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New life for FWD Alvis  One of the Coventry firm’s advanced front-wheel-drive racers is being reconstructed – with a few amendments Areconstruction of the No2 front-wheel-drive Alvis which competed in…

German Grand Prix — Crystal Palace Meeting — W.E.C.C. Snetterton Meeting — Nottingham S.C.C. Silverstone Races— B.A.R.C. Goodwood Members Meeting Top, left: REAPPEARNCE. — Piero Taruffi returns to Grand Prix…

For a long time the history of coachbuilding was a closed book, but more recently researchers have begun to fill the void. But the smaller companies can be overlooked, so…

For weeks on end the success of the 1992 Sportscar World Championship depended on the whim of the Sultan of Dubai, and on March 2 he extinguished Alan Randall's dream…

Sir, Having recently taken delivery of a Hunter, I was most interested in your article on this model in your April edition. Comments made are most accurate, including the baulking in…

'The great Edwardian, or pre-World War One, racing cars have a class to themselves at VSCC meetings, and they certainly have "class." Their cultivation, long after the races for which…

Having just had their Monza victory confirmed following an appeal to the ruling body, Derek Bell and Stefan Bellof went ahead in the World Endurance Championship for Drivers with a…

On the 100th year anniversary of the Morgan car company, watchmaker Hublot has produced a special timepiece inspired by the AeroMax car. Jean-Claude Biver, the CEO of Hublot, presented the…

During the Donington VSCC meeting another anniversary party for Tom Wheatcroft will be held. Kevin Wheatcroft is also to have a monument erected to Roger Williamson, and have the Pat…

Sit, I have not noticed a reference to an Oakland in your columns and I think you might be interested to hear of my 1924 " 6/44 " model, which…

Sir, Recently the MOT tests now run by the Department of the Environment have been discussed by the media. Some of your readers may know that apart from an increase…

Sir, l rather enjoyed MN Rushton's amusing letter on the subject of concours competitions. However, unexciting though they may be, they do give a lot of pleasure to a lot…