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The Skinner Special Sir, There is a new (and apparently little publicised motor museum. called "Automobilia", a short distance from St. Austell, Cornwall. Amongst the exhibits is an SU (Skinners…

By the 1930s, long-distance flights in light aeroplanes flown by amateur or semi-professional pilots were becoming almost too common. C G Grey, the famous and notably out-spoken editor of The…

Road Test The Vauxhall Firenza AFTER a bad spell with models which did not quite come off and cars with which both keen drivers and ordinary users found fault, Vauxhall…

Mix classic cars with the return of Ferrari to Jarama, and you have the right ingredients for the second Martini Legends event By Damien Smith Jarama will always be Gilles…

Cars come in here and there in "Five Out Of Six" by Violet Powell (Heinemann, 1960). Although the First World War (fought to end all wars) was at its height…

DURING 1968 the Manchester Evening News carried a short article about Capt. Marendaz' cars, starting with the Marseel light car and his racing Marendaz "Blancmange". In this article two items…

Many people counted Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi’s team out of contention at Indianapolis this year. Honda’s teams were outpaced by Chevrolet’s squads in the opening four IndyCar…

EXCHANGE EXCHANGE,. Dismantled 1923 Ruby engine, for old type Frazer Nash, F.W.B. axle, complete. Phone, Enfield 0643.

15 minutes of fame. Callaway Corvette: 1994 LeMans Running out of fuel is a painful way to lose at Le Mans, especially when a debut win looks on. Reeves Callaway…

Redoubtable females run like a thread through motor sport history, from Camille du Gast to Danica Patrick, from Kay Petre to Christabel Carlisle. But only two have raced in World…

It has been a bleak month for motorsport. While the British Grand Prix occupied most of the headlines in the middle of July, the small print made for harrowing reading.…

The weeks preceding Motorfair at Earls Court were by ones for the Ford press people, who introduced three important cars on one day sessions all over the country. Inevitably the…