Archive The Singer Convertible A Car for Fresh-Air Motoring I have to thank Rootes for providing the best possible weather —"June in March"—during the time when I had a Singer Gazelle Series IIIB convertible for… April 1961 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive WB miscellany, March 2005 The impressive Lancia Kappa Long before the outbreak of WWI, the reputation of Lancia cars was firmly established. Those who had an interest in the sporting side of motoring would… March 2005 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive "The Motor Car." English Edition. 255 pp. 8-1/8 in. x 8 in. (Anthony Blond Ltd., 56, Doughty Street, London, W.C.1. 84s.) Most reviewers go into raptures over this big picture book but I am not… January 1963 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive An accident in Hertfordshire We find that the reference to a Roll-Royce being involved in a fatal accident at Markyate in 1906, quoted not long ago by a St. Albans newspaper, is incorrect.As usual,… May 1977 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Invicta Info A little more information has come in about the low-chassis 4.1/2-litre Invicta (JJ 332) now owned by Dr John Robson in South Carolina, USA (Motor Sport, May 1988). David Lewis… September 1988 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Obituaries We regret to have to record the death, at the age of 75, of Lord de Clifford, OBE, the 26th Baron, last January, the funeral taking place at the end… March 1982 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive VSCC Eastern Rally On October 23 the VSCC's annual Eastern Rally map-reading event had entries ranging from Ron Barker's towering Renault 45 and a 1923 Benz to four A7s; best performance was made… January 1989 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Gwneda Stewart - a dedicated record-breaker Among the more prominent lady drivers was the very successful Gwenda Stewart, who at Brooklands in 1921 created a new 1000-mile record on a Ner-a-Car motorcycle, beginning a career of… July 2010 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Even Homer nods sometimes A rare slip from DSJ I have always been very glad that Denis Jenkinson and I met at RAE Farnborough during the war, and that after I had realised his… August 2006 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive VETERAN TO CLASSIC - THREE DARRACQS Three Darracqs The point cannot be made too often that ownership of an antique motorcar is enhanced for most people if the history of its make and type, and if… December 1994 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Interview with an Optimist I received a visit the other day from Douglas Jones of Knighton, who has spent a lot of energy in telling Wales that to court prosperity it needs a motor-racing… May 1964 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive The Things They Said... ”We have always understood that it is illegal to transfer a number from one car to another. The only transfer allowable being from one owner to another on payment of… December 1994 Issue By Bill Boddy