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FORTHCOMING FRENCH RACES. English motorists on holiday in France during August should bear in mind two important motor races within reach of well-known pleasure resorts. These are the Grand Prix…

Sir, Douglas Kent (Letters, November) suggests Piero Taruffi’s Tarf twin-boom record car was based on similar theories to Smokey Yunick’s 1964 Indy ‘capsule’ car. The twin-boom Nardi Bisiluro which ran…

Williams returns to Renault Williams will renew its iconic relationship with Renault from 2012, ending its deal with Cosworth earlier than planned. Officially the new arrangement is for the last…

Sir, After a superb victory in Monaco, much has been made of Schumacher becoming Ferrari's most successful driver. I dispute this. He may have the most Ferrari Grand Prix wins…

The 100 Years of Grand Prix Racing display with be a star attraction of Autosport International at the Birmingham NEC on January 12-15. The display is organised in association with…

In my piece about the 1911 60HP Cottin et Desgouttes racing car in the December 2001 issue, I said that Lord Carbery had bought it before the 1914-18 war, after…

The motor manufacturers’ stands are bigger than the showrooms in most towns these days, but thankfully some things don’t change at the world’s best celebration of motor racing. There’s something…

"The Batsford Guide to Vintage Cars" by Cecil Clutton, Paul Bird and Anthony Harding. 224 pp. 7 1/2 in. 4 3/4 in. (B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London,…

We Hear B. H. Banes reports several interesting encounters during a holiday in N. Wales. In Ludlow an early "Twenty" Rolls and a well-kept Trojan tourer, later another, badge-bearing Trojan…

" ROOKLANDS" ▪ Hub Caps are supplied for fitting to bolt-on wire wheels. Correct type cared cap and finished in Chromium Plate. Two sizes, 21:and 22;6 set of 5.

WITH the present widespread interest in the historic-car movement it behoves any manufacturer having a worthwhile heritage to maintain examples of some of the products on which present-day fortunes were…

Tony Fall. Robin Eyre-Maunsell and Gwyndaf Evans are among the entries for the Lombard Revival Rally. The event runs from York to Cheltenham on November 25-27