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Matters of moment, April 1983
The motorists' lot . . . At this time of the Budget blues and an approaching General Election, one thinks…
The motorists' lot . . . At this time of the Budget blues and an approaching General Election, one thinks…
VSCC First Silverstone The Vintage SCC's first 1983 race meeting will be the usual 1908 GP Italia Trophy Meeting, on April…
The sad death of John (popularly known as "Jumbo") Goddard in Australia, robs the world of vintage motoring of one of…
Apart from the annual Brooklands Society Re-Union at the old Track, and last January's VSCC Driving Tests there, we hear…
It has been some time since I interviewed a chauffeur of long standing but last month I projected the Alfa Romeo…
"To test the durability of their seats, Rolls-Royce use 'Squirming Irma', a 200 lb. simulated bottom which squirms on a seat…
4 — The 7-litre supercharged 6-cylinder Mercedes-Benz 38/250 was one of the kings of the road and its "face" did…
One might be forgiven for thinking that there have been quite enough Ferrari books to last us a long time.…
I have been taken to task by no less an authority than Graham Robson over my suggestion, last month, that the…
A reader informs us that there is further reference to the Bugatti racing driver Charles William-Grover and his work for the…
Rio de Janeiro, March 13th By the time the massed ranks of the Formula One Constructors took to the circuit…
The results of the six months testing and development carried out by the teams since the last race of 1982,…
As the 1983 Grand Prix season begins, we talk to Team Lotus's Director of Research and Development about life with…
(The year sees the 50th Anniversary of that interesting Anglo-American car with the illustrious name of a gear engineer, so…
A look-back to the 1920s (Continued from the February issue) We left Owen John, the motorist whose 1920 activities we…
Amongst the what? The magazines, those motor-club publications which are only normally obtainable by joining the clubs that issue them…
This heading does not refer to the still-popular Morris Minor, nor will it interest those vintage-car folk who might think…
The Lennox Herald recently ran a centre-spread of photographs of old-time transport in Dumbarton and district, which included a picture…
Two of the more prized booklets in my collection of old motor car catalogues are those issued by the Austin Motor…
From the latest to arrive Newsletter of the VSCC of Australia we learn that this obviously very active Club's dinner was…
There’s a hot rumour doing the rounds at the moment that Bernie Ecclestone is trying to put together a consortium to buy a significant chunk of F1 – and that…
The opening weekend of qualifying for this year’s 92nd Indianapolis 500 takes place this weekend. Favourites for the pole must be Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon who have been the…
Will Power showed why he should be the man to beat in IndyCar this year as he came from ninth on the grid to score an excellent win in round…
Prodrive has proved fast at Dakar in recent years, but is yet to win – can an all-star leading line-up and bumper supporting cast prevail in 2024?