Articles from the archive

Thanks to Sir Jackie Stewart’s wife Helen, we now have a unique perspective on his racing career By Nigel Roebuck I have always loved scrapbooks. When I was a kid,…

We hear... Vinnicombe and his brother are rebuilding their s.v. Aston-Martin chassis, but have been compelled to use Humber back-axle, wheels and prop-shaft to replace the original axle which was…

CLUB AFFAIRS —45 It will be seen that weight distribution will play a major part, and care will have to be taken in assessing the marks to be awarded for…

While much criticism of Sir Michael Edwardes was appearing in The Times for handling of British Leyland, a small number of motoring writers made a visit to Britain’s second largest…

The article I wrote about Adrian Liddell's ex-Brooklands Straker-Squire (Motor Sport, December 1977) has resulted in much interesting correspondence, including a letter from Mr. Denham Brown, who, as a fitter at the…

The New Scientist reports a single-seater Bugatti on view at a new London Transport Museum. Some years ago a motoring paper told of the same car as being a Type…

Porsche’s motor sport department has made sure this latest GT3 deserves its RS label – but should they have gone to such extremes? By Andrew Frankel There is a car…

Forthcoming events within the AC Owners Club include a Lakeland Run on May 18th, the 11th International Weekend in Luxembourg on June 14/15th, and National AC Day at Shugborough on…

Conquest of Formula 1 by Christopher Hilton. 154pp. 10" x 71/2".  Patrick Stephens Ltd., Denington Estate, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 2RQ. £16.95 This book, according to its subtitle, is the inside story of…

Sir, The International Racing Car Show used to be an event to look forward to - alas, no more! Everything D.S.J. said in "The Formula One Scene" (MOTOR SPORT, January)…

This month this feature appears on a vintage page, because it concerns vintage miniatures. The picture above is of a fine 1/5th-scale working model of a 1913 A-type Gnome Monosoupape…