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Matters of moment, January 1959
A Happy New Year Apart from wishing our readers the conventional Happy New Year it seems probable that 1959 will…
A Happy New Year Apart from wishing our readers the conventional Happy New Year it seems probable that 1959 will…
Popularity poll In the Daily Express "Sportsman of the Year" contest, which is generally regarded as the most authoritative, Stirling Moss finished…
To clear the air, note the following : Junior Formula for International or National Racing (requiring a National and unrestricted…
A Silent, Fully-Equipped Luxury Car of Considerable Performance—Costing Under £1,600. In the past the Super Snipe was one of the…
Whenever I see a large air-liner land, especially on a wet runway, I am intrigued by the way the pilot applies relatively…
New Castrol films During the winter when you cannot watch motor racing the next best thing to do is to…
A Section devoted to old-car matters Puzzle: This old photograph (q.v.) recently unearthed, shows a three-letter registration-plate, EWE3, at a time when such…
Sir, After the first World War a flood of cheap cyclecars appeared on the market in response to a widespread demand…
It is believed that a small Chenard-Walcker saloon lies derelict in a garage in Essex and that a Windsor and…
Just before Christmas B.M.C. announced a second Farina-styled car, following the introduction, at the last Earls Court Motor Show,…
Grandes Epreuves -- for World Championships [Date -- Race -- Distance (kms) -- Circuit -- Driver/Car (top three): First -- …
The winner of the 1958 Venezuelan G.P., which this year was run as a road race for Gran Turismo cars, was won…
To keep their Vanwall model company as it were, "Corgi" have introduced a miniature B. R. M., complete with that car's unusual exhaust…
Impressive improvement in acceleration from M.A.G.-blown engine Philip Mann, whose very lovely 3-litre Bentley is well known to vintage-car enthusiasts, has…
Cuth Harrison's Harford wins by one point from B. H. Dees' P.A.B. Special ("Click to Zoom" for pictures indicated.) Trials…
The Remarkable Borgward Isabella Coupé There is a growing demand for a car which, although luxuriously appointed and pleasing to…
November 29th, 1958. On the last Saturday in November four members of the Trojan O.C. assembled in Petersfield, at an hotel…
By Major L. L. Gordon I owe my early love of engines of all kinds to our local blacksmith whom I…
H.R.G. light alloy head gives 8 b.h.p. Increase in the middle-r.p.m. range The M.G.-A sports car uses the B-series…
The World's Racing Cars and Sports Cars by Douglas Armstrong. 208 pp. 5 in. by 7-5/8 in. (Macdonald & Co.…
McLaren F1 team has unveiled a special edition 60th anniversary livery which it will run at the 2023 Monaco GP, recognising its victories at Monte Carlo, Le Mans and the Indy 500
The famous Dutch Grand Prix venue of Zandvoort will host a major new historic racing festival next summer after the circuit management made two noisy days available at the track…
At one minute past midnight this morning, I became allowed to tell you I’ve driven the Jaguar F-type. In fact I’ve driven all three versions, the V6, V6S and V8S…
Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi’s team turned the table on Hélio Castroneves and Team Penske last weekend in a pair of races on a typically rough, bumpy IndyCar street circuit…