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Matters of moment, January 1972
A sports-car revival? We have been hearing recently of how apparently staid, middle-aged people have been buying fabulously expensive German…
A sports-car revival? We have been hearing recently of how apparently staid, middle-aged people have been buying fabulously expensive German…
The 1972 season will see the beginning of two new eras of motor racing, in sports cars and in Formula…
A series of four races held in Brazil and Argentina during November brought to an end the 1,600-c.c. Formula Two…
Many more people watched the 1971 RAC Rally of Great Britain than the total number of spectators at every single…
Last month we published a short report on the Kyalami 9 Hours and since then the Springbok Series has continued…
Aintree lives—just The passing of the Aintree circuit near Liverpool from the International calendar seems to have evoked remarkably little…
127 pp. 9 3/16 in. x 7 in. (MRP ltd., 277-279, Grays Inn Road, London, WC1. £1.50). Many of the…
By Jack Brabham, 240 pp. 8 3/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (William Kimber & Co. Ltd., 22a Queen Anne's…
G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, have issued a number of reprints of their early motoring books, under…
By Ted Simon. 280 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Cassell & Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
By Booton Herndon. 408 pp. 9 in. x 5 3/4 in. (Cassell & Co. Ltd., 35 Red Lion Square, London,…
From a chapter in "Bears In The Caviar", by Charles Thayer, of the American Embassy in Moscow (Michael Joseph, 1952),…
Those of our readers who like models should note that the 41st Model Engineer Exhibition takes place at Seymour Hall,…
We are delighted to learn that the financial set-backs of Lines Bros. will not apparently stop the production of the…
Recalled in a recent interview with the Editor Having reviewed Henry Longhurst's entertaining book last month we obtained from him…
A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Driving Tests, Silverstone (December 4th) Quite why the Vintage SCC chooses to inflict…
A 1905 45-h.p. Spyker tourer which was found some years ago on an Australian farm and was duly restored has…
Recent correspondence has brought to light some new facts about the Rolls-Royce aero-engined car constructed by the late Col. G.…
Amongst some interesting items in a booklet issued by Bishops Move, the well-known furniture removal people, to celebrate their 116th…
Sir, It seems that aviation history as well as motoring history can become clouded by the passage of time. The…
Mercedes leads practice in Formula 1's return to Paul Ricard, but Red Bull and Ferrari still have cards to play A disrupted French Grand Prix second free practice at Paul Ricard…
Rauno Aaltonen recalls the Minis' disqualification from the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally more than 50 years on, at Race Retro “In motor sport all kinds of unforeseen things happen and…
The story behind saving 1.3 tonnes from the road-going Bentley Continental to make a GT3 racer Andrew Frankel was lucky enough to go to the Bathurst 12 Hours this year…
Many people said they weren’t surprised by Marc Márquez’s seventh-place finish at Portimao. But after the 25-lap race the six-times MotoGP champion certainly didn’t look like someone who thought he…