two weeks ago to score an excellent win from pole in round two at Barber Motorsports…
BMW M1 Procar, Silverstone, Brands Hatch… and Portimão The sense of acute disappointment lingers. I’d caught an early morning coach from Manchester to Silverstone, for the primary purpose of watching…
There are excellent reasons why Ari Vatanen should be the next president of the FIA – which is why it is unlikely he will be elected to the post in…
Behold, a new Lotus racing car! That’s heartening to write, and surely to read, because it doesn’t happen too often these days. Last week at the company’s Hethel base the…