Mr. J. P. Hillhouse died last year, aged 86. In 1909 he designed the 15/30 BSA car engine and later…

DID YOU know that the little King Street workshop where Joseph Lucas began the venture which today provides the electrical…

SINCE Mr. Owen Wyn Owen of Capel Curig disinterred the 27-litre Thomas-Special "Babs" a number of mysteries about the car…

"The Old Man" Sir, In 1933 there were a couple of World War I aero-engines in an alcove under the…

"The Great Atlantic Air Race", by Peter Rostock. 224 pp. 81 in. x 5 1/2 in. (J. M. Dent &…

Sir, Would you be good enough to publish the enclosed photograph of a B.D.V. sports-ground roller, built of Model-T Ford…

WE LEFT Mr. Rapson in the unenviable position of having submitted his much criticised "unpunctureable" tyres to a 10,000-mile RAC-observed…

Another very comprehensive reference book is the "FlA Year Book of Automobile sport, 1970", which has 516 pages covering biographies…

"Automobile Electrical Systems, and Edition", by A. J. Coker. 128 pp. 6 1/2 in. 5 3/10 in. (Butterworth & Co.…

The 1969-70 edition of the "Autocourse" review of the 1969 Grand Prix, sports-car racing and rally season maintains its high…

THIS SERIES is apparently appreciated, because whenever it looks like fading away due to lack of material, readers of MOTOR…

"Into the Blue", by Wing Comdr. Norman Macmillan, OBE, MC, AFC. 256 pp. 8 1/2 in. x 5 3/10 in.…

The editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1969 THE IDEA behind this annual survey, which I find…

AS IS well-known, the road-going Porsche GT car comprises one basic model with a number of variations, unlike the Porsche…

IT IS usual for this page to confine itself to comment on those International events which arc of greatest interest;…

Sir, Having just read your comments on the Fiat 125 Special in November MOTOR SPORT I thought you might be…

Sir, It was with great delight that I read Mr. Wilson's letter re Sunbeam Talbots. At last someone has spoken…

Sir, Prompted by Mr. Wilson in his letter "Shopping for a Sunbeam-Talbot" last month, I feel that I must rush…

Sir, After 67,000 miles in a Fiat 1500 Estate and 26,000 in a 124 saloon I have just swapped a…

Sir, I must answer G. J. Wilson's query about a better all-round car than a Sunbeam-Talbot. He has never met…