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Matters of Moment, August 1979
Renault and the French Grand Prix Since the adage that "today's racing-car is tomorrow's tourer" lost some of its authenticity,…
Renault and the French Grand Prix Since the adage that "today's racing-car is tomorrow's tourer" lost some of its authenticity,…
Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in the…
Williams all the way Silverstone, July 14th It was all sunshine and peace at Silverstone over the period of the…
An Appreciation I find it very hard, and sad, to believe that Capt. G. E. T. Eyston has died. He…
(July 7th) Thamks to the generosity of the Midland Automobile Club the vintage lads have a meeting of their own…
"Mini" by Rob Golding. 208 pp. 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" (Osprey Publishing Ltd., 12-14 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9LP.…
A Section Devoted To Old Car Matters On Welsh Roads in the 1920s I had long been of the opinion…
Held on June 24th, there was a new aspect to the Brooklands Society's Reunion this year, motorcycles and cars being…
By writing-up Bill Lake's splendid 1922 GP Sunbeam in the June issue I have let myself in for some more…
(July 1st) It must have been back in the 1950s, when my wife was running the STD Register, that I…
The Editor Recalls Some Attempts to Get Rid of the Reciprocating Engine With the Turbo-cars very much in the news…
The International Rally of Brazil Although an immense amount of excitement and pleasure is generated by the established classic rallies…
Brian Smith, author of that definitive Daimler history and that great study of the Royal Daimlers, kindly sent me a…
The last VSCC race meeting of the year and the final round of the 1979 Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy…
"Those Chronic Straight-Eights" Sir, I must rise to John Oldham's comments on the straight-eight Lanchester. It is true that individual…
From Lesney comes another of those once-so-popular "Matchbox" miniatures, a tiny model of the Renault 5TS, very appropriate in this…
An Enjoyable Way of Saving Petrol It was fortunate that a Renault 5GTL came up for road-test over the Brooklands…
Exhaust Systems In the early days of racing engines, when most of them were supercharged, the exhaust gases were more…
A career that starts with a Lotus Seven on the 13th of March, 1964 and continues with unabated enthusiasm in…
A great Renault victory Dijon-Prenois, July 1st On alternate years the Grand Prix of France takes on a green and…
Why did 120,000 fans turn up to watch Johann Zarco's fairytale victory at Le Mans last Sunday? Because motorcycle racing is a French invention – the first races, circuits, race bikes and top riders all came out of France
Half an hour – or 20 minutes by crazed taxi – north-northeast of Milan, Monza should by rights be Alfa Romeo country. And so it was for a time, its…
Lewis Hamilton was back and after an enticing insight into F1 at the sharp end, poor George Russell, last weekend’s story, was back down to earth with a bump. Back…
Porsche owned by Robert Redford, Steve Earle and Jim Tidwell to be auctioned by Bonhams Images courtesy of Bonhams Once owned by Hollywood A-lister Robert Redford, this 1964 Porsche 904 GTS…