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The 1926 Arab After this year's VSCC Welsh Trial, Brian Demaus allowed me to fulfil a long-standing ambition, that of driving his very rare 1926 Arab which his son Robert…

A CLUB FOR THE NORTH It is proposed to form a northern section of the Vintage Sports Car Club. The former secretary and one of the founders of the Club…

The Willhire endurance race is being revived this season by the European Endurance Racing Club. It will run over six hours at Snetterton on August 17 for a wide range…

DICTATORSH IP Sir, is with regret, and not A little disgust, that I have received the news of Mr. .Ernest Marples' latest step towards converting this country into a Police…

PROVISIONAL LIST OF AWARDS. Class 1. 1st, T. D. Wynn-Weston (Rover), 160 marks. 2nd, H. Hillcoat (Ford), 158 3/5 marks. 3rd, M. L. Curtis (Ford), 156 4/5 marks. 4th, N.…

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.,…