Articles from the archive

[In the "Cars in Books" feature last month I quoted from "Essex Schooldays," by Simon Dewes, which contained references to the Rev. Topham who had a liking for very large,…

Of all the delightful characters who helped to make Brooklands what it was, one should never forget the late Tommy Hann. In 19341 interviewed him for MOTOR SPORT at his…

Some Notes on Well-known Racing Vehicles. I.—" Submarine." This is a single-seater Marlborough-Anzani, owned by Mr. T. B. Andre. Its power unit is a 1.5 litre side-valve engine, fed from…

Sir, What art extraordinarily interesting magazine it is you publish; so often one comes across gems of letters and other information of erudite and expert knowledge which one can hardly…

A SECTION DEVOTED TO OLD CAR MATTERS Talking with Ernest Siddeley MR. ERNEST Siddeley, younger son of Sir John Davenport Siddeley (later the Rt. Hon. Lord Kenilworth OBE, FRAeS), talked…

The Type C is Aston's least known product. That's a shame says Gordon Cruickshank, as it pointed way to the future The name Bertelli has been central to most of…

Sir, I am writing this letter in order to publicly thank the BBC for their coverage last Sunday of an excclknt British Grand Prix. To my mind they provided coverage…

Rally of the Thousand Lakes Last month this column was initiated in the cabin of a Finnair Caravelle on its way from London to Helsinki. It was in a similar…

This facility doesn’t just run track days – there’s ‘mental training’ on the menu too For a sport that is considered cutting edge in terms of technology, motor sport is…

An indication of the universality of the Model-T Ford is contained in travel books written when this was about the only mechanical road transport encountered in the backwoods of the…

Mark Linstone is obviously a man who likes a challenge. Currently, he is competing the restoration of the unique 1949 Duesenberg-powered Emeryson F1 car. In fact, Linstone and his father…

By Janos L Wimpffen ISBN 967 22 52 05 Published by Motorsport Research Group, £129.99 I am willing to bet that this will never be supplanted. In two huge volumes,…