With that season of the year approaching when many readers retire to their garages and contemplate Special-building, it is most encouraging to be able to publish this description of the…

Sir, In your comments about the 1965 VW 1,200 c.c., the note about the excellence of the windscreen wipers is not entirely true. Unlike previous models, the arms park on the…

Chauffeur's Corner CONTINUING this feature, the next retired chauffeur I interviewed was Mr. Bernard Randle of Leicester. Apart from his professional duties he is an enthusiast who started to read…

MORE 8-LITRE FIGURES The B.A.R.C. race for road-equipped cars did not attract Forrest-Lycett's 8-litre Bentley as a runner, and many people still regard this famous car as the most desirable…

PREVIOUS WINNERS. 1923. Guyot (Rolland-Pillain), 93 400 k.P.b. 1924. Segrave (Sunbeam), 103.164 k.p.h. 1925. Diva (Delage), 123.460 k.p.h. 1926. Constantini (Bugatti), 123.757 k.p.h. 1927. Benoist (Delage), 129.590 k.p.h. 1928. Chiron…

Tuning A.J.S. Motor Cycles for Competition Work. By T. G. ROOK. ALTHOUGH the majority of riders of these machines are quite satisfied with their excellent performance as turned out, readers…

X-ray spec Designer Tony Southgate remembers when a new F1 team could emerge from the shadows and its car could be planned in a tiny garage. By Keith Howard All…

Motor Sport and Bentleys Sir, Perhaps to justify your confidence in our records relating to Vintage Bentleys, I thought you might like to have the following information concerning those bought…

It was a pathetic news item in the Evening Standard last month which reported that Vera Fusek, the 26-year-old stage and T.V. star broke down and wept in an Eastbourne…

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Sir, I enjoyed the Brabham stories in your May issue, but am still reeling from your choice of cover photograph. Why, when you could have featured such Brabham legends as…

SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT SHELSLEY RAYMOND MAYS BREAKS THE RECORD AGAIN IN 57.87 SECS. MAGNIFICENT BY BERT HADLEY WHEN You come to think of it the most remarkable thing about Shelsley…