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Recently the heir to my overdraft flew into Tripoli, Libya, armed by me with misinformation. He was keen to see the North African state, and glancing at a map I’d…

The Alfa 6 Sir, I do hope that at the grand old age of 36 years I can look forward to many more years of driving my "old gentleman's" Alfa…

Sir, All praise to the Editor's fine sense of the egalitarian for including a letter from the owner of a Wartburg in December's issue! One effect of this action, at…

Beyond the brave I was too young (nine) and far too wrapped in my support of Mr Hunt to grasp the full enormity of it. That said, I still can't…

No Grounds for Complacency Martin Brundle's Melbourne accident wasn't quite what the FIA had in mind when it pledged to make Formula One more exciting, but it did at least…

Roger Albert Clark Rally I Nov 20-23 Two legendary names of rallying will return to the British forests in November for a new event designed to recreate the RACs of…

As a Mr he was a mechanic; as an Earl he was a racer; as a Duke he created a circuit. ML considers a talented man. The inspiration for the…

Published in June 2006 FIA president Max Mosley works out of a small office in Monte Carlo, his balcony overlooking the blue Mediterranean. The phone rings incessantly: direct-line calls from…

The death of that great enthusiast John Howell at 71 is a severe loss to the vintage world. John suffered a long illness, but he was keen to the end.…

EASY FOR MERCEDES-BENZ HERMAN LANG WINS THE PAU GRAND PRIX, FIRST BIG RACE OF THE 1939 SEASON THE Pau Grand Prix has come to be recognised as the annual curtainraiser…

A reader has an Amilcar C6 chassis and many parts which were once owned by Lord Ridley, who gave the Austin and MG camps a shock in 1921 when he…

Sir, Maybe I could add a few comments about my White M.P.H. Riley in reply to Mr. Rolfe last month. Contrary to his protestations I did not on the occasion…