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Sir, I was interested to read, in the V-E-V column of the July Motor Sport, that one of the cars listed by Mr. Maslin as owned by Count Zborowski between…

Sometimes you forget. This was one of those occasions. The last time I drove an Ariel Atom was to record some acceleration times for a national newspaper. It must have…

By Ed Heuvink ISBN 2-84707-016-8 Published by Chronosports, £59.99 Filipinetti – one of those team names you keep seeing without knowing the background. Now there's no excuse. Heuvink's hefty book…

Sir, I cannot let your editorial comment On Joyce Halliday's letter in the May edition pass unanswered. In 1960 I bought one of the first Austin Minis, which I replaced…

Despite many racing successes, Borgwand’s Isabella saloon was unable to save the company from going under. Its greatest exponent, Bill Blydenstein, remembers it Like many people I have very fond…

Sir, Last year a nephew of mine imported from Australia a Pontiac 1927, with a homemade pick-up body, and a T-Ford truck of 1923. The T-Ford is in an excellent…

Britain's Motor Industry — The First Hundred Years, by Nick Baldwin, Anders Clausager, and Jonathan Wood (Nick Georgano, Ed). Haynes, £24.99. To mark the first one hundred years of the…

FINISHERS IN THE MONTE CARLO RALLY Sir, I trust that you will not fail to point out that during the 1962 Monte Carlo Rally, a supposedly easy rally this year,…

putting up a magnificent performance, but now he made a fatal error at a pit stop for refuelling. The operation was carried out in 50 seconds, but Shuttleworth was in…

An almost civilised competition car comes to terms with the public road Missing the chance to drive our original Ferrari Dino V6 test car, I had determined that Lancia's lightweight…

Not even the brilliance of Michael Schumacher, who sat in the wheel tracks of the Williams for the last 20 laps of the European Grand Prix, could deprive Jacques Villeneuve…

News from the main auction houses around the world —RM Auctions — The Canadian auction house's Villa d'Este sale on May 25 is fast approaching and one of the great…