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The impact of the East African Safari Once again the East African Safari Rally, reported in Motor Sport last month, has been an unqualified success and has left its considerable…

In the public domain, Hartge is less well known, perhaps than Alpina or Schnitzer. But that doesn’t mean it can’t increase the pulse rate of those who submit their BMW…

VINTAGE POSTBAG Brocklebanks in Australia Sir, The article concerning the Brocklebank which appeared in " Fragments on Forgotten Makes" in April of last year prompts this belated letter. Mr. Charles…

RACING PREPARATIONS. THE long sleep, which seems to envelop London's motorboating enthusiasts during the winter, at last shows signs of being cast off. Suggestions for further complicating the racing rules…

David Rae, formerly Field Service Manager for Dunlop's, has joined Vintage Tyre Supples as their Sales Manager. The ex-John Smythe Type 23 Brescia Bugatti, which apparently hit a telegraph pole at Brooklands…

Marlboro Safari Rally REPETITIONS of victory in World Championship rallies are not exactly uncommon. Quite a number of drivers have scored doubles, others have completed hat-tricks whilst four wins by…

Considerable reductions in vehicle fares on cross-Channel air ferry services have recently been announced. Some of these reductions amount to 30 per cent. on off-peak rates. The routes affected by…

Long praised as an automotive paragon, the Jaguar E-type can disappoint; but get your hands on a really good one and the superlatives will soon flow  You could call it…

SHINING ARMAGH SIR, I enjoyed the article on the Tui, but must inform you that Bert Hawthorne was born at Derryhennitt near Keady, County Armagh in Northen Ireland, and was…

As the historic racing season drew to a close, Richard and Trisha Pilkington's TOPS historic racing car club masterminded an 'end of term' October tour culminating in a Grand Prix…

BRIGHTON SPEED TRIALS Car E.T.D. by Parker's H. K.-Jaguar Special. Allard Dragster Beaten by Three Pre-1914 Motor Cars IT is traditional that in September the Brighton National Speed Trials take…

Convention Conquers Complexity The complexities of today's ultra-fast rally Car, its power and performance completely controlled by printed circuits, delicate microchips and other products of electronic miniaturisation, may be fine…