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Matters of moment, April 1983
The motorists' lot . . . At this time of the Budget blues and an approaching General Election, one thinks…
The motorists' lot . . . At this time of the Budget blues and an approaching General Election, one thinks…
VSCC First Silverstone The Vintage SCC's first 1983 race meeting will be the usual 1908 GP Italia Trophy Meeting, on April…
The sad death of John (popularly known as "Jumbo") Goddard in Australia, robs the world of vintage motoring of one of…
Apart from the annual Brooklands Society Re-Union at the old Track, and last January's VSCC Driving Tests there, we hear…
"To test the durability of their seats, Rolls-Royce use 'Squirming Irma', a 200 lb. simulated bottom which squirms on a seat…
4 — The 7-litre supercharged 6-cylinder Mercedes-Benz 38/250 was one of the kings of the road and its "face" did…
It has been some time since I interviewed a chauffeur of long standing but last month I projected the Alfa Romeo…
One might be forgiven for thinking that there have been quite enough Ferrari books to last us a long time.…
A reader informs us that there is further reference to the Bugatti racing driver Charles William-Grover and his work for the…
I have been taken to task by no less an authority than Graham Robson over my suggestion, last month, that the…
Rio de Janeiro, March 13th By the time the massed ranks of the Formula One Constructors took to the circuit…
The results of the six months testing and development carried out by the teams since the last race of 1982,…
As the 1983 Grand Prix season begins, we talk to Team Lotus's Director of Research and Development about life with…
(The year sees the 50th Anniversary of that interesting Anglo-American car with the illustrious name of a gear engineer, so…
A look-back to the 1920s (Continued from the February issue) We left Owen John, the motorist whose 1920 activities we…
This heading does not refer to the still-popular Morris Minor, nor will it interest those vintage-car folk who might think…
Amongst the what? The magazines, those motor-club publications which are only normally obtainable by joining the clubs that issue them…
The Lennox Herald recently ran a centre-spread of photographs of old-time transport in Dumbarton and district, which included a picture…
Two of the more prized booklets in my collection of old motor car catalogues are those issued by the Austin Motor…
The Club held its 47th AGM at the RAC late last month, after which the 1982 Awards were presented. There…
“I guess when it’s going for you, it’s just going for you… you just have to enjoy it while it lasts and take what you can when you can.” Colin…
The latest in our Jim Clark series turns attentions Stateside The moment chatty, savvy Jackie Stewart set foot in the United States – in August 1964 to…
https://youtu.be/k64rod5OVSY John Hogan was the man who oversaw Marlboro's involvement with Formula 1 for 30 years, controlling the money that bankrolled McLaren and Ferrari; James Hunt and Ayrton Senna. He…
For three and a half days, starting on Thursday evening, crews in cars from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s will contest one of the major events in the UK classic…