Articles from the archive

"The Restoration of Vintage and Thoroughbred Cars," by Richard C. Wheatley and Brian Morgan. 192 pp. 9 in. by 6 in. (B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, W.1. 30s.) Here…

British Motoring Club, Rhineland — Summer Rally (September 18th) Wherever a British community exists, a car club is sure to exist also. In the Rhineland, the British Motoring Club has…

Oita lie-ald BRIGHTON & HOVE M.C. THE last event on the Club's calendar was run on October 29th, namely the Chandler Trophy Trial. A good entry set off from a…

Easy winner of the Rivet Supply Six Hours at Silverstone, after the works Porsche 936 had crashed with an hour to go, were John Fitzpatrick, Hans Heyer and Bob Wollek…

A Hurried Run to Devon and back, in the Experimental Independently-sprung 4¼-litre Bentley. High Average Speed and Extreme Refinement, in what will be a Post-War Rolls-Royce Production. THE opportunity arose…

Being a racing driver is, essentially, a selfish activity. Notwithstanding all that Jacky Ickx had to say on these pages last month, and however much the man in the cockpit…

Silverstone, March 19th This year saw the running of the thirtieth International Trophy race at Silverstone, the first one in the present series being held in 1949, which Alberto Ascari won…

for sale, with large selection of spares. This is the car used by me for the last two seasons, and has always been maintained in first-class condition. It is now…

"Floyd Clymer's 196o Indianapolis soo-Mile Race Yearbook. 136 pp,. 11 in. 8i in. (Floyd Clymer, 1268 S. Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, 6, California. 2 dollars.) Here is another of Clymet's…

A 1906 Charron CGV has been found in Argentina, with a chain-drive chassis and Rothschild ten-seater touring body in its original paint and upholstery. Its 75hp engine, which is missing,…

VSCC at Enstone IF ANYONE doubts whether vintage car competitions are an all-the-yearround pastime, they should have been at bleak Enstone airfield for the VSCC Driving Tests (107 entries) on…

For quite a long time we heard rumours and stories that Daimler-Benz of Stuttgart were about to enter the "small car market" with an entirely new car. Mistakenly we assumed…