Shobdon, July 16th I like to see one Air Display a year, for old time's sake. So while Ferrari was winning the British Grand Prix I was off to the pleasant aerodrome of the Herefordshire…

"Until 1933, no Rolls-Royce was equipped with reverse gear. Sir Henry Royce was unwilling to have his car adopt what he regarded as an undignified mode of progression" and "On…

The Danish Motor Museum in Copenhagen has closed, the required average of 35,000 visitors a year to break-even never having risen above some 14,000. We hear also that the Shuttleworth…

Through the courtesy of Mr. G. L. Mackie of Exeter I have been reading "Libyan Sands" by Ralph A. Bagnold, who was an Officer of the Royal Engineers, Signals and…

A section devoted to old-car matters The Brooklands Re-Union This year's Brooklands Re-Union, on June 25th, was on a reduced scale, because the Brooklands Society had been denied the use…

Last month we referred to Club magazines which reflect the healthy state of the specialist and one-make organisations. In this category is The Leaflet, bulletin of the Lea-Francis OC, the…

Fine weather graced the driving tests at Llanwrtyd Wells, light-hearted frolics which included a row for the more intrepid drivers on the Abermant Lake Hotel's water, after which followed the…

Pat Mather recently took his 1919 Baughan cyclecar, which gives he says 60 m.p.g. from its side-valve JAP vee-twin engine, back to its birthplace at Stroud for a new transmission…

Last Month, under this heading, I described a home-made car which was used on the roads of England in the nineteen-twenties without its builder losing his licence because of the…

A compliment to Sir Alec Issigonis Once upon a time Peugeot Freres concentrated on up-market family cars renowned for their longevity, high degree of quiet running (to enhance which, for many years, they…

Mansell's misdemeanours Nigel Mansell's performances certainly enlivened the Portuguese Grand Prix. They are dealt with by our reporter on the spot but can be summarised as overshooting the Ferrari pit on a late stop for fresh…

Motor Sport held its first Concours at the HSCC meeting at Silverstone in September. Among a quality field of cars to arrive were Michael Fisher's 2.8 lightweight Porsche Carrera, Nick Cartwright's Dino 246, the Coys of Kensington…