The latest addition to the aero-engined car fraternity is Colin Bullock's P-type Lea-Francis with a 4½-litre air-cooled Cirrus engine. The VSCC Summer Serendipity at Trumpet Cross near Leadbury, ably organised…

I recently saw an article about the VSCC’s early days, in which Tim Carson and “Ken Carslake” were mentioned. I assume the latter was a mistaken reference to Kent Karslake,…

NO. 5 - THE CUBITT RECENT letters in "Vintage Postbag" about the Cubitt brought in our mail the following amusing letter from the son of the gentleman who was largely…

A Road-Test Report on a Rootes Group 1.4-litre Two-door saloon possessing brisk performance, good appointments and economy of petrol.   At last year's London Motor Show the Rootes Group exhibited its…

Showtime Soliloquy About this time last year we remarked that you could have the Soliloquy but not the Motor Show, for after a very long run the Earls Court Exhibition…

At a time when Secretary for Trade Mr. Peter Shore was lecturing the country about buying British (although surely he should have been advocating trading in European cars since, by…

The customary Concours d'Elegance and driving tests of the VSCC Midland Section took place at the delightful Madresfield Court venue on September 4. Only seven cars considered themselves beautiful enough…

A section devoted to old-car matters To Brighton on a Model-Q De Dion Bouton Through the generous co-operation of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu I have driven four times in the R.A.C.…

After holding for many years its popular vintage-car exhibition, the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show has turned its back on this display, rather surprisingly in view of the present interest in…

One of the most enjoyable vintage fixtures of the season is the V.S.C.C. Oulton Park Race Meeting. This year it takes place on June 25th, starting at 1 p.m., and…

Last summer we were promised a Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray GT coupé for road-test, through Vauxhall Motors Ltd. and early this year it materialised, and, after some rather alarming vicissitudes,…

It is possibly grossly unfair, but the Ryknield had always conveyed to me the impression of an undistinguished low-performance sort of motor-car, one that was noisy and went about to…