Did you know that George Formby, the entertainer "loved fast cars and, in 1939, was the first person to drive round Brooklands at 100mph"? That is what the Radio Timessays.…

Dinky Toys have a fine Airport Fire Tender with the novelty of a real flashing roof-lamps, battery-lit and cam-actuated from a rear wheel. It is No. 276 in the Dinky…

We recently enjoyed a taste of Nuffield soup, in the form of a modified, or "souped-up," Morris Minor loaned for trial by VW Derrington of Kingston, a TD MG, a Stage II TD, and…

“Millionaire racing driver Count Luigi Zborowskie, from Melton Mowbray, helped to build the film car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - from the Leicester Mercury of May 20, all the more…

The Jowett OC has its 75th Anniversary at Bradford – where else? – on May 22-24. It expects over 100 Jowetts of various kinds to assemble for the occasion, which…

DSJ told me some time ago, I cannot remember in what context, that he could see I have no sense of balance. Which explains why I earn my living by…

In an editorial we might have written ourselves, which talked of conditions "in this overcrowded, over-taxed, over-damp island," the Daily Mail of December 3rd opened a campaign against pollution from…

No beating about the Bush The defeat of Jean-Marie Balestre by Max Mosley in the FISA presidential election will materially change the face of world motorsport. Mosley himself has pledged…

Return of the "Real Thing" at J.C.C.'s New Track. Parnell wins the Goodwood Trophy. Gerard Sets Lap Record. "Daily Graphic" backs Meeting The advent of Goodwood track opens up a…

Rolls-Royce From the Wings 1925-1971 by R. W. Harker, OBE, AE. 168 pp. 9 3/4 in. x 6 1/2 in. (Oxford Illustrated Press Ltd., Shelley Close, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8HB,…

Alta, the product of keen engineering fettler Geoffrey Taylor, is a comparatively neglected sports-car. Even books devoted expressly to sports cars either omit it or give it very little space.…

Not all that number of BMWs come my way for testing these days, more's the pity, but when they do I am invariably impressed. The range of different BMWs is…