A late developer Conceived in 1963 as Ford's weapon against Ferrari in the sportscar field, but soon switching roles to…

Unjust comparisons The star may not have come but the show still went on. Most present felt a tinge of…

What, no snow? If there has been one profound change in the old car business in recent times, apart from…

Visability Dear Reader, My old chum "Titch" Allen, who founded the Vintage Motor Cycle Club back in 1946, always reckons…

The Trojan Owners Club has dug up that famous 1924 advertisement "Can You Afford To Walk?", which detailed the cost…

The roads of the 1920s At the end of 1928, Owen John was commenting in his diary on a Citroen…

Trans-Atlantic tie-up The project of the enthusiastic Lord Avebury, who thought that an Anglo-American car based on Graham components might…

Just before the First World War all manner of new makes were competing in the market for "motors-for-the-millions" which had…

A thing of the past Back in the days when you could eat your breakfast egg without expecting to die,…

A debt repaid? In 1952 I interviewed the great Talbot designer Georges Roesch, the articles which followed (Motor Sport, November…

We do not wish to start a sweepstake for new recruits between the various motoring organisations, but it is indicative…

New for Scalextric's slot-racing range is Gerhard Berger's Ferrari F 187, well-modeled and correctly liveried but in 1987 rather than…

Heavy metal In recent months we have been concentrating on the budget end of the model market, with mass-produced 1/24-scale…

Fiesta facelift A new model from a major manufacturer is big news, even when the model in question has been…

Before long, Renault's Douai factory will be able to turn out a Renault 19 in just 16 hours. That fact…

Alvis — The Story Of The Red Triangle by Kenneth Day, 375pp. 10' x 8". (Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford, Yeovil,…

Armstrong Siddeley — The Post-War Cars by Robert Pen Bradley. 208pp. 10" x 8". (MRP, The PiIton Estate, 46 Pidake,…

by Martin Beck-Burridge and John Lyon. 231pp. 93/4" x 7". (Porsche Cars Great Britain, Reading, Berkshire. £18.95). For 12 years,…

by Nigel Roebuck and John Townsend. 160pp. 12" x 8". (MRP, The Pilton Estate, 46 Pitlake, Croydon CRO 3YR. £15.95).…

by Terry Grimwood. 128pp. 93/4 x 71/2. (Osprey Publishing Ltd, 59 Grosvenor Street, London W1X 9DA. £8.95). Reference works for…