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A personal photographic record of motor racing in the 1950s and 1960s Keith Duerden & Robert Barker Duerden snapped Moss in his second event, but as a professional photographer in…

Sir Another vintage car with an assured speed was the Brighouse-built Bond 12-50 sports car, which in unsupercharged form, its Meadows engine producing 52 b.h.p., was guaranteed to do 80…

Motoring Easter-eggs Readers of our "Veteran-Edwardian-Vintage" pages may have noticed that these hardly ever cover post-war vehicles. This implies no boycott of the better 1950s' cars such as Mk. VI…

A prolific industry It had been our intention to feature a monthly article on the current state-of the art of building fake cars, whether for pleasure or monetary gain. By…

Motor racing rewards have varied immensely over the century-plus since it all began. But don’t think that commercial pressures are necessarily very different today from what they were 100 years…

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MESSRS. GORDON ENGLAND (SALES), We are informed that Messrs. George England Ltd., of 28, South Molton Street, W.', have now changed their name and title to Messrs. Gordon England, Ltd.,…

Ron Footitt (Cognac), Martin Morris (ERA) and Willie Green (Maserati) Win The Big Ones In dull but dry weather the Vintage SCC held another successful race meeting at the OuIton…

There can be few Grand Prix drivers whose careers have been subject to such violent fluctuations as that of the genial Frenchman Patrick Tambay, for the 34-year-old from Cannes has…

A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC at Silverstone again This year's first Vintage SCC Silverstone Race Meeting will not take place until May 1st and as we go…

The Lotus Formula Juniors, 1960-1963, by Paul Robinshaw and Jeremy Bouckley. RB Publications, Sutton Coldfield, £11.95. This landscape soft-cover history is very nicely done, with masses of good pictures, some…

RALLYING TO WALES Rallies continue to attract certain sporting motorists in spite of the expenses involved, and the entry for the Welsh Rally to Cardiff was interesting, if smaller than…