The Concours d'Elegance has departed forever from its original role of a contest in the Mediterranean sunshine to decide which near-millionaire had contrived the most elegant individual example of the…

Record crowd sees a very full programme at Silverstone. Lewis-Evans (Cooper) beats Brown and Moss in 500-cc race. Type C and Mk VII Jaguars take Production Car Honours. New 89.29 mph Lap-Record by…

Take a Seat. . . SEAT have made Spanish Fiats from 1953 onwards. The challenge from Renault proved too much, however, the Renault 5 made in Valladolid becoming Spain's best-selling…

An article in the Farmers' Guardian last July explained the terrible state in which the Army left the Donington Hall 2,000-acre estate near Derby. According to this article they erected…

RECENT new models from Meccano/Dinky include a VW-powered Beach Buggy (No. 227), a Leopard Recovery Tank (No. 699), and a Dinky Kit of 16 pieces for building a Panavia Multi-Role…

Mid-Thames C.C. The annual dinner/dance and presentation of awards of this club takes place at the Casino Hotel, Hampton Court, on February 12th. Tickets are available at one guinea from…

After Mr Locke King had seen a continental motor race he returned to his Weybridge estate with the idea of having a motor race track there, so that the British…

Lesney's new year offering is a tiny replica of the Mercedes-Benz 220SE coupe with doors that open to reveal armrests, etc., this being the first saloon-car replica with this feature…

Because they are flattered that so many present-day radio-controlled model racing cars used in competitions are based on full-size Porsche cars, Porsche Cars (GB) Limited are sponsoring a series of…

A well-illustrated little book about the "Development of the London Bus, 19291933" has been written by Gavin Martin, MA, MIMechE, and is available from Transport Surveys and Research, 1, Old…

Well, Owen John went off on his European tour in the latest Crossley in 1929, but he had little to say about it in his diaries, apart from calling the…

(Continued from the February issue)  The summer of 1916 saw our aristocratic young Guards Officer, seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, whom I shall identify as X, as keen on…