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Townmead: coachbuilders
Motor historians are often as interested in the old companies which made coachwork as in the cars themselves. So, having…
Motor historians are often as interested in the old companies which made coachwork as in the cars themselves. So, having…
A reader writing from Belgium has kindly contributed some extracts from Ho For The Borders by Michael Brander (Geoffrey Bles,…
The Vintage Sports Car Club took its winter driving-tests to Brooklands on January 13; rather early in the year, weather-wise…
Although this event's title remains that of the area from which the first of the VSCC's adventurous night rallies were…
As we have seen, at this period of flying, before WW2, many pilots "navigated by Bradshaw", i e followed the…
A reader has found two 1932 RAC Competition Licences. Both are made out to Geoffrey Norman Crowther, who declared his…
We feel the utmost sadness is recording the death from a heart attack, of Tony Carlisle. I first met Tony many years…
The recent death of Arthur Varney was not just the passing of a truly great motor engineer, but the end…
To say that the news of Anthony Mayman's sudden death at the early age of 43 came as a profound…
Last month the Comet, this month the Hermon. They had much in common. Both were optimistic designs by small concerns,…
A number of readers who are knowledgeable about Rolls-Royce aero-engines have pointed out that, in my article about the Merlin-Royce,…
We are frequently being told that human beings are living longer and longer, in this enlightened medical and dietary age.…
Sponsorship may or may not seem distasteful to you, but you cannot but admire, surely, Guy Edwards, author of Sponsorship and…
Anew edition of the Highway Code has appeared. No grumble here; except that again I am reminded of my age…
As we pointed out when we reviewed the fruits of Trevor Griffiths' extensive labours first time around, the information contained…
The Legends of Motorsport, by Dave Friedman. MRI Publishing*. 336pp, $150 or special edition, leatherbound, boxed and personally autographed by…
Aero-engined Racing Cars at Brooklands, by Bill Boddy. GT Foulis & Co (Haynes Publishing Group plc). 160pp, £20.00. In those…
Volkswagen fans are well served by a new MRP book in that publisher's Collector's Guide series. The experienced John Blunsden's…
Formula Junior Racing Cars Remembered by Bernard Cowdrey is not only a fine reference work, but is great fun as…
Motoring books come in all shapes, sizes and weights, and in many different contexts. This large volume, available from Veloce…
Riders quitting, riders getting sacked, riders getting hurt; what really goes on in the mind of a MotoGP rider when all his dreams turn to dust? Zarco at Red Bull…
Nobody wanted the dark cloud of a global pandemic but, as silver linings go, it doesn’t get much better: rolling Tuscan hills, a track like Mugello, the fastest F1 cars…
Twenty years ago Arie Luyendyk set the track record at Indianapolis by averaging 236.986 mph over four qualifying laps that took 2 minutes 31.908 seconds. The 1996 Indy 500 was…
A court case that has been rumbling on for many months finally reached its conclusion last week. It held that motoring journalist and racing driver Mark Hales was liable for…