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CONTINENTAL NEWS. THE DELAGE AT MONTLHERY. ON February 28th the famous French track was the scene of a combined AngloFrench triumph, when a straight-8 Delage sports model, stripped and fitted…

Clubs. The London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex,—Hanworth Flying Club, London Air Park, Feltham, Middlesex,—Brooklands Aero Club, Weybridge, Surrey,—The Reading Aero Club, Woodley Aerodrome, Near Reading,— Bucks Berks &…

Sir, So Nivelles may be disappearing unmourned under a tide of concrete, but Reims? Yes, it's happening there, too. On a visit last week I discovered that the sweeping right-hander…

2,000 Different Makes OUGH the kindness of a reader we now have i our possession a most remarkable publication, in of which we had previously heard, but of which no…

Chevrolet. Devil's Bowl Speedway,1959 by Johnny Rutherford My first race was April 5 1959 at Devil's Bowl Speedway in Dallas, Texas. Guys in my hot rod club had helped me…

There is no doubt about it, the Vintage Sports Car Club is a very successful and altogether exellent organisation. It runs a wide variety of worthwhile events for competitive types, issues a…

A CORRECTION. In describing "Miss Britain I" in these pages recently, we stated that the petrol system embodied " Petroflex " tubing. We are informed by the builders of this…

Sir, I have read with relish your comments on Alfas, plus the explanation from Thomson & Taylor. I purchased an Alfa Romeo Spyder 2.6 about a year ago from Taylor…

Austin A30/A35 Owners Club  The A35 was a very familiar sight in the 'Fifties and 'Sixties, but not many people will remember seeing a pick-up version. Only 500 of these were…

"Vanden Plan — Coachbuilders" by Brian Smith. 302 pp. 10” x 7" (Dalton Watson Ltd., 76 Wardour Suva, London W1V 4AN. £14.50). To their books about the coachbuilding activities of…

The futures of Rockingham motor speedway and the Coys Historic Festival have been assured, despite several recent changes at the highest levels of both organisations. Britain's new motorsport complex is…

In last April's ''Forgotten Makes" feature we discussed the Globe, in the course of which discourse I referred to the Hitchon-Weller cars, remarking that this was another story, to which…