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Getting home
The problem of how to get home if your car breaks down has become much less of a trauma than…
The problem of how to get home if your car breaks down has become much less of a trauma than…
This year represents the 60th anniversary of the Hudson-Essex Terraplane, that American car which was at times underrated but which…
Congratulations to Barry Clarke, who has been elected the next President of the VSCC, taking office in March 1993. The…
Last month, I wrote that performance figures for the supercharged Ulster Austin 7 have proved elusive. Since then I have…
Building sports cars from kits is a fairly recent innovation, judged by the long run of motoring history. Making an…
These days a large proportion of the motoring population is drawn along by its front wheels. But in vintage times…
Following its Curborough Speed Trials, which closely followed its Silverstone Race Meeting, the energetic VSCC had another day at Wiscombe…
The weekend after the Colerne speed trials, the VSCC held its annual speed trial meeting at Curborough near Lichfield. The…
The VSCC is anything but insular, organising events in England, Wales and Scotland, and on May 2 holding a rally…
Reggie Tongue We learned with sadness of the death of Reginald Ellis Tongue, aged 80. Reggie was a well-known ERA…
Bentley Boys Sir, Many thanks for the splendid write-up of the Millbrook 1000-mile record attempt. The final pit stop was…
Jaguar Cars is extending its former one-year guarantee on all Jaguars and Daimlers to a three-year, 60,000-mile warranty. They claim…
There is some excitement about the possibility of a rolling-start, as in the Indianapolis 500, being introduced for F1 racing,…
Our long-running and apparently well liked feature Cars In Books has been somewhat hampered in recent times by the clauses…
A reader, engineering consultant Mr Brian T Pritchard Lovell, had brought to my notice something which I had not previously…
The Wolseley Hornet Special Club is arranging a display of these cars, to commemorate their winning the 1932 LCC Relay…
A man called Mike, by Christopher Hilton. MRP, £16.95. Mike Hailwood's name first became engrained in my youthful conscience not…
Virage advantage Sir, It may seem churlish to criticise JW's most positive and complimentary test on the Aston Martin Virage…
The sympathetically reconstructed Spa-Francorchamps circuit is quick – Mark Webber’s fastest race lap of 2011 was set at 142.6mph – but it’s not as quick as its ‘daddy’ used to…
After an 11-year absence we’re back at Spielberg; the old A1-Ring has been renamed the Red Bull Ring and the press room has been moved to the opposite side of…
Ducati’s fastest three MotoGP riders all use a thumb-operated rear brake, 25 years after Mick Doohan introduced the system to Grand Prix racing Look at this photo of Jorge Lorenzo…
Last week I touched on some of the reasons why the 1960s was such a great decade for Formula 1 and motor racing in general. Your enthusiastic responses prompted me…