By Peter Pugh ISBN 1-84046-151-9 Published by Icon Books UK, £30.00 I can still remember how enthralled I was to read Harold Nockolds' Magic of a Name, the first proper…

Emphasis on value-for-money Ford has been the symbol of motoring value-for-money (allied to sound engineering and superb servicing facilities) from the days of the model-T. It is no accident that British…

The 100 hp lsotta Fraschini The question as to which was the very first sports car is one which can well give rise to much discussion. and no very definite…

TEST impressions of the 3.8-litre Jaguar in improved i.r.s. form were published in Motor Sport for July 1964; this is a brief recap. The body style of this well-liked Coventry…

A new hot hatch from Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary Seat has arrived in this country. Labelled the Ibiza SXi it is a derivation of the three-door GLX. Propelled by a 1.5-litre…

Those who gained First Class Awards in the autumnal rally on September 17 were P Hart (Humber), I Potter (Alvis), R Dames-Longworth (MG) and A Lupton (Lea-Francis). Second Class Awards…

Motoring enthusiasts should be conversant with the LSR, but are probably far less familiar with the ASR, if the World's Air Speed Record was ever thus condensed. So a short…

Blower Bentleys are not the easiest of of cars to use for long-distance rallies, so great credit is due to Lord Montagu for winning the prestigious Rally Monte Carlo de…

Two of the more prized booklets in my collection of old motor car catalogues are those issued by the Austin Motor Co. Ltd. of Longbridge, Birmingham and by Leyland Motors Ltd.…

Steaming to Brighton This isn't about a former journey on the LB & SC railway, but how I did my 37th "active" Veteran Car Run on Bob Dale's 1900 Gardner-Serpollet.…

The Editor meets a well-known pre-war racing driver I was delighted when I met Mr. T.P. Cholmondeley Tapper, whom I had so often seen driving in pre-war motor races, at…

A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC Welsh Week-End The Vintage SCC's Welsh Week-End, dating back to 1939 and based on Presteigne, was as popular as ever this year,…