As one who is aware of the clangers he makes, journalistic and otherwise, I was nevertheless sorry to find, after his description of the enormous research done for the BBC TV…

The Editor interviews a well-known Motoring Personality Before and after the war Charles Follett was one of the great figures in motoring, both in Trade circles and in racing where…

By permission of the Blackburn Aircraft Motor Club, the 500 Club was enabled to stage a series of races for their members over an excellent 0.65-mile circuit. laid out at…

The Editor Looks at Top Drivers from Different Ages of Motor Racing "The man who never saw — and heard — the tremendous rush and roar of one of the…

Have recently written of Hudlass and Lemon Burton Specials the law of browsing averages quickly turned up some more. Thus I was reminded that Andrew Fairclough, who favoured ACs and…

by Bob Judd, 238pp. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Pan Books Ltd, Cavaye Place, London SW10 9PG £13.95 Novels about motor racing have been few and mostly undistinguished. Apart from…

VINTAGE POSTBAG Brush or Spray? Sir, So the Editor wondered whether the Banfield Chevrolet at the H.C.V.C. Brighton run was brush or spray painted. I wish to assure him that…

By Lettice Curtis. 337 pp. 8 1/5 in. x 5 2/5 in. (G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., 50a, Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. £4.95) This is not the first book…

The Opel Ascona 19SR Opel has come it long way since the make was associated here with an ugly little saloon the chief merits of which were low price, roominess,…

A new Lesney "Model of Yesteryear" is definitely an event. The latest, No. Y-5, is a fine 1929 4.5-litre blower Bentley Le Mans car, modelled on Harry Rose's car. The…

I have been looking at a book which tells you everything about Nippys not those smart waitresses who used to serve us tea and cakes in Lyons' Cornerhouses, but the…

The Pomeroy Memorial Trophy Competition was held on March 22nd/23rd, too late to report last month. With generous impartiality the VSCC opened this event to any car over 2,250 cc and, indeed, announced…