Arnong many oddities which car makers have spawned along the years the ABF has always rather intrigued me. The reason being that when a photograph appeared in the summer of…

Although we seldom review fiction in these pages, "Cloud Nineteen" (Michael Joseph, 1980, £5.95) by the well-known ex-RAF and now private pilot, and aviation writer, William Stanley is worth reading, as…

Books for the New Year Automobile Year — 1990/91 Editor David Hodges. 279 pp. 12¾ x 10in. Motor Racing Publications Ltd, Unit 6, PiIton Estate, 46, Pitlake, Croydon, CRO 3RY.…

In that book by Herbert Sulzbach (the remarkable man who fought against us in the First World War and on the British side in World War Two), "With the German…

For the first time since the war a record attempt has been officially observed in England by the RAC. At a Bedford aerodrome last month Wing Cmdr F Sowrey, AFC, broke the International Class G…

Renault has lent Steve Cropley of Autocar its 1911 AX. He has enjoyed, he says, coaxing it into life on the handle, ekeing out its meagre power on hills, and…

No 96: The Guy Writing another in this series early in November, it seemed appropriate to deal with the Guy... Guy Motors Ltd was only one of many commercial vehicle…

From the little Shuttleworth magazine Prop-Swing I learn that a TA MG is being added to the Trust's vehicle exhibits at Old Warden, as it was a present to Dick…

The 1936 King's Cup Race A Personal Recollection IN May 1981 this feature dealt with the first post-war Aerial Derby, held in 1919 and won by Capt. Gerald Gathergood's DH…

"Building and Racing My '750'," by P. J. Stephens. 111 pp., (5 1/2in. by 7 3/4in., Foulis, 7, Milford Place, W.C.2. 12s.) There are two ways of regarding this book.…

A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Driving Tests, Silverstone (December 4th) Quite why the Vintage SCC chooses to inflict driving tests at bleak Silverstone on its members in December…

D.S.J. endorsed my own belief when, reporting on the South African Grand Prix, he said that every Renault owner from humble R5 to V6 saloon must have thought (after seeing René…