Sir, The British Racing Drivers Club and Silventone Circuits would like to thank everyone involved in The Coys International Historic Festival, presented by Chrysler (July 25-27), particularly the marshals and…

Reading Bill Boddy's article on the Birkin Bentley (September) brought back some childhood memories. The headmaster of my junior school, Blakesley House in Worcester Park, was a keen motorist and…

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British Salmson Sir, I was very pleased to see reference to British Salmson cars in the correspondence of your Nov./Dec. issues and thought you might be interested in the enclosed…

At the VSCC Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb on July 8 Charles Dean's T51 Bugatti made FTD in 35.86sec. Fastest vintage car was Dick Smith's Frazer Nash (38.35sec) and Bruce Spollon drove…

Thanks to a reader who sent me a copy of an item from The BromlOecord for February 1909, the sad fate of some famed old racing cars is known. Some…

Sir, In his January `Modern Times' column, Simon Taylor craves a more level F1 playing field, with simpler cars, to rein in the big-money teams. I don't believe the spec…

Sir, I enjoyed reading your article on the Mercedes Benz 190, but feel you did not make quite clear that the basic price of £1,362 you quoted includes import duty.…

A Midge Too Far? It is no secret that Sir Clive Sinclair has been planning to try to revolutionise motoring with electric vehicles; indeed, a recent advertisement placed by Sinclair…

The Renault 19 is one of those essential staple products that any mass manufacturer must offer in the '90s, one of a breed stamped out by the hundred thousand. It…

Sir, The Funeral Vehicle Preservation Society has been recently formed with the object (inter alia) of purchasing, preserving and running all types of funeral vehicles, motorised or horse drawn. It…

Walking round Earls Court last October the thought came to us that it would be fun to construct a Motor Sport sports car entirely from proprietary parts supplied by the components and accessories firms that where were…