Mark Garfitt's New Year Day assembly at The Verzons, near Ledbury, for celebrating VSCC members, was again a full-house success this year, in spite of the Arctic weather. The hotel…

The MCC, one of the longestestablished of all our motor clubs, continues to obtain marvellous entry lists for its classic trials. This year's Exeter Trial, the 65th of a series…

The Editor Investigates a Big Edwardian in an Appropriate Setting The Daimler Motor Company, founded in January 1896, with premises in a disused mill in Coventry, was one of the…

The Welsh event, which dates back to 1939 as a main VSCC fixture, had 80 entries this year, fewer than in 1989, and consisted of a 200-mile run-in to Presteigne…

Mardi Gras in Oxfordshire! Enstone DTs Driving to Enstone Airfield, I pondered on why anyone should have started this form of contest. Given that maximum satisfaction is obtained by extending…

Awards in the STD National Rally, reported last month. were : Rootes Age/Distance Award: T Grundy (9131 Sunbeam), 490 miles, runner-up, P Lester (1905 Sunbeam), 200 miles.

The picture at the top of this page shows pre-war German Grand Prix Mercedes-Benz cars being driven along the Charlottenburgh Strasse, with the Brandenburger Gate in the background, for the…

A section devoted to old-car matters Backlooks at BSA The other day I had the opportunity of chatting to Mr. E. A. Brisbane at his country cottage with the big…

A 120 m.p.h. very spacious, fully-equipped luxury saloon in the best tradition of the famous make. Followring value-for-money perfection in terms of the twin-cam 3.8-litre saloon which it seemed almost…

To strike a new note among the present prolificacy of motoring books I have often thought that one on "Cars In Court" might be interesting, dealing as it could with…

Apart from the usual attendance at the forthcoming Brooklands Reunion on July 26, pre-war Ford cars will be welcome, especially Model-Ts, in order to recall the Ford gymkhana of 1939…

"The Art of the Tin Toy" by David Press-land. 224 pp. 10 3/4 in. x 12 3/4 in. (New Cavendish Books, 65, Marylebone High Street, London, W1M 3AH. £19.50.) This…