For the sake of history, in my review of Rene Dreyfus' excellent book "My Two Lives", in the April issue, I wrongly referred to him racing for Harry Schell when…

The present owner of a 1930 16.95 hp Alvis Silver Eagle SD saloon, YD 817, has discovered that at one time his car was apparently owned by Richard Spencer L.…

Austin 7s seem apt to go to ground in Wales! Apart from the two-seater we mentioned last month, a late-model Ruby saloon which had been in a shed in a…

"It now looks as though nothing can save the banking, and Gallahers, far from being the saviours they at first appeared to be, have turned out to be about as…

From Lesney come "MATCHBOX" miniatures of the Boss-Mustang to a scale of 86:1, a transporter for one Team Surtees F1 car (does it make John Surtees envious?), the latest London…

Old photographs continue to come to light. For instance, the Cumberland & Westmorland Herald was sent a picture showing the Graphic Motor Works, a garage in King Street, Penrith, which…

We do not recollect anything encouraging in the recent Budget speech about motor taxation, only the unhappy fact that the Chancellor was raising both Vehicle Excise Duty and the tax…

A reader living in Weybridge owns a special bodied 1½-litre Singer Le Mans with the registration number ALV 53, which was one of the two, the other being ALV 52,…

In spite of having been chastised by us for his cracks at British accomplishments, notably W. O. Bentley's engines, Alec Ulmann of New York remains one of our staunchest readers.…

A section devoted to old car matters

A section devoted to old car matters A look back to the Roads of the 1920s LOOKING back at what motoring was like in the 1920s, through the eyes of…

Personal disappointment relates to not having been sufficiently industrious in youth, to have studied things like workshop practice and simple welding etc, so that I could have worked on my…