Edited by Albert Douglas. 96 pp, 91/2 in by 71/2 in. (Ian Allen Ltd, Craven House, Hampton Court, Surrey. 10s 6d) This annual covers many aspects of motoring and motor sport and has…

The Astral was a car of advanced design which had a very brief spell in the limelight, lasting from its inception in 1923 to its demise the following year.  It…

From time to time we publish progress reports on "Babs", the disinterred Liberty-engined Thomas Special which Owen Wyn-Owen is restoring, from which it is apparent that very good progress is…

He had just one full season of Motor racing. But what a season it was. Bill Boddy remembers the 'Student Prince' of thirties Motor Sport - A Le mans winner…

by Nigel Roebuck and John Townsend. 160pp. 12" x 8". (MRP, The Pilton Estate, 46 Pitlake, Croydon CRO 3YR. £15.95). When I last reviewed this Formula One annual I said…

We are sorry to learn belatedly of the death of R T Horton, in Shrewsbury, aged 89. Ronald Tombs Horton was well known in motor racing circles, staring with a…

The Editor Goes on the Run in a Leyland-entered 1901 10-hp model This year I went on my 26th Brighton Run as a driver or co-driver, thanks to Mr. Charles…

"On the Starting Grid," by Paul Frere. 224 pp., 8¾ in. by 5½ in. (B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, W.1. 25s.) After a series of standardised textbooks on…

Among the targets of the Brooklands Museum is the plan to resurrect a useable circuit in the historic grounds, using part of the Campbell Circuit, part of the banking, and…

The 4th Lost Causes Rally was held at Beaulieu on April 28th. The entries, totalling 131, ranged from one car with one cylinder (a Ryte Craft) to several with eight…

The Editor Contemplates Three Very Different Cars, From Vauxhall, BMW and Fiat The imposition of an overall 50 m.p.h. speed-limit, which we have had to endure on all our roads…

A snap appraisal of the first completely new car from British Leyland (To be read in conjunction with "Matters of Moment", page 419.) With the Mostest-from-Munich non-materialising, the Editor's surprise…