In this age of sometimes shoddy commodities it is good to have some things that have worn well over the years. In my case I can point to a 1920's…

I did not expect to come upon any references to cars in "After Kilvert" by A. L. Le Quesne (Oxford University Press, 1978), although it is an excellent book about…

ISBN: 0-9552485-0-7, 264 pages, Newlands Press, Hillcroft, Bighton Lane, Bishops Sutton, Alresford, Hants SO24 0AU, £35 inc P&P A number of books are starting to appear about speed trials and…

It was good that in the Diamond Jubilee Year of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain the RAC Veteran Car Commemoration Run on November 4 went off so well.…

Bank holidays may be troublesome institutions no longer worth preserving but Whitsun in England is still a good time of year. Easter is too uncertain climatically, August too caught up…

One Sunday recently I was able to sample a a 1926 Clyno four-door saloon that had not been on the road since 1947. In completely original condition, it required little…

The government has changed the tax-free road licence innovation for cars over 25 years old, in as much as this will no longer be extended each year but will now…

Although motoring is now a seasonal occupation, there are days and nights when, for the next three months, motoring on paper is often preferable to motoring on the roads of…

This year's R.A.C. Veteran Car Run from Hyde Park, London, to Madeira Drive, Brighton, on November 2nd, attracted a record entry of 163. It was heartening to see the crowds hastening from…

Engine Testing by TV The Editor is something of a sceptic. For instance, he is not convinced that fitting a funnel or similar extractor to the exhaust pipe of an…

An aerial cyclecar With the new Micro-light flying having attained the BBC "Nationwide" programme on TV (and, of course, the recent pages of Motor Sport!), I have just remembered that…

This contains all the road tests conducted by the Autocar for 1952, comprising 30 complete reports with full performance figures, illustrated by 200 photographs and drawings. Reproduction is on good…