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Matters of Moment, April 1968
• Motorway Accidents Increase In Spite Of 70-Limit The Ministry of Transport's reply to our anti-70-m.p.h. Petition, published last Month,…
• Motorway Accidents Increase In Spite Of 70-Limit The Ministry of Transport's reply to our anti-70-m.p.h. Petition, published last Month,…
We deeply regret to report the death, in hospital on his 61st birthday, of Paul Wyand, who, as a young…
With the racing season yet to get into full stride, the most interesting sporting news of the past month has…
The Daily Mail Race of Champions meeting at Brands Hatch saw the first appearance of new cars from McLaren Racing,…
A Strange Race Brands Hatch, March 17th. There was a time when the B.A.R.C. led the way in British motor-racing…
When the entry list for the Le Mans 24-hours race was published recently the full impact of the C.S.I. dealings…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters Hill's 1930 Alvis Silver Eagle Wins 1968 V.S.C.C. Pomeroy Memorial Trophy Only the Vintage…
Lamberjack as Coach Driver Sir, I may have a few things about Mlle. Lamberjack's father racing motor buses in France.…
When the Porsche factory finally gave up production of the chunky little 356 series of cars, the new and very…
A Wankel-powered Sports Car from Japan As long ago as 1920 Felix Wankel, a German engineer, was studying the problem…
San Remo Rally It was certainly a good day for Porsche, way back towards the end of 1966, when they…
Motor Sport interviews some owners It occurred to us that there are many owners in Britain of those exclusive Italian…
Dinky Toys' recent release's include a Ford Escort (No. 168) priced at 6s. 11d. and a Ford Cortina rally car…
"Fast and Furious—The Story of the World Championship Drivers" by Richard Garrett. 200 pp., 9¼ in. x 5¾ in. (Stanley…
This story could have been entitled "It never rains, it pours down," except that on the weekend in question the…
This new feature, which will not necessarily appear every month, is intended to provide for coverage of those cars which…
Selling highly individualistic U.S. cars in Great Britain is a fairly small operation for the four makes concerned. Yet the…
Stock Cars—500 miles—(February 25th) The high speed race or American saloons round the banked tri-oval at Daytona Beach, Florida, saw…
After the visiting drivers and teams had journeyed from New Zealand to Australia, leaving the locals to enjoy some National…
Nicholas Carroll of The Sunday Times scored a minor scoop in the issue of February 18th by listing those top…
Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda “passed away peacefully” Photo: Motorsport Images Niki Lauda, the dominant grand prix driver of the mid-1970s and key figure in the current Mercedes F1…
This week's major milestones, via the Archive and Database September 14 // September 15 // September 16 // September 17 // September 18 // September 19 // September 20 September…
I have been out on the road. Not having as much fun as Jack Kerouac, but nonetheless an interesting week or so. The final leg of my journey took me…
When I learned to drive I was told to learn to ‘read the road’. What no-one thought to mention, then or since, is the only slightly less important skill of…