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Pity the poor historian… Even the best documented cars can throw up confusion and doubt when it comes to restoring them Writer Doug Nye For me, a whole bunch of…

Lay your cards on the table The big news at this year’s 92nd Indy 500 was the creation of an industry ‘round table’ convened for the IRL by retired Ford…

A Very Satisfactory Small Sports Car, Offering a Maximum Speed Comfortably in Excess of 110 m.p.h., Extremely Good Acceleration, Unexpected Docility and Outstanding "Safety Fast" Characteristics, Reinforced by Dunlop Disc Brakes…

 The Daily Mail can congratulate itself that its Festival of Motor Sport at the fast Boreham Circuit over August Bank Holiday week-end was a signal success. The car races, efficiently organised…

Stuck the unbeatable The European Formula Two Championship which started at the splendid Montjuich Park circuit at Barcelona on March 24th looks like being dominated yet again by the Anglo-German…

E.C.C. of G.B. At a meeting in Manchester last March the Enthusiasts' Car Club decided to change its name to the Enthusiasts' Car Club of Great Britain, to avoid confusion…

A SPECIAL WINS AT PHENIX PARK J. A. THOMPSON'S T.R.S. WINS IRISH RACE AT 82.24 M.P.H. B RE'Se".1`110M PS ON Of Mallow won the Irish M.R.C. Phcenix Park G.P. on…

Legendary record breaker John Cobb didn’t say much – but his cars spoke volumes. Andrew Frankel gets a rare insight into the big man by driving the most famous of…

Mr. Victor Riley, of 22 Albert Road, Wellington, Salop, has recently been appointed Secretary of the Riley Register. Their Coventry Rally, incidentally, is to be held on July 6th and…

On June 15th the Vintage SCC holds its annual race meeting at the Oulton Park road circuit near Chester. During the afternoon two Richard Seaman Memorial Scratch Trophy races will…

Sir, Mr. John R. Davy is correct in regard to the 500K Reg. No., which should read BYW 612. As regards the tasteless accessories deprecated, they were all there when…

* •* AGIN AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES! Sir, Whether or not they intended to, the four gentlemen from Cheltenham make one smile with their letter about American ears. Could their obvious dislike…