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The Timing-Box on the Railway Straight. TIMING CARS ON BROOKLANDS, WITH STOP WATCH, THE TAPE MACHINE AND THE LIGHT RAY APPARATUS AFTER making something like my twohundredth visit to Brooklands…

So well-supported have the VSCC New Year's Day assemblies at The Verzons Hotel near Ledbury been that the organiser, Mark Garfitt, has instituted a similar Sunday Serendipity there. It was…

The Blockley Tyre Co is to support new VSCC awards in headline races. Leading competitors running on Blockley rubber in three categories will be rewarded: namely Pre-War Racing Cars, Post-War…

CONT ENTS PAGE The Way of Things ... ... 195 LAND. The Intervarsity Speed Trials 196 The Colmore Trial 199 The Midget's 119 m.p.h. ... 200 Essentials of Supercharging ...…

Mauro Forghieri, the chief engineer who presided over Ferrari's Formula One fortunes from 1963-83, has left the company to join Lamborghini, the rival Italian supercar manufacturer now owned by Chrysler. He…

Many cars raced at Brooklands between 1907 and 1939, but few genuine ones still exist. At this year's Brooklands Society's Reunion 29 took part. Of these, only the AstonMartin 'Green…

Sir, Many thanks for your article on the Model-A Ford. It was well presented and the only mistake (I believe) was that the whole report was devoted to the American…

Road Impressions When I tried the Triumph Stag as a new car, way back in 1970, I was disappointed with several aspects of the car. It has since had time…

Continental Notes and News Alfas to Try Again The failure of the twelve-cylinder Alfa-Romeo to check the steady stream of Mercedes-Benz and Auto-Union victories has been a bitter disappointment to…

A section devoted to old-car matters   Racing car out of retirement (photo feature) The 1912 Coupe de l'Auto  Sunbeam, formerly owned by E. Barrington Haynes, which has been acquired…

Jaguar's E-type is Britain's greatest-ever sportscar. And CUT 7 is arguably the most famous of all E-types. Damien Smith drives the first car to carry this number For no more…

On June 27th, at mid-day, the Bentley Drivers' Club is staging a rally with a view to putting owners of the larger vintage and near-vintage cars in touch with its…