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The theme of the Brooklands reunion on 2 July will be Aston Martins and veteran cars. Both are appropriate, because Aston Martins were prominent at the Track from 1921 until…

A fine collection of seventeen chain-driven Frazer Nash cars assembled in London Road, Kingston-upon-Thames on February 2nd for the ceremonial unveiling of a circular plaque let into the wall above the…

Sir, In answer to Sheridan Thynne's (January 2000) query asking for any more examples of two different circuit configurations being used during one event. While no other Grand Prix has…

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The Jaguar XJ 3.4 Excellent value for money £4,998. In round figures that is the price charged for the economy-model Jaguar saloon, with manual or automatic transmission. All things considered,…

WHAT A CAR! Sir, I am enclosing a photograph which I think may prove of interest to your readers. It is a picture of my 2900 B Corto Alfa-Romeo, eight-cylinders,…

It may not be generally known that Jerome K. Jerome, author of  "Three men in a Boat" and its sequel, was a pioneer motorist, but from a chapter from another…

The Vintage Car In spite of the fact that this is nearly A.D. 1950, letters still arrive in numbers at the Motor Sport offices extolling vintage cars. The other day we fell to…

The VSCC held another genuine speed-trial meeting at Colerne aerodrome on April 25. Open only to members, it was a happy social occasion as well as a means of comparing…

THAT 1954 FORMULA Sir, I am writing to tell you about a meeting the constructors of racing ears had with Earl Howe and Colonel Barnes at the R.A.C. on Wednesday,…

To most people motor-car windscreens are of two types. one simple and cheap and the other complex and expensive. The former is the "Standard" toughened variety lifted on Most production…

THE BRIGHTON ROAD-CIRCUIT SCHEME AFTER, an interval of eight years, the scheme to construct a road-racing circuit on the South Downs, near Brighton, has been revived. It will be remembered…