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Mille Miglia 1984 The quaintly named Musical Watch Veteran Car Club, together with l'Automobile Club di Brescia, is organising a re-run of the Mille Miglia in 1984, from May 24th…

Sir, Every day I travel to the old established and quite large Insurance Brokerage which I now own in my Triumph TR3A. I believe this might qualify me to comment…

The Advanced Driver's Handbook, by Margaret Stacey. Kogan Page, £8.99. Since around 95% of crashes are due to human error, perhaps the concept of 'advanced' driving should be renamed 'essential'…

Sir, I have recently purchased a Facet Vega HK 500 which is presently undergoing some minor renovatory work. Obviously since purchasing the "monster" (as it is affectionately known by my…

THE BURGUNDIAN 4-HOURS RACE. VICTORY FOR THE LADY DRIVER OF A BUGATTI. The prowess of the lady driver is very much to the fore just at the moment, for after…

Sir, I have just been informed that Rolls-Royce have declared themselves bankrupt. None of the people I know or friends (and workmates) out here are motoring enthusiasts, and they do…

The James Walker Gasket Service Sir, Sir, I feel that a few lines of appreciation of the services of the firm of James Walker of Woking should be published in…

The wonders of modern technology have been used to recreate the world’s first purpose-built track. So would you drive it in a 1933 Napier Railton, or a 1996 McLaren F1?…

FOR the past few years a handful of top Formula One and rally drivers have come together or an informal Rallysprint meeting at Donington Park, the purpose of which has…

Wacky-Bristol The Arnolt-Bristol was the brainchild of a shrewd American entrepreneur known as Stanley Harold Arnolt, or 'Wacky' as he preferred to be called. In keeping with the great American…

Dynamic flair When your host tells you to bring shorts and wellingtons, it is a fair bet that it will be the latter which are needed most, and inevitably the…

CONTENTS page Matters of Moment Fixtures for December The Bugatti Type 57S "Atlantic Coupe . Formula I Scene Lancia Gamma Coupe Wartime Diaries of an RFC Officer Air Mail The…