Most of the internaional stars raced in California in the '70s.  Mike Hewitt caught them with his Pentax. Wife and kids?  They get in the way of the important things…

Although belting-up is compulsory in most cars, the arguments for this unpopular law to be revoked are legion, the Transport Act, 1981, Part 2 providing for a three-year trial period,…

Last of the line  Those enthusiasts who doted on such machines as the Lotus-Cortina were delighted in 1980 when a similar partnership to that which once existed between Cohn Chapman's…

Patrick Head has seen enormous changes during his 30 years in Formula 1. But as he tells Rob Widdows, the game’s the same If age and guile does beat youth and innocence,…

Plans for the centenary of Brooklands Track in June are proceeding. On Saturday June 16 cars from before1920 will parade, and on the next day there is to be a…

The 1970 Sebring 12-hour race is famous for Mario Andretti’s almost single–handed, last–ditch victory over Peter Revson and Steve McQueen’s Porsche. However, further down the finishing order there was a nearly…

1 Mercedes 200 SEL £59.99 ready-made An evocative 1:18 scale Minichamps model of the 6.8-litre monster driven by Clemens Schickentanz and Hans Heyer to second overall and a class win…

Another aero-engined special has appeared: Richard Scaldwell’s GN with a 5-litre V8 JAP won its class and the class handicap at Shelsley Walsh last summer (above). I referred recently to…

Austin Seven owners have an enormous number of clubs catering for them the world over, and some excellent books and magazines devoted to their cars. There is also a flourishing…

The casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that the Lotus 79 is little more than an updated Lotus 78, but he would be very wrong, for not only is this year’s…

The matter of speed-guarantees in vintage times that we raised recently seems to have provoked much interest and we note that in 1921 Edwards & Parry of New Bond Street, W1,…

1 LSR Stanley Steamer  £88.15 hand-built The amazing shape of the Stanley Steamer is well captured in this 1:43-scale resin model. The real thing hit an astonishing 127mph at Daytona…