An Historic Landing Ground Sir, I was very interested to read Mr. H. Edwards' letter about early aviation in the Manchester area. The field where Paulhan landed was, in fact,…

V.E.V. Miscellany.—Portrush U.D.C. has acquired a 1930s Dennis fire-engine. The Madeira fire station referred to recently is confirmed as having a 1929 Willys fire-engine, a 1931 Dodge ambulance, and early…

The Brooklands Society is becoming active with the approach of summer. The big news is that a Re-Union at the Track will take place on Sunday July 7th (the first…

Buoyed by his superb finish on year's RAC Rally – third in a Skoda – rallying legend Stig Blomqvist has turned his attention to more outrageous matters: the first sub-10…

There is a whiff of desperation about the news that Lotus’ Malaysian owners HiCom have instructed Britain’s most famous sportscar marque to sell off the family silver – like the…

Nürburgring 1000km, 1964 Ludovico Scarfiotti (third nearest to camera) appears to be jumping to his Ferrari 275P, which he would share to victory with Nino Vaccarella.  But he's up with…

An idea for the Christmas gift for young followers of veteran and Edwardian motoring is "Your Book of Veteran and Edwardian Cars", by John Coleman, illustrated by Harry Tacker's drawings…

Charles Letts & Co. Ltd. (remember the Brooklands/MG association?), Diary House, Borough Road, London, SE2, have published two little soft-cover books, "Car Electrics Made Simple", by Roy H. Bacon, CEng,…

"Valve Mechanisms for High-Speed Engines" by the late Philip H. Smith, FIMech.E., MSAE (Foulis, £4.60), has gone into a second edition, edited and revised by L. J. K. Setright. Motor…

Racers that are going, going, gone... The Bonhams sale at the Silverstone Classic meeting in August saw mixed results.  Chairman Robert Brooks personally headed the auction.  Competition cars included  Brun…

"'Just give us an automatic transmission—Porsche thought—and we'll have an everyman's car, every man who can afford over 86,300 that is.' Well it doesn't work. Not only is Sportomatic a…

A hundred years ago France hosted the final Gordon Bennett Cup.  It would be the end of the first set of international motor races;  because of the restrictive rules the…