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IN RETREAT IN WHICH WE MEET A ONE-TIME BROOKLANDS DRIVER, AND INSPECT HIS COMFORTABLE HOME AFLOAT 4.STROLLING along the quay at a Devonshire fishing port, I ran across an old…

Sir, I was interested in your reminiscences of the R-R Chauffeur's school, but surely the remark about putting a coin under the extra air valve is wrong. I do not…

Another First World War Diary APART from the RFC Diaries left by "X", see page 1863, some letters written to her family by a girl of 18 while she was…

Sir, The anecdote related by Bill Boddy in the August issue concerning Auto Union's possible use of dummy exhaust stubs in an attempt to trick Mercedes into believing they were…

Sir, Really, this nonsense apropos the so-Called shortage of Morgans must be exposed. One can only assume that this "myth" is being perpetrated by a consortium of Morgan agents. I…

NEWS FROM THE U.S.A. By Our American Correspondent T. MERIWETHER-SMITH. An American Road Race? Grand Prix road race will race return to the United States on June 24th of this…

A FOUR TO THE FORE 90 M.P.H. WITH A PRIVATELY OWNED 16 H.P. RILEY IN THE WET AT BROOKLANDS AMONGST sporting enthusiasts a four-cylinder engine is nearly always popular. There…

HSCC Historic Racing Saloon Championship Huge grids and some glorious David-and-Goliath racing typified a stupendous season for the HSCC/Historic Racing Saloon Register series. Allowing rather more technical freedom than the…

One of the better things that has happened to me has been to receive a pictorial record of Sam Clutton's association with the great 12-litre 1908 GP Itala, which he…

Those who braved the elements to witness the last Shelsley Walsh Championship Hill-Climb of the 1962 season were rewarded by one of the best entries to grace the Championship series…

If you threw a stone in the average motor racing paddock, the chances are fairly high that the resulting cry of "ouch!" would be in a New Zealand accent. The…

750 CLUB Attendance was as good as ever at the 750 Club's meeting at the Ashdown Park Hotel in May. This time members met for tea, and a brief communal…