Articles from the archive

"Historic Racing Cars, 1907-60." Illustrated by George A. Oliver. Commentary by Laurence Pomeroy. 38 pp. 10 1/5 in. x 15 1/8 in. (Hugh Evelyn Limited, 9, Fitzroy Street, London, W.1. 45s.)…

Jaguar The Complete Works, by Nigel Thorley. Bay View Books, £19.95. I nearly fell into the jaded reviewer's trap of saying "nothing new here"; while broadly true, that perhaps shouldn't…

June 3/4 McLaren M8F charges to two wins on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit Richard Piper was a double Orwell Supersports race winner on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix…

The latest "bag" of motor and associated miniatures embraces a nicely made Thorneycroft tractor and Mobilgas 2,400-gallon tanker in the Lesney Major Pack series (No. 8), two quite stupendous efforts…

PREPARE FOR THE COMING SEASON RACING CLOTHING. White Racing Suits, best quality, Zip Front, button ankles and cuffs, 2 military patch pockets ... ... 27/6 White Racing Suits, as above,…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters VSCC Silverstone meeting (April 29th) The vintage SCC encountered a very watery day for their first race meeting of 1972, so that the absence…

N.B.—Opinions Expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not neccessarily associate itself with them. -- Ed. The Triumph Herald There is one fault in the design of this…

Sir, On a recent visit to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, I was surprised and dismayed to find that once one was inside the museum building itself, there appeared…

A QUIET show, with few novelties except for the more expensive or "way out" designs like the Pininfarina Ferrari 365P, with centre-steering, or the O.S.I. Scarabeo. This was the general…

The 500 Miles Race. HERBERT AUSTIN has entered SIR HERBERT AUSTIN has entered a team of four supercharged Austin, Sevens for the B.R.D.C. 500 Miles Race which is being held…

May17 1964: possibly the finest selection of drivers ever to grace the Mallory Park paddock. Headline event was a round of the British F2 Championship: after jetting back from Indianapolis…

A small team but a lot of manpower went into creating Peter Bryant’s unique titanium Can-Am car. If only the rewards had been more forthcoming… In racing, new ideas are…