It used to be common practice, and still is, for manufacturers to examine, test and even dissect the cars of competitors to discover what the opposition had to offer. In…

From the very opening meeting in 1907, women competed at the surrey track. While some races were ladies-only, often they raced on equal terms with the men. Bill Boddy recalls…

The VSCC's Silverstone Meeting on June 13, dedicated to the memory of Mike Hawthorn, went very much to plan and pattern. The racing opened with the Bill Phillips six-lap scratch…

That is the question! Or was, in the vintage years. These days, a differential is fitted to every car, is found in limited-slip form on high-performance models and in multiples,…

Having put the April issue of Motor Sport, in the more polite jargon of Fleet Street, "to bed" your editor decided to forsake fountain pen and keyboard for steering wheel…

Corgi Toys have introduced a fine miniature of the Marcos 1800 coupe, complete with reclining driver, opening doors and bonnet, etc. No 324, it sells for 6s. 6d. Lesney's latest…

From Leap Before You Look by Aiden Crawley (Collins, 1988) we learn that when he was at Farnborough School in Hampshire, part of the playing fields of which had been…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters VSCC DRIVING TESTS, CHARTERHOUSE (Feb. 1st) THE Vintage SCC season opened at Charterhouse School with driving tests under umbrella-and-heavy-coat conditions. Under these circumstances I…

The Daily Mail reports that hardly had the new driver-check cameras been installed than two separate police forces had to drop prosecutions because these had been based on unclear camera-readings…

The Globe Sir, I was interested in W B's reference to "The Globe" in "Forgotten Makes" in your April Issue. I discovered a more or less complete Globe cyclecar on…

"The Batsford Guide to Vintage Sports and Racing Cars" by Anthony Harding. 200 pp. 7 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. (B.T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, WI OAH). This…

Remembering Chris Staniland A number of competitors both rode motorcycles and drove cars at Brooklands, such as Freddie Dixon, Vic Horsman, Wal Handley, Pat Driscoll, Bert Denly, Mike Couper and…