The unique Kieft grand prix car, built in 1953/4 but never completed, finally hit the track when it appeared at the VSCC's Silverstone meeting in September. The original project was stillborn because Coventry-Climax would not release…

Aston thriller Sir, One winter's night in 1988, my grandfather came home from his weekly lodge meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, telling of an interesting conversation he had had with…

GROWING OLD? Mr. Laurence Pomeroy, Seim, designer of the immortal 30/98 Vauxhall, and for many years with Daimler, and now of de Haviland Aircraft Ltd., read a paper before the…

Sir, I have been very interested in reading comments concerning the Panthette in your last two issues. I owned one of these machines some thirty years ago, and within six…

Sir, We were all deeply shocked when Jean-Francois died so suddenly from cancer in hospital in Nice. Since that day, I have been touched by all the tributes, flowers, presents…

[ANOTHER ARTICLE IN THIS POPULAR SERIES, THIS TIME BY JOHN OGLE, WHO IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIS APPEARANCES IN SPRINT EVENTS WITH A BRESCIA BUGATTI. HE HAS OWNED OTHER INTERESTING…

British amateur racers and their organising clubs have reacted angrily to proposals that will make it much harder for drivers to compete in races run at European venues. If the plans of the FIA are…

A former Formula 5000 constructor and respected Indycar crew chief, Jerry Eisert died at home in California in late February after a long illness. Eisert built J Frank Harrison's Chevrolet-powered…

THE ALVIS "SPEED TWENTY" A High Cruising Speed and First-Class Road Holding at all Speeds are Features of 1934 Model with Independent Front Springing. THE Alvis Company has always earned…

Sir, I have a Talbot-Darracq and as there is some doubt which model it is, I am hoping that perhaps one of your readers could supply information. I bought it as…

THE BRITISH MOTORING FIXTURE LIST From January 12th to March 30th, 1939. Reliability Trials unless otherwise stated. Club Area Date JANUARY Ammanford & D. M.G. Carmarthen and 12th FEBRUARY 4th…

From the days of the Model T, when four-speed gear-boxes and " Fronty " conversions were all the rage, the Ford chassis has provided material for many enthusiasts to work…