When amateur racer Bill Aston decided to decided to create his own Formula Two car for 1952 his intention was to use the 200bhp Küchen four-cam V8 engine. But only three examples were ever built,…

Whilst the Safari was rough, dusty and not very well supported by works teams, the Tour of Corsica was the opposite. The tortuous, undulating ribbons of narrow tarmac on this…

Sir, I intended to write offering congratulations on your "Bad Journalism " (vide S/Capt. hess) in relation to the preposterous proposal for a Victory Run to Berlin by Vintage cars,…

Sir, I was most interested to see the photograph and reference to J. Ludovic Ford's 1,100-c.c. Alta. I enclose a photograph of the same car today, indicating that I have…

Chauffeur's Corner THE SON of a Wiltshire blacksmith, Mr. R. J. Wells — he likes to be called James — left school at 15 and entered the service of Sir…

WHY NOT A MOTORING GARDEN PARTY? On May 9th, at Heath Row Aerodrome, the Royal Aeronautical Society held their annual :Garden Party, attended by almost everyone who is anyone in…

Sir, What is Mr. N. E. Hawkes of West Ella talking about? "Boulevard peripherique"—he sureIy doesn't mean the Paris "South Circular"? Compared with London's cart track (South Circular) the Paris…

STOP PRESS— THE FERRARI "BOMBSHELL" by the Continental Correspondent THE big question of the past few weeks has been the truth behind the statement issued by Ferrari that his cars…

VSCC Cadwell Park Finale THE FINAL VSCC race meeting of 1984 took place on August Bank Holiday Sunday at the picturesque and hospitable Cadwell Park road-circuit. It marked not only…

Sir, It was a very pleasant surprise to see the article on Keith Greene (April 2003). We lived in the same Essex village in the 1950s. My father had a…

The Cornwall Vintage C.C. has three fixtures approved by the R.A.C.--a rally on May .200h, closed spec it trials on July 8t.11 and it c.i. rally on SeptemIter 2nd.

Sir, The continual barrage of attack on Motor Museums makes me wonder if the critics are correct in their assumption that because a car is in a Museum it is…