Character Cars of Wimbledon recently put on a clever demonstration of the fact that used cars, even if twenty years old, can be both reliable and reasonably speedy. They took…

Having described how i was fortunate enough to be given a 1914 Alfonso Hispano-Suiza — fortunate because these were exceedingly good sporting cars — I have been asked what I…

A section devoted to old-car matters Some Thoughts About Bentleys I reviewed Donald Bastow's book about the engineering aspects of all the Walter Bentley products, from BR rotary aero-engines to…

More than once, commenting on the exciting Cross-Channel Air Race which the Daily Mail organised in 1959 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bleriot's channel crossing, Motor Sport expressed the…

by Fred Hobbs. 203pp. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JJ. £15.95. This is the story of Fred's motoring life, particularly the years when he worked for the well-known…

Knowing my love of the past, the good life as it were, one of the marshals on the VSCC Welsh Week-End gave me a soft-cover publication called "Good Times", by…

"The Story of the MG Sports Car", by F. Wilson McComb. 206 pp. 8¾ in. x 5¼ in. (J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., Aldine House, 10-13 Bedford Street, London…

A section devoted to old-car atters The VSCC Silverstone race meeting (April 22nd) Racing vintage cars is more fun for the drivers than the spectators but the latter get a very big share of the satisfaction,…

The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust has published Alex Moulton – from Bristol to Bradford-on-Avon. This 319-page book covers the lifetime in engineering by the well-known Alex Moulton. This is a fascinating…

On New Year's Day VSCC members gather at various hostelries to celebrate the forthcoming season of activity and endeavour. For those in Herefordshire and the Welsh border this means going…

Cash for Continental historics The prestigious German Steigenberger Hotels chain has committed £100,000 to sponsorship of a number of European championships for Historic cars, together with Blaupunkt, Diners Club, Ebel watches,…

A bad month July was a sad month, for Varzi was killed during practice for the European Grand Prix, Kautz crashed fatally during that race, and in an earlier crash…