The VSCC's idea of a National Celebration of Fifty Years of the Vintage Car, on New Year's Day, must have meant that nearly every licensed pre-1931 car, joined by other…

In what we now regard as the vintage years there were many instances of sports models based on standard chassis being offered to the public, in some instances giving genuinely…

Citroën Anniversary It is 50 years since Andre Citroën unveiled the Traction Avant, with so many innovative features, and enthusiasts throughout Europe will be participating in a wide variety of…

Those who like to keep abreast of the new miniatures releases should note that Meccano-Dinky have brought out three new Dinky Toy motor-miniatures. These are a 98 mm.-long Triumph TR7 sports…

"Motoring My Way" by Stanley Sedgwick. 192 pp. 10 in. x 7 1/4 in. (B. T. Botsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, W1H OAH. £6.95. Author's proceeds to the Bentley…

The period immediately following the end of the First World War was remarkable for the number of cars, especially small cars, which appeared on the market endowed with sporting bodywork,…

"Tommy" Thomas - Earl Howe's Mechanic Earl Howe (1884-1964) was one of the most enthusiastic amateur racing drivers of the between-wars period. He enjoyed competing in all forms of racing…

The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1968

Silverstone—February 26th The auguries were good for this year's Pomeroy Trophy contest when February 26th turned out to be a bright sunny day, and in one of the streets of…

The customary driving tests took place at this one-time speed-trials' course on September 4th. In the pedestrian part of the Slow/Fast test Walker's Morgan 3-wheeler made the observer checking that neither…

Speed No, not the journal founded by the late Alan Hess and absorbed by Motor Sport before the war (Hitler, not Gulf). Not a guess at what pace this year's…

A SECTION DEVOTED TO OLD-CAR MATTERS Ford Crankshafts A MINOR item of motoring history concerns the evolution of crankshafts for Ford motor cars. When reading J.W.'s article in the March…