Cars come in here and there in "Five Out Of Six" by Violet Powell (Heinemann, 1960). Although the First World War (fought to end all wars) was at its height…

DURING 1968 the Manchester Evening News carried a short article about Capt. Marendaz' cars, starting with the Marseel light car and his racing Marendaz "Blancmange". In this article two items…

BARC (SW Centre) Speed Hill-Climb (April 6th) In miserable weather to commence with the BARC ran its speed hill-climb on April 6th up the nursery slope at Brunton. This private one-third-mile course is very "1920-ish"…

Having last month reviewed the biography of T. H. White, in which his closest friend David Garnett is referred to, it seems appropriate to look at the cars in the…

It was in 1958, at Lavenham, that I attended an event expressly for steam cars. It was a very small gathering of a 1904 Turner-Meisse, a Doble and a home-built…

Vanishing act It is fortunate that these notes purport to be but fragments of information, for this month's subject remains swathed in mystery. The Reynard was revealed to the motoring…

Two more of those welcome Rolls-Royce historical studies put out by the R-R Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are to hand, for prices which make all…

This long-established feature seems to interest many who apparently read the kind of books we do, so regard it as a useful "library-list". It has much the same point as…

I was reminded of this rare and unusual racing car when I saw, in the hand-out about Audi Motorsport's very enjoyable day at Shelsley Walsh, when Neil Corner ran his…

Formula Junior Racing Cars Remembered by Bernard Cowdrey is not only a fine reference work, but is great fun as a means of recalling all the many types of racing…

The Editor looks back It must be apparent from the contents of this issue that MOTOR SPORT has attained its half-century. This is, we are told, an auspicious occasion, so…

"Without detracting in the least from Nuvolari's magnificent performance, it can safely be said that if Fagioli's pit-work had been as well organised as that of the Alfa Romeo drivers,…