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After prolonged ill health, Mr. G. James Allday, M.B.E., has resigned the presidency of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain. At the recent annual general meeting of the club…

Bike Ban? Sir, Ann keen motorist and cyclist I must take W.B. to task over his comments in "Motoring As It Was" (September issue), where he appears to advocate a…

The Formula One Club has with commendable partiality agreed to issue a set of limited edition postal covers to raise money for the Brooklands Museum Trust. These covers will consist…

The Historic Formula 3 1000cc European trophy will make a rare appearance in Britain this season. The French-organised series has added a round at Donington Park on May 15-16 to…

THE THIRD R.A.C. RALLY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED BY COMPETITORS FROM ALL STARTING CONTROLS, BUT 351 OUT OF 385 STARTERS ARRIVE AT BOURNEMOUTH. TWO CLASS WINS FOR ROVER AND ONE FOR…

page VINTAGE AIRCRAFT Sir, Sir, As a very recent convert to MOTOR SPORT, which I started -reading at the same time as acquiring an Austin Seven Special, I was morethan…

Looks can deceive . . . It used to be that any small four-wheeldrive car was seen as a mini-Quattro; nowadays, as the Quattro's turbo-lag has lengthened into model-lag and…

Chevrolet Firenza 5-litre V8s shine but Fall wins for Datsun Of all the world's international rallies there are but few outside the World Rally Championship which can really claim to…

On June 26/27, Thruxton celebrates its 25th anniversary with a special Silver Jubilee meeting. Highlights of the weekend will include a demonstration by Damon Hill of the Williams FW 15C,…

The secretary of state for the environment, John Prescott, will decide the fate of Brands Hatch's bid to stage the British Grand Prix in 2002, as final arbiter of Octagon…

OUT OF PRINT To avoid unnecessary correspondence, those subscribers desiring back numbers are informed that the following issues are unobtainable : 1924 : June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.…

Few of Frank Sytner's wins will be harder earned than a storming Pre-66 HGPCA victory during the VSCC's packed celebration of the British Empire at Donington Park. Sytner had Richard…