Archive "The Automobile" Last month we referred in good faith to this journal as being defunct, having been told by the then-Editor, Michael Brisby, that the last number was about to be published.… January 1987 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive BMW wins 2002 Pomeroy This year's VSCC Pomeroy Trophy at Silverstone had 93 entries and 83 starters, 13 driving pre-1931 cars, 13 in those of 1931-1939, the rest in various modems, some Of high… May 2002 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive The Globe The Globe some years ago I was walking round a field, near Kew Bridge, if memory serves, where a fair was in full swing. I was admiring the FWD trucks and maybe… April 1993 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Babs Saga Litigation over who is the legal owner of "Babs" (the LSR car in which Parry Thomas was killed at Pendine in 1927), Owen Wyn-Owen, who dug it up in 1969… February 1992 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive VSCC at Shelsley Wash Not a lot has changed since 1905 at the Shelsley Walsh hill-climb, where the Newton Oils VSCC/ MAC event took place on June 30. The programme emphasised this, by having… August 1990 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive The V8 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 I used to refer to Mercedes-Benz cars as the World's best, which got me into trouble with those who were born with a silver lady on their radiator caps. The… December 1971 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Veteran - Edwardian - Vintage, July 1972 A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters Coventry's Motor Museum At a time when motor-museum news is very much in evidence it seems only right and proper to spare some thought… July 1972 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Steering wheels If the Editor hasn't got a 3.8 Jaguar at least he has a very nice steering wheel for one, this being a sample of one of the special 17-in lightweight, wood-rim… September 1960 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive A breath of French air The Anglo-French Boulogne confrontations of the 1920s provided lots of variety, plenty of excitement and a tantalising glimpse of the European scene. By Bill Boddy Between the two world wars,… May 2004 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Cars in Books, June 1966 "The Wandering Years," by Cecil Beaton, the photographer (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961), based on his diaries of 1922-1939, contain some unusual references to cars, although unfortunately makes are mostly omitted.… June 1966 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive A paper read before the Royal Society of Arts Laurence Pomeroy, MSAE, had the distinction of reading a paper entitled "Road Racing and the British Motor Industry" before the Royal Society of Arts on January 23rd. In his address… March 1952 Issue By Bill Boddy
Great Read Archive Phi-Phi: The combative career of Philippe Etancelin Great racing drivers have come from many parts of the world, a blinding glimpse of the obvious as readers of Punch once used to say of similar wideopen assertions. I… November 1999 Issue By Bill Boddy