Articles from the archive

British star Gary Paffett has taken a step closer to becoming a grand prix driver after joining McLaren for 2006. Paffett, who won last year's DTM touring car title for…

Some enthusiasts are still fortunate enough to run high-performance cars on their lawful occasions, but for the great majority this is, alas, a Paper Age. Those folk of our world…

ENGINE FOR SALE NGINE FOR SALE. 1934. Meadows 9.8 h.p. -14 63 x 100 mm. Single overhead camshaft. Specially modified, can be used either with magneto or coil ignition. Fully…

". . . Birkin's gear changes were perfect, but then, the Bentley gearbox was very good indeed, in spite of the fact that it predated synchromesh." "His gearchanging was very…

From the sublime to the ahem not quite so stupendous, I have just fallen heir to a fascinating little cache of early Cooper photographs. Among them are some shots of…

This contribution to the series is rather unusual, being in the form of a letter to the Editor from Capt K Richmond, RA, of India Command. Riley enthusiasts will find it of especial…

AN ASTON-MARTIN ROAD RACER. WITH reference to the illustration which appeared on the cover of our March issue, we now have pleasure in giving a few constructional details of the…

Sir, The motoring world is constantly staggered by the extraordinary success of the VW "beetle." Who would ever have imagined that Dr. Porsche's people's cars should result in mass hysteria amongst…

C63 AMG COUPE IS ON PAPER VERY little that anyone could quibble about regarding this new AMG Mercedes coupe. Not even the price which, at £56,665, is less than Audi…

[Before his death in 1977 this very-well-known and successful Brooklands driver and lap-record holder was prevailed upon by his wife Jane to set down some notes intended to pave the…

It was on May Day 1955 that Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson won the Mille Miglia, and for almost 40 years it had a joyful resonance for ‘Jenks’. “I associated it…

RESULTS. SENIOR RACE, MOB II,OIL TROPHY. I. r: O'Boyle, 1,089 c.c. Riley, lap 4, 3 min., lh. 15m. 20s., 67.9 m.p.h. 2. W. Sullivan, 732 c.c. Sullivan Special Sic., lap…