Under this heading last December I remarked that Esso had left some ugly gashes in the English countryside where their pipelines have been laid. Instead of gnashing their teeth in…

Those whose thwarted ambition has been to drive freely round a proper race circuit now have their chance. Coys Chrysler-sponsored International Historic Festival is to include such an opportunity on…

Apart from continuing to use its other sprint venues, this year the VSCC had its first full-scale meeting, on June 21, at Loton Park, England's longest hillclimb course at 1478…

Now that the supply of Benzole to the motoring public has ceased, considerable interest attaches to "Octol," an anti-knock medium made by the High Flash Petroleum Co., 40a, Parsons Mead,…

My "Forgotten Makes" piece on the Mercer has brought a letter from Mr W Mackintosh of Katoomba, Australia, telling me that the T-head Mercer 35 was produced alongside the L-head…

By coincidence, some sequels to recent articles have come to light. For instance, surely the G Hitchon who ran a 3-litre Bentley and a Beardmore in North Country speed events…

Jrery Larks of Panshanger is anxious to trace the missing 750cc JAP engine which the late Clive Lones used for record-breaking in a Morgan three-wheeler. This ex-Brooklands Morgan now has…

The article in the September issue about Ulster A7s aroused much interest and J. P. Ashenden of Romsey who owned car Reg. No. G06302, referred to specifically in the article, from…

Not the famous author but his two sons. Both were keen drivers and competed in a variety of arenas in the 1930s Ithink Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the…

The rich petroleum industry, automatically associated with tough 'oil barons' in the Ewing image, palatial office premises, and understandable jealousy over brand names, has a lucrative customer in the world's…

Motor-racing, by its very nature, has seen countless dramatic episodes since it commenced in 1895. Extremely close finishes to long races, a Talbot being placed in a race it finished…

Some good news is that MRP has published two more of its essentially useful Collector's Guide series (aside from the point that one hopes there is more than one collector…