Here is an astonishing statistic: of our 1000 issues, Bill Boddy has been directly involved in almost 900 of them. Freelance contributor from 1930, Editor for the remarkable span of…

Cooper Car Club Plans are afoot to form a Club or Register for owners and enthusiasts for Cooper cars and the many derivatives. Already support has come from Cooper drivers…

STAR ATTRACTION in the British motor-racing calendar for May is the Silverstone round of the 1979 World Championship of Makes, this six-hour long British race sponsored by the Rivet Supply…

Part 4 Ecurie Ecosse Probably the best known of all private teams, ranking with the Rob Walker Team in winning major International races ahead of works teams. The team has…

Bunk or Not... The late, great Henry Ford is alleged to have said that history is bunk. In fact, he had a great respect for the past, witness his remarkable…

N.B. Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and "Motor Sport" does not necessarily associate itself with them. ― Ed. Large v. Small Engines Sir, Mr. Tookey's letter regarding his Bristol 404…

Sir, It is difficult reargue with Walter Gibbs about Shelsley Walsh, The Jean Bugatti Cup is. as he says. engraved "Special Award", which must mean something. It was Leslie Wilson…

Eight races at six events, including a race at Interlagos in Brazil, is the new slimmed down schedule for the 2009 FIA Historic Formula One Championship. HFO organisers have pared…

Sir, On reading your correspondence on long-life oil, I find I must have been using this for nearly thirty years. After taking delivery of a new car, I run it…

Since, fortunately for the Editor, nobody is likely to regard anything appearing in "Sideslips" as a very clear reflection of Editorial opinion, I am, I conceive, one of the few…

Sir, Just for the record, Chris Nixon has a couple of errors in his works about the C-Type Auto Union I suspect the most obvious has already come home to…

The "Henry" Peugeots Sir, Reading Kent Karslake's letter, one point struck me as being slightly incorrect. He says "The Cars which used 4-wheel brakes in the 1914 Grand Prix .…