Articles from the archive

HOME INSURANCE Motor Sport has negotiated preferential Home Insurance rates with leading insurers through a specialist broker. UK readers may be able to save on their current premiums and improve…

Milt Minter -- Porsche hard charger One of North America's most popular road-racing talents died on December 23 after losing his battle with cancer. He was 71. Minter was a…

Sir, Speaking personally, my ideal pair is what I have been running ever since September 1958 and they are a 1935 Phantom II Continental Barker Sports Saloon chassis 101 SK…

WESTO N PROSPECTS Entries for the Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. Entries for the Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. speed trials at Weston-super-Mare on October 9th include the Freikaiserwagen, Geoffrey Ansell's E.R.A.,…

The Development of the Rolls-Royce R-Type Engine recounted by The Editor "The Battle of Waterloo may, or may not, have been won on the playing fields of Eton, but certainly…

A Discourse on the World's Best Car at the Time of the Armistice (Continued from the March issue) Having proved that, on paper, in my opinion, Parry Thomas' Leyland Eight…

Formula One at the crossroads Although on the face of it Grand Prix racing, or Formula One as it is called in the existing complex pattern of motor racing, is…

The Sunbeam "Tiger" — a Progress Report FOR SOME TIME the famous 4-litre V12 Sunbeam Tiger has been an important exhibit at The Midland Motor Museum at Bridgnorth but after…

From La Sarthe to Stanmore – this unique Bentley has raced a few miles since it won Le Mans A fine day in England is difficult to beat; spent behind…

The partners in H. W. Motors of New Zealand Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, John Heath and George Abecassis were very involved with the Alta Car company in the immediate post-war years, as a…

Sir, There are extreme circumstances when the most important sporting fixtures must be cancelled, in the interests of the safety of both the participants and the spectators. This applies to…

Hann’s solo efforts Brooklands racer Tommy Hann’s self-made specials weren’t quite the race winners he boasted about In 1932 Tommy Hann announced that he was making a return to motor…