Brief Specification. Engine : 12 cyl. 87.27 x 101.56 mm. 7297.29 c.c. 56.7 h.p. Tax £57. Side valves. Double down-draught carburetter built as one. Max. revs. 3200. Comp. ratios, 6…

A record of some of the nicknames of the colonial sections may be of interest : Pomona, Yewdiss Mount, Fawkergive Way, Julius Cmsar's Cemetery, Doantby Rash, Shallweed Alley, Scottsbrum Pasture,…

THE annual report of Grovewood Securities Limited shows a reduced profit under the motor-racing heading of this Group which deals in property investment, chemicals and allied products, optical merchandise, hotels,…

Carl Gray started the new VSCC hillclimb season just as he finished the 2005 edition, by taking another overall FTD in his 1.1-litre Hardy Special. Just as he had at…

MERCEDES-BENZ versus AUTO-UNION. SOME OF THE GREATEST RACING EVER, AS A PRELUDE TO WAR The year 1934 saw the introduction of the new International Formula, which stipulated a maximum weight…

For a long time the history of coachbuilding was a closed book, but more recently researchers have begun to fill the void. But the smaller companies can be overlooked, so…

During the Donington VSCC meeting another anniversary party for Tom Wheatcroft will be held. Kevin Wheatcroft is also to have a monument erected to Roger Williamson, and have the Pat…

Sit, I have not noticed a reference to an Oakland in your columns and I think you might be interested to hear of my 1924 " 6/44 " model, which…

The cancellation of this year's Rally of Wales makes John Davenport think back to another 'Welsh' — the Clubman's International that went a stage too far... History has a habit…

Sir, I recently had the misfortune to break down on the A 30. I was about 15 miles from home, it was raining hard, and my wife and four-year-old daughter…

The British are famous for their patient and (usually) orderly queues, but I wonder if those within the queues for sporting/luxury coupes from West Germany seriously ask themselves about the…

Sir, I have noticed in your columns, what appears to me to be some unjustified and rather foolish criticisms of Mr. Granville Bradshaw's A.B.C. designs, by the "critics." It is…