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John Surtees has a vision of how Britain should promote its young driver talent. And through the Henry Surtees Challenge he's starting to make it happen By Ed Foster In…

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who ordered one of our 1992 calendars. Whilst we are delighted that these have proved so popular, the…

THE " EXETER " TRIAL IN PICTURES.

Highly satisfactory V.S.C.C. Meeting on new, fast course. Gerard's 2-litre E.R.A. makes f.t.d. in first "Basicless" event. Runners-up Poore (Alfa Romeo) and G. N. Richardson (E.R.A. Riley). The Vintage S.C.C.…

VETERAN EDWARDIAN VINTAGE A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters GRAND FINALE AT CASTLE COMBE TO 1967 V.S.C.C. RACING SEASON C. T. Rogers (1(67o A.G. Special) Wins MOTOR SPORT Brooklands Memorial…

Sir, Referring to your article "Out of the Past" in the January issue of Motor Sport, and to the delightful photos on the adjoining page, I was wondering if the…

[It is well known that enthusiasts for the vintage car are 100 per cent. dyed in the wool, and equally well known that the modernists just cannot understand or accept…

Sir, The owner and regular user of a steam traction engine stated the following during a Scottish Television interview: "I do not wish to descend to ownership of a motor…

Aston Martins seem to be the post-war embodiment of the vintage Bentley in being big, beefy and thoroughly British. Not for this company the mid-engined design of their exotic Continental…

I do not propose to deal in detail with that car-of-character, the 1 1/2-litre Peugeot 403 saloon which Motor Sport used to cover the main part of the R.A.C. Rally,…

Pragmatists, not purists: That was Cooper compared to design-led Lotus, or the intensive engineering of BRM. While Colin Chapman was stripping out every gramme and making components double up, Cooper's…

In 1961, I heard that W J Brunell wanted to sell his remarkable collection of negatives of motoring history, a lifework of his top-class photography covering not only pictures of…