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For most people with recollections of post-war cars, mention of the name Zephyr invokes memories of that 4.3-litre V12 Lincoln with which the versatile Ford Motor Company followed up its…

It may be a misnomer (Ha, ha, very funny. No. I have not met her. Shall we continue?) to refer to the Itala as a forgotten make, because a surviving…

London M.C. "Little Rally" The "Little Rally" will start from Farnborough at 7 a.m. on April 21st and will consist of approximately 200 miles of interesting motoring with no difficult…

The Rolls-Royce 'Wraith' by Tom C . Clarke 24.5 pp. 10'x7'. (R-R.E.C Publishing, The Hunt House, Paulerspury, Towcester, Northants NN12 7NA. £23.50 plus £2.00 postage) John M. Fasal has undertaken…

I am finally back home in the states after my travels through Europe in pursuit of what is supposed to be a hobby - my historic racing weekends at Silverstone,…

"Tiger — The Making of a Sports Car" by Mike Taylor. 224 pp. 9½" x 7" (Gentry Books Ltd., 16 Regency Street, London SW1. £9.95). In spite of the proliferation…

Once clear of the perils of Oxford, however, one gets into the open country, usually one seems to get onto the Henley road. Of course half Oxford has done the…

John Buffum's second place to Hannu Mikkola on the Carson City Rally was enough to collar his eighth SCCA PRO Rally title. British duo Trevor Hadley/Phil Birt won the Group…

It is amazing, there are still people who say they do not like Monza and that they do not want to go there again, and yet once more we saw…

The Schumacher era Dieter Streve-Mühlens/Rainer W Schlegelmilch Schlegelmilch's stunning photography is the heart and soul of this beautiful coffee-table tome covering Formula 1 in the years when Michael Schumacher was on…

MILLS' SCREEN SILENCER. A useful little device that has been brought to our notice is the Mills Rubber Screen Silencer. As most motorists are fully aware, and in particular drivers…

The Concours d'Elegance has departed forever from its original role of a contest in the Mediterranean sunshine to decide which near-millionaire had contrived the most elegant individual example of the…