Last month, apart from some rather odd descriptions of the M.G.-C, including calling the steering ratio the turning circle, and the gear lever the gearbox, we ascribed the second of…

BL bouncing back IT SEEMS a very short time ago since British Leyland was constantly in the news for all the wrong reasons. Strikes, tea break disputes, moles and poor…

A reader has found two 1932 RAC Competition Licences. Both are made out to Geoffrey Norman Crowther, who declared his date of birth as 1908 and the place as Queensbury…

At a cocktail party at Nuffield House, Piccadilly, on January 17th, the new TD M.G. Midget was released. We were confronted by a travel-stained red two-seater with skis strapped across…

Whatever historians say, 1996 has been accepted in most quarters as the year in which the centenary of the British motor Industry should be celebrated. That has sparked off some…

The Earls Court London Motor Show now seems far distant—the 1971 Show I mean—for which grateful thanks to St. Christopher. I say this because an organisation which sends you an…

A section devoted to old-car matters A 30/98 with a difference A feature of recent VSCC competition events has been the surprisingly large number of 30/98 Vauxhalls taking part, which…

There are one or two interesting references to cars in "and the next object . . ." by Norman Hackforth (Angus and Robertson, 1975) although this book will be of much greater appeal…

Beating the Odds, by Christopher Hilton. Haynes, £9.99. Study and anticipation of the F1 season is enriched by knowing about the competing drivers, and these days it seems that most…

When I wrote up Alistair Templeton's recreating of No. 1 TT Vauxhall last year I remarked that I would have liked to have sorted out which one of the three…

Last month, buying a Bugatti. This time, buying an aeroplane — a less common experience than adventures in finding a vintage car suited to one's requirements. In my case, it…

Quite remarkably, a one-off car of a previously unheard of make has returned to where it was first built, in County Durham. It is called the Shew, so named after…