Articles from the archive

Festival fever hits Northants Racing Aston Martins from 50 years apart to fly the flag as the featured marque on a packed race card Over 500 competitors and 22 races…

Cars in the UK Volume Two: 1971-1995, by Graham Robson. MRP, £19.95 The second volume of Robson's incredibly detailed directory of UK car production to date (his first covered 1945-1970)…

The extra speed of this Barcelona street circuit made it Superior to Monaco — and more vulnerable to the safety crusade. Paul Fearnley visits it during rush hour The irony…

Sir, The subject of "Tailpiece" in November brings to mind the time and effort involved perfecting the advanced technical innovations which appear from time to time in all branches of…

A rather sad Autovia V8, Reg, No. ASA I. has been acquired by a reader living in London, the body being a light grey Mulliner saloon. Can anyone supply information…

Two 12-Cylinder Sunbeam Record-Breakers [The Sunbeam Motor Car Company Ltd of Wolverhampton pioneered the 12-cylinder engine, and it was after study of the racing Sunbeam "Toodles V", described below, by…

A Fast Version of the Vanguard Series III, Giving a Maximum Speed of Over 90 m.p.h., Excellent Acceleration and a Very Fair Economy of Fuel The Vanguard Sportsman is the…

FREEDOM! The Editorial in last month's issue was written before petrol was de-rationed but published after this great happening had taken place. Nevertheless, much of it rang true. The private…

Sir, I was very interested to read the paragraph about the Daimler road-train. By a remarkable coincidence I have just read a book called "The Story of the Flinders Ranges",…

I first drove the McLaren M23 at the end of 1974, and over the next few years I got to know it fairly well, I guess. I had two World…

Sir, I note "Pierre's" complaints of a Sprite's shortcomings and sympathise with him. My pre-war Singer gave me much excellent sport of the kind which he favours, for the front…

Last month we referred to most of the Club journals but one that most certainly should not be overlooked is the informative Journal of the Morris Register, so ably edited…