Bill Boddy

B.M.C. under fire

According to Daily Mail, a B.M.C. shareholder who attended the meeting at which the Corporation declared a drop in profits of 41% told the assembly:— "I suppose you gentlemen are…

February 1963 Issue

V-E-V Miscellany, March 1982, March 1982

This year's Pioneer Run to Brighton, for veteran motorcycles, will take place on March 21st, organised, as it has been since 1930, by the Sunbeam MCC. It is an event…

March 1982 Issue

V to C: No mystery

No Mystery! In my discourse in the September issue on the successes and failures of the Ulster A7s when they were entered for races by the manufacturers, I wrote that in…

November 1986 Issue

V to C: A new A7 bodyshell

A New A7 Bodyshell Those addicted to building A7 Specials, and it is a rather happy addiction, may be interested to know that, if they are unable to obtain a…

November 1986 Issue

V to C: Journey in an A7 Ulster

The piece about Ulster A7s in the August Motor Sport was quite well received and this has caused me to remember a rather ambitious journey made in one of these cheeky…

November 1986 Issue

Kienzle Car Clocks

At a period when many car clocks were unreliable and uncertain time-keepers, we enthused about the Kienzle battery-wound facia clocks. The first British car manufacturer to fit them as standard…

Cars in Books, December 1968

In "Octave 6" (1923-1930) of "My Life and Times", by Compton Mackenzie (Chatto & Windus, 1967), there is a reference to the "several hair-raising drives" the author experienced with Oliver…

Miniatures News, December 1968

In real life the Ford Transit is known to be an extremely successful commercial vehicle, and Meccano Limited have obviously appreciated this, for they have introduced Dinky Toy Transit miniatures…

Cars in Books, December 1968

In "Octave 6" (1923-1930) of "My Life and Times", by Compton Mackenzie (Chatto & Windus, 1967), there is a reference to the "several hair-raising drives" the author experienced with Oliver…

750 and 1200 Formula Regulations

Next year marks the 21st anniversary of the 750 Formula, introduced by the 750 M.C. at the instigation of the late Holland Birkett, to enable impecunious owners of Austin Sevens…

The Nipper at Farnborough

We have been ticked off by Lt.-Comdr. D. L. Bayly of Nipper Aircraft Limited for saying in our report of the Farnborough Air Show that the Slingsby T.53 sailplane was…