1929 was a good year for the American auto industry. And it was a good year for the Du Pont…

Motor—L-head type —eight cylinders, cam en bloc, detachable head, bore 3-3/8", stroke 4-1/4", S A E rating-36.45 hp, Piston displacement…

Bob Montgomery of Co Meath, motoring journalist and former saloon-car champion, is writing a book about the 1903 Irish Gordon…

The Young Special When a respected monthly motoring contemporary published a picture of Tom Walker's Young Special at the VSCC…

Motor Sport receives a great many letters from readers, and some of the fun of writing the historical part of…

Quite like old times — I went out on the night of December 4 to see the cars in the…

The VSCC meeting at The Old Thatched Inn at Adstock near Buckingham on New Year's Day was the largest ever,…

It has been said that pleasure follows pain. On New Year's Day this was true for those who drove to…

The VSCC concluded a full and successful season on December 4 with its traditional driving-tests at Enstone airfield near Chipping…

In 1976 Tate & Lyle, the well-known sugar refiners, loaned their 1914 brass-radiator Model-T Ford tourer, an early example of…

I made reacquaintance in December with that unique Bugatti "Black Bess". A quite remarkable Edwardian, able, as I observed, to…

After the destruction of a Ford Mondeo by Nigel Mansell at Donington Park last year I suppose all future good…

The ever-interesting Aeroplane Monthly published a dramatic picture in its January issue of Flt Lt E R C Scholfield standing…

by Kris Perkins. Osprey, £9.99. Now take a wild guess who is featured on the front cover? Commercially, this was…

Terrific Stuff Videos. 50 mins & £17.99 each Footage of the first six years of BRM, originally a series of…

by Marc Douazy. d'Ollandon/Raymond Bernier. This is an unusual but excellent book about the automobiles and races that originated in…

by Nick Wotherspoon. Bookmarque Publishing, £18.95. Here is something rather special — a copiously illustrated history of the remarkable Lawrie…

Gatso –– The Never Ending Race, by Michael Allen with Maurice Gatsonides, Rob Wiedenhoff & Piet Philippa. There can be…

Lola T70 –– The Racing History & Individual Chassis Record, by John Starkey. Veloce Publishing PLC, £40. The Lola T70…

Production Car Racing 1973–1975, The Avon Tour of Britain. PP Video. 60 mins, £12.99. "This is a blueprint for the…