"Wings over Brooklands — The Story of the Birthplace of British Aviation," by Howard Johnson. 157 pp. 10" x 7". (Whittet Books Lid., The Old Mills, Weybridge, Sur, KT13 8LD.…

The annual Veteran Car Run from London to Brighton, as a "modern" spectacle, if it can be thus described, has been going strongly since 1927. It is said to bring…

No. 28—The Imperial The particular Imperial of which I am writing was one of the simplest of that popular if fleeting race of vehicles known as cyclecars. It came into…

The 1963 Inter-Register Contests between the S.T.D., 12/50 Alvis, Fiat, Bullnose Morris, Humber and model-T Ford Registers are provisionally as follows:- April 20th - V.S.C.C. Race May 5th: Touring Assembly,…

"Great Mysteries of the Air," by Ralph Barker. 211 pp. 8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (Chatto & Windus, 40 William IV Street, London, W.C.2. 25s.) Having criticised books like…

Tazio at BrooklandsTazio Nuvolari is thought by many to be the greatest racing driver of his era, perhaps the greatest ever. So when in 1933 it was announced that he…

"Motoring Abroad" by Rodney Walkerley (Temple Press, Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, E.C.1, 223 pages, 10s. 6d.). This is really excellent reading, apart from being exceedingly useful to those planning to…

A reader is trying to trace the history of his 1934 Alvis Speed-20 Vanden Plas tourer (registration No WP 608). It was originally owned by Mr WEC Watkinson of Malvern,…

It is a signal that Christmas is fast approaching when the VSCC's Enstone driving tests come around, staged on that bleak airfield come on plateau off the A34. On December…

A section devoted to old-car matters V.S.C.C. Driving Tests, Shrivenham, February 5th: Traditionally (and, as I have observed previously, the Vintage S.C.C. is closely associated with tradition) the first daylight…

For most people with recollections of post-war cars, mention of the name Zephyr invokes memories of that 4.3-litre V12 Lincoln with which the versatile Ford Motor Company followed up its…

The Rolls-Royce 'Wraith' by Tom C . Clarke 24.5 pp. 10'x7'. (R-R.E.C Publishing, The Hunt House, Paulerspury, Towcester, Northants NN12 7NA. £23.50 plus £2.00 postage) John M. Fasal has undertaken…