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A Section Devoted To Old-Car Matters ERAs One of the better motoring happenings at the end of last year was the party put on in London by White Mouse Editions…

by Gordon Eliot White ISBN 7603 0910 8 Published by MBI, £29.99 In the decade aka WWII, Frank Kurtis was the most significant and prolific race-car builder in the US,…

We give below the results of the competitions which were part of National Alvis Day at the Crystal Palace on May 19th, but which were received too late for inclusion…

First Day Out. -- The de luxe model Anglia is here seen resting while its occupants consume lunch near Toul in Northern France. With an Anglia to the Sun? No,…

THE RUDGE WHITWORTH AGAIN! That extraordinarily hard worked machine of G. R. Butcher's once more appeared before the public eye in the I.O.M. during T.T. week. The owner spent the…

VETERAN TYPES XX VII A 1908 "FOUR INCH" HUTTON The actual winner of the Tourist Trophy Race of 1908. By Anthony S. Heal ANYONE who knows the "Mountain" course used…

Sir, Knowing the impartial manner in which you present your Road Tests I was very impressed with your report on the Fiat 1500. Some three months ago I bought a…

August 26-28 With the car's designer Len Terry looking on proudly, Peter Horsman and Jac Nelleman took their Lotus Climax 17 to a fine Gentleman Drivers victory during the annual…

Sir, I have never been to Silverstone, and recent letters from your readers suggest that I am not rnissing a great deal. Since improvements to the circuit have been made,…

The Sport and the Roads at Whitsun The wide-flung manifestations of motoring sport were in evidence at Whitsun, when in this country alone there was racing at the Crystal Palace,…

France's old Reims-Gueux circuit might effectively have been a high-speed triangle that put the onus on power rather than skill, but one corner was among the greatest in racing... If…

'The courage award undoubtedly went to 1. Derek Warwick, who started the race stiff and bruised from his Saturday accident, but stuck it out to finish seventh. Afterwards there was…