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THE EVOLUTION OF THE " CORNICHE " BENTLEY Mr. W. A. Robotham, of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., describes the conception and development of one of Britain's most advanced high-performance cars IN 1931,…

THE AUSTIN "65" AN ATTRACTIVE AND ECONOMICAL SMALL THE credit of displacing the small Continental sports car from the roads of England must be given to the Austin Seven, and…

In the Workshop What's your history? The firm began as a one-man band over 30 years ago, when restoration was a much smaller world. I trained as a physicist, so…

Sir, I feel it may be of interest to readers of your excellent journal to hear about a very good specimen of a 1922 " Bullnose " Morris Cowley tourer…

City Road, London, E Cl, and Published by the Teesdale Publishing Co., Ltd., 21, City Road, London, RCA. Agents for Australasia: Gordon & Gotch (Australasia) Ltd. Copies obtainable and Subscriptions…

IH IE ik IE (IdJ II-1 E IR E By /atrzsizaft" That Radiator Strip. THE popular fashion for a chromium plated strip running down the centre of the radiator has…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters VSCC DRIVING TESTS, CHARTERHOUSE (Feb. 1st) THE Vintage SCC season opened at Charterhouse School with driving tests under umbrella-and-heavy-coat conditions. Under these circumstances I…

Bruce Halford only completed half a lap of the 1959 Monaco GP. He explains why it still means more to him than any of his more conventional successes 1959 Monaco…

Third place in the Spanish Grand Prix was the subject of an intense dispute between Jody Scheckter's Wolf (No. 20. above) and Jochen Mass' McLaren (No. 2) seen in our…

Sir, On the subject of aircraft "level crossings", I was reminded of your article when I was looking the other day at an aerial photograph of the BP Oil Ltd.…

April 3rd Seven Brooklands-type races run in sunny weather made the 65th B.A.R.C. Members' Meeting very enjoyable. The 5-lap Marque Scratch Race was an easy victory for Campbell's Elva Sebring-M.G., although…

Alvis 12/50 Register: R. H. Johnson, 399, Ley Street, Ilford, Essex. Bull-Nose Morris Club: E. A. Ferguson, 14/15, Magdalen Street, Oxford. British Salmson Club: J. L. Cope, Sandelbowe, 62, Westover…