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MARTINSYDE ANNIVERSARIES
TO mark the 50th anniversary of Martinsyde motorcycles and the 60th of Martinsyde aeroplanes the Martinsyde Committee is holding an…

TO mark the 50th anniversary of Martinsyde motorcycles and the 60th of Martinsyde aeroplanes the Martinsyde Committee is holding an…
THE Vintage Motor Cycle Club, which now has more than 2,500 members, has two important events pending. The first round…
THE thriving section of the Vintage SCC which encourages pre-1931 lightweights was almost coerced into staging a one-day replica of…
Campbell's "Blue Birds" Sir, "People in glass houses," etc. ! In spite of your caustic comment, the 59.6 Vanderbilt Cup…
IF ANY readers have sufficiently long memories they may tell me that I have slipped up, because the Crossley was…
TO celebrate its 40th birthday and the 70th anniversary of the historic 1,000-Mile Trial the Veteran CC is staging a…
SOME years ago St. John Nixon, the well-known motoring historian, expressed the opinion that the earlier veteran cars are far…
A Dramatic Finish BRANDS HATCH, March 22nd AN unfortunate clashing of dates with the Sebring 12-hour race robbed the Race…
Cosworth-Ford Escort Part one of a long loan assessment THOSE who read last month's editorial will be aware that we…
A READER, Mr. J. C. Horne of Leeds, sends the following extract from "Adventurers' Paradise", by Alastair Scobie (Cassell) :…
"Airspeed Aircraft Since 1931", by H. A. Taylor. 206pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 5/8 in. (Putnam & Company Ltd.,…
EASTER 1970.—Last year we had quite a lot of motoring to do over Easter, in the comfort and security of…
A TALE OF TWO PANHARDS I HAD not been on Safari since 1966, when I stalked a magnificent specimen of…
THROUGH the courtesy of AFN Ltd. of Isleworth I was able to borrow a mid-engined VW-Porsche 914 for an enthralling…
Looking Again at the 3.3-litre Vauxhall Ventora ONE Friday evening, earlier this year, my wife and I, instead of watching…
THE recently formed Elvington Hundred Club, whose objects are to encourage short-distance record-breaking, held a practice day at Greenham Common…
(March 21st/22nd) FERRARI'S DRAMATIC VICTORY AS SPRING follows winter so the Sebring 12-hour race follows the Daytona 24-hour race and…
SNETTERTON, March 27th MOTOR SPORT's Formula Three Championship, organised in association with Shell, could not have had a more exciting…
All-Round Improvement from a Blydenstein Viva 1600 VAUXHALL'S 1,600-c.c. s.o.h.c. engine, fitted to the Viva and Victor, seems unlikely to…
SINCE the Ford Capri was announced the manufacturers have made sure that nearly every individual whim is catered for, straight…
Sebastian Vettel's Singapore win was his first victory in over a year, but many before him have suffered similarly — and returned to take championships A familiar winning celebration was back…
Valtteri Bottas secures pole at the 2019 British Grand Prix by six-thousandths of a second, with tight margins raising hopes of a close race Pole — just Photo: Motorsport Images…
It was meant to be the pinnacle of Germany’s racing dominance. A Silver Arrow that really was quicker than anything else on the planet. With an engine from a Messerschmitt,…
Twenty-four years into my journalistic career and finally a story lands in my lap. When my new neighbour expressed an interest in motor sport our conversation soon turned to her…