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Since, fortunately for the Editor, nobody is likely to regard anything appearing in "Sideslips" as a very clear reflection of Editorial opinion, I am, I conceive, one of the few…

Strange case of mistaken identity? In response to WB's theory that the 1922 Bentley in the Donington Collection is not the car used by JF Duff for the 1922 "Double-Twelve"…

Sir, Just for the record, Chris Nixon has a couple of errors in his works about the C-Type Auto Union I suspect the most obvious has already come home to…

Seventh out of ten The Grand Prix circus finished a hectic ten week schedule at the Osterreichring on August 17th during which period no fewer than seven rounds of the…

Not so much cars in books this time, as some reflections about cars in the fine TV production of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited — The Sacred and Profane Memories of…

Decauville cars date back to 1898. First, from the works at Corbeil, Seine-et-Oise, emerged a sort of four-wheeled Bollee, originally called a Geudon. More conventional cars followed and on the…

No fewer than six Monaco Grand Prix-wining cars head a glittering entry for the second Grand Prix Historique, with Sir Stirling Moss reunited with Maserati 250F '2522' in which he…

NV. hatever you may or may not think about fast Audis, you cannot accuse them of being predictable. Every time I step into a new Audi bearing the 'RS' moniker…

A NEW VELOCETTE. In response to numerous demands for a cheaper machine, Veloce Ltd., of Hall Green Works, Birmingham, have decided to place upon the market a cheaper model, to…

In an attempt to reduce road accidents, the Government has all manner of nasty ideas for those who offend. Quite right, of course, for habitual casual drivers, fools, and those…

FERODO AT THE SHOW ifie Ferodo Ltd. are staging a special exhibit of the new Ferodo Brake Testing Service at Earl's Court on Stand No. 262 on the first floor,…

Innovation and unbridled success don't always go hand in hand, but still it's strange to rediscover that jim hall's team scored just one can-am win. Phil Hill remembers it well…