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Matters of Moment, March 1968
• Reply to the Petition Although we have not had reply to our anti-70 m.p.h. petition from the Minister herself,…
• Reply to the Petition Although we have not had reply to our anti-70 m.p.h. petition from the Minister herself,…
Increased prices of new cars, inevitable because the £ has been devalued, are reflected in a revised price-list issued by…
"For instance, investors in motor racing do not want to have their stake diluted by insecticides, paints, and varnish—as in…
Once again Gurney won the 500-mile race for NASCAR saloon cars on the 2½-mile road circuit at Riverside, this being…
The Second Annual Conference of the Historic Vehicle Clubs' joint Committee organised by The Veteran & Vintage Magazine was held…
We have remarked previously on the quite remarkable number of P4 Rovers which are still serving their owners and the…
The Bentley D.C. has commissioned an illustrated history of the Bentley car, to coincide with next year's 50th anniversary of…
Recent Lesney "Matchbox" miniatures cover a Ford Zodiac Mk. IV and a Mercedes-Bens Binz ambulance (Nos. 53 and 3, respectively).…
I have encountered no cars in books for this month, but this is not because there are no more to…
On May 26th the Standard Register stages its annual gathering at Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote, near Nuneaton, and also plays host…
"Automobile Year, No. 15" Edited by Douglas Armstrong. 268 pp. 12½ in. x 9½ in. (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Brooks House,…
After David Piper had set the local speed record to over 189 m.p.h., de Udy took his Mk. 3 Lola…
While Europe spends the winter months thinking about new racing cars for the 1968 season and running snow-covered rallies, the…
A full report on the 24-hours of Daytona is given elsewhere in this issue and, as M. J. T. indicates,…
It so happened that when reporting last year's Clubman's Championship at Silverstone the Sports Editor of Motor, having commented that…
Early in the New Year the Austin-Healey Sprite Mk. IV sports car came back to us for a final fuel…
When Ford (England) go racing this season with competition versions of the new Escort and a Cosworth V8-powered Group 6…
A dull start to the season Daytona, Fla., February 3rd-4th When the F.I.A. changed the regulations in the middle of…
I grew up with the simple child-like faith in the saying that "the camera cannot lie." Life was straightforward and…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. Driving Tests, Shrivenham (Feb. 4th) The Vintage Sports Car Club season opened with…
I see reports in the press promising that TVRs will be back on sale by 2015. I note the man who now chairs the company cheerfully admits he has no…
Bentley is showing its fastest-ever open car at the Detroit motor show. The Continental GTC Speed is powered by a 616bhp version of its evergreen 6-litre W12 motor, enough says…
Those of you who tweet will be familiar with Audi’s hashtag #welcomechallenges. Well, the team from Ingolstadt sure had some challenges at Le Mans 2015, and of course the biggest…
No two weeks are ever the same at Motor Sport. To pluck a single highlight from my experiences of 2013 is a tough call when I reflect upon great trackside…