Sir, As one who lived in Southport in the 1920s, I regularly watch the race meetings on Birkdale beach and was very interested in the photo of the Sunbeam referred…

McLaren has strengthened its engineering team by hiring Sam Michael, who announced he was leaving Williams earlier this year. Although he is technical director at his current team Michael's new…

Clark and Chapman Sir, I enjoyed enormously October's article on Jim Clark. As it reveals, the relationship between Clark and Chapman was indeed extraordinary, but not without moments of tension.…

Sir, Every day I travel to the old established and quite large Insurance Brokerage which I now own in my Triumph TR3A. I believe this might qualify me to comment…

The Advanced Driver's Handbook, by Margaret Stacey. Kogan Page, £8.99. Since around 95% of crashes are due to human error, perhaps the concept of 'advanced' driving should be renamed 'essential'…

Sir, I have recently purchased a Facet Vega HK 500 which is presently undergoing some minor renovatory work. Obviously since purchasing the "monster" (as it is affectionately known by my…

Sir, I have just been informed that Rolls-Royce have declared themselves bankrupt. None of the people I know or friends (and workmates) out here are motoring enthusiasts, and they do…

Wacky-Bristol The Arnolt-Bristol was the brainchild of a shrewd American entrepreneur known as Stanley Harold Arnolt, or 'Wacky' as he preferred to be called. In keeping with the great American…

90 years ago, on the eve of the inaugural 1911 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Howard C Marmon faced a dilemma. As president of the Indianapolis-based Nordyke & Marmon Company, he possessed…

J-Series MGs (cont'd) I believe the fastest TT-bodied two-seater J4 performance was that of Hamilton's car, which was second in the 1933 Ulster TT at around 73 mph and later…

Time to go Dutch Sir, Following Nigel Roebuck's item in the January 2005 edition, I'd like to point out that though Zandvoort is no longer the track it was during…

Top left: The ill-fated Type 59 Bugatti driven by Neil Corner, followed at close quarters by D. Barber's blown SS100, in the Pre-War All-Corners' Scratch Race. The Bugatti crashed, the…