It seems that the ridiculously high prices charged for the older vehicles may be on the wane. At a recent specialist auction-sale, of 93 lots on offer, 49 were reported…

by Rodney Steel. 242pp. 91/2" x 81/4".(Dalton Watson, Russell Chambers,The Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8AA. £39.95). Dalton Watson is renowned for high-class books about high-grade cars, especially Rolls-Royce and…

We are well into 1928 in the Owen John W diaries, and he was pressing on as busily as ever. On a run up to London from Charing, near Margate,…

The Marshall Arter was one of these light cars that sprang up optimistically bethre the First World War, when the small-car movement was emerging, but regrettably did not survive afterwards. Incidentally, the…

Last month I published the news that Helical Bar plc intend to build office blocks and a car park to tower over the Brooklands Paddock, Clubhouse and Museum and the…

Following a period of change in its administration, the Model T Ford Register held a well-supported rally in mid-Wales early in September. Entries of 26 Ts and two twin-cylinder C-type…

Although record breaking is by no means so frequent as was the case when devoted disciples could live quite nicely on the bonus payments connected with this aspect of competition…

OUR contention that the roads of Europe are becoming faster has aroused considerable interest. After we had mentioned Stanley Sedgwick's 1,000 miles in less than 24 hours in his 1931…

What is a Racing Driver? A racing driver is what you make him. To certain sections of the community he was at one time invariably a grimy, scatterbrained mechanic owning a long, lean racing…

While we were being entertained by these cyclecars, the light-car rally was being run in torrential rain showers and the faster folk were having a speed-trial at Combury (results appended).…

The VSCC Race Meeting at Oulton Park on June 13th had a big attendance (paying spectators 4,000 they said), and there was some excellent racing, run (would you believe?) in…

A Grand Prix with a considerable difference, which may appeal to some of our readers, is that to be held at Chislet Cricket Ground, Herne Bay, Kent, on September 20th, starting at 10.30…