Respected racing car designer Jo Marquart died in his adopted Norfolk recently, following heart trouble. He was 57 years old. In the late 1960s Marquart was noted for his work…

MACLURE'S BLOWN RILEY IS FASTEST AT PRESCOTT SYDNEY ALLARDS' V8 BREAKS THE ONLY RECORD. A SLIPPERY COURSE HEAVY rain showers made Prescott sinuous course very slippery on the occasion of…

The third running of the Ollon-Villars hillclimb retro attracted a magnificent entry of over 200 cars and bikes headed by an Ensign N180 Formula 1 car, which was reunited with former…

If eight is good, 12 is better THERE WAS AN AGE WHEN THOSE WHO thought of cars as status symbols liked to drive behind long bonnets covering straight-eight rather than…

Sir, After marvelling at and enjoying, as a spectator, Lord March's Goodwood Revival Meeting celebrating the Spirit of Goodwood, I was disappointed to see that the Spirit of Goodwood did…

THE FLOWER OF THE GLOUCESTER ONLY TWO CARS CLIMB ALL THE HILLS BREAKHEART WELL NAMED THEtwenty -sevei4 Ii London Gloucester Trial was promoted by the North-West London Motor Club on…

Taruffi's daughter contests Mille Miglia Prisca Taruffi, daughter of Piero, contested the Mille Miglia in May at the wheel of the Ferrari 315 S with which her father won the…

TAILSOF THE UNEXPECTED Doug Nye Two photos dscoyered by chance In the archlye offer outlandsh examples of orgnal thInkIng much so many greybeards of the '70s and early '80s detested…

FORTHCOMING EVENTS MOTORING AUGUST. 3rd-4th. Mid-Surrey A.C. Reliability Trial. 4th. Southport M.R.C. Sand Race Meeting. 5th. Course de Cote du Klausen. 5th. Grand Prix d'Ete. 5th. Grand Prix Automobile du…

Enzo Ferrari has always been regarded as an institution in Italy. In fact, someone once suggested that first comes the Pope, then Ferrari. Being his secretary must have been the…

THAT IDEAL STABLE Being Mostly a Flight of Fancy TIII.: Fount of the basic petrol ration pruvidcs an excuse for speculation as to what would constitute the ideal st;Ible, were…

MOTOR CYCLES IN THE ISLE OF MAN RENEWED INTEREST IN THE TOURIST TROPHY RACES. w_ITH the depression in the motor cycle industry and the undoubted supremacy of the Norton machines…