Articles from the archive

Following the correspondence in the July and August issues, Merrick Taylor (who was closely associated with the Kieft Company in the mid-1950s) has written with some interesting background to the history of…

Safari Rally If there is any motor sporting event which gathers unto itself technologies quite unconnected with the automotive industry, and which is based on considerably more than just a…

500 Kilometers at Spa (May 17th) The Automobile Club of Spa ran a 500-kilometre race for homologated GT cars on the magnificent circuit at Francorchamps in weather that was perfect…

The Dieppe-based specialist Alpine has earned our respect over the years, thanks to a succession of fabulous cars created on behalf of parent company Renault. Alpine's merits are generally underrated in…

According to a New Zealand paper, a driver called Wilson was apprehended by a Serg. Wilson for being involved in an accident in Wilson Street with a car driven by…

Dear Sir. Twice in my life I have been so much under the influence of alcohol that I cannot remember what I was doing, with the exception that I was…

Sir, On receipt of my February issue of your Magazine I was amazed and delighted to see the cover photograph, but more Of this anon. I bought a Bayliss-Thomas sports…

A fine British achievement There have been many high-speed runs and endurance demonstrations but few as convincing as the long-distance test of a Hillman Minx saloon which the Rootes Group staged…

To replace the well-known Zephyr and Zodiac—large cars well suited to Ford's universal V6 power unit but perhaps not as successful as Dagenham had hoped, Ford of Britain introduced the…

The future of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has been thrown into grave doubt with the cancellation of the opening event of the 2009/10 winter series. The abandonment of…

BUGATTI — A RACING HISTORY BY DAVID VENABLES ISBN 1-85960-834-5 Published by Haynes Publishing, £35.00 FASTIDIOUS HISTORIAN David Venables has followed up his book on Alfa Romeo's GP cars with…

THE B.A.R.C. WHITSUN MEETING. THE B.A.R.C. Whitsun meeting was held under ideal weather conditions, and the racing was very interesting in parts, like the proverbial curates egg. Kaye Don distinguished…