The thought occurs, why is it that railway accidents, some of them horrific, are often due to signal failures (alarming when it apparently takes 1 1/4-miles for a 100mph train…

In spite of two days of rain beforehand, the dry summer cost the VSCC dearly in awards. If driving Austin 7s seemed the way to win, it has to be…

No. 48: The Sheffield-Simplex The Sheffield-Simplex evolved from the Brotherhood car, which I dealt with five years ago in No. 37 of this series. Earl Fitzwilliam, the Yorkshire landowner whose…

The London Black Cab may have been an attraction to visitors from places like America, but the age of taxi-appeal for vintage car enthusiasts has long gone. I remember how,…

Racing Ahead — A Competitor's Guide To Motorsport, by Glyn Thomas. MRP, £9.99 When motor racing was less intense than it now is, we at the MOTOR SPORT offices used…

The famous baby is, of course, the Austin 7, and to suggest that it had rivals in racing in the 750 cc class is something of an exaggeration. Because such…

"Father's First Car," by Hugh Tracey. 85 pp. 6 3/4 in. x 4 1/4 in. (Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 68-74, Carter Lane, London, E.C.4. 10s.) Rather superficial, indeed, a…

Yuppie puppy Citroen has long been established in Britain, having an agent here as long ago as 1919. I went to Slough in 1938 to collect a road-test 12hp Traction…

Voiture de l'annee? If you ask them, and they have any left, Citroën Cars of Slough will provide you with comprehensive coverage of the revolutionary little GS saloon, which deals…

The Pomeroy Trophy Contest is a long-established event, originated by the late Laurence Pomeroy, Technical Editor of The Motor, with a series of complicated tests to find the best all-round…

The Fiat 125S A Fast Family Car with 80-bore Twin-Cam Engine and Five-Speed Gearbox

George Robery Neville Minchin MA was well-known in the motor industry as a supplier of batteries to Rolls-Royce from his two companies, Peto and Radford and Chloride Electrical Co. He…