Hill-Climbs and Speed-Trials Timed hill-climbs and speed-trials were at one time an important part of British motoring sport. Indeed, until Brooklands was opened in 1907 they were the only speed…

This column, as some of the professional journalists put it, has recently been attending one-make rallies which take place mostly off the road. Some are reported elsewhere, but it is…

Driving the Latest Cortina-Lotus and the new V6 Zephyr WHEN MOTOR SPORT road-tested the Ford Cortina-Lotus in its original form, reporting on it in the issue for January, 1964, we…

The usual site of this event was shifted this year from the heights of the Enstone plateau to the spaciousness of the Westcott Venture Park, where there were excellent facilities…

Home-made At one time road-going specials were fairly common, whether built by people who thought they could improve on manufacturers' offerings or just for the fun of making a car…

From "Invasion 1940" by Peter Fleming (Hamish Hamilton, 1958) I learn, or am reminded, that in September 1940, when a German invasion of Britain seemed likely, a Lanchester armoured car…

THE thriving section of the Vintage SCC which encourages pre-1931 lightweights was almost coerced into staging a one-day replica of the 1924 RAC Six Days Small Car Trial (won by…

These cars are assembled at Lorain, Kansas City, San Jose and Metuchen. The engine is designed to run on regular gasolene. Engine torque is 138 ft./lb. at 2,000 r.p.m. The…

Time was when I tended to overlook American sports-cars as not exactly in keeping with the British vintage scene. The USA seemed a long way away and isolated from happenings…

A section devoted to old-car maters Having amassed a fine collection of vintage motor-cars since he gave up rallying, Bill Meredith Owens needed somewhere to house them, so he decided…

Further to the article on Lewin Spittle's Le Mans MG Midget which appeared in last month's Motor Sport, it should perhaps be made clear that much of the work of…

LOTS of sensational writings hail from America, and it seems that "Esquire" is not immune. In the issue for June, 1939, there is a long article by Kent Sagendorph, entitled…