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Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina, January 24th. After the unfortunate Ferrari/Matra accident in the 1,000-kilometre race at Buenos Aires the Italian team withdrew completely from the Formula One race…

Costume matters almost as much as carburettors at the uniquely theatrical Revival meeting Last year an impressive 134,000 people attended the Goodwood Revival – expect more of the same when…

Cars on Historic Occasions In reference to Mr. Boddv's query about the car takingthe Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to Fort Belvedere to meet His Majesty the King — could the…

A club with a difference aims to put the fun back into historics — and tempt out some 'new' machinery How many race series could you list? Don't start, I…

AT the interesting Lincolnshire circuit, the VSCC held its annual race on June 8. The 10-lap Shuttleworth and Nuffield Trophies event went to Barrie Williams' A-type Connaught, at 70.86mph, from…

Sir, Oops! With regard to March's Parting Shot photograph, I feel that it may have been taken at the 1961, not 1962, German Grand Prix, as Stirling Moss was still…

A Wankel-powered Sports Car from Japan As long ago as 1920 Felix Wankel, a German engineer, was studying the problem of the rotary piston engine as opposed to the conventional…

September 18th It does not seem all that long ago that Bob Gerard's E.R.A. used to vanquish the V16 B.R.M. round Castle Combe at normal, as distinct from Vintage S.C.C.,…

That’s what the papers at first called the blond kid from Farnham when he swapped a pre-war Riley for one of Cooper’s latest single-seaters and began to make waves This…

—It is hoped that some pre-war parts which are on a Buckinghamshire farm in company with an ancient horse-driven grain elevator will escape the scrap dealers by commanding fair prices.…

As the boss of his own media agency, Anthony has come a long way in the past decade. This month we asked him to track back 10 years to celebrate…

A section devoted to old-car matters An analysis of the V.S.C.C. Pomeroy Trophy Competition The Pomeroy Memorial Trophy Competition was instituted in 1952 by Laurence Pomeroy in memory of his famous father. The idea was to…