Earlier this year some correspondence was published in "Vintage Postbag" about Hodgson cars. This led to the discovery that Mr. Harry Hodgson, their creator, is living at Hailsham. So one…

"The Legendary Hispano Suiza" by Johnnie Green. 235 pp. 10 in. X 7 1/2in. (Dalton Watson Ltd, 76, trardour Street. London, WAV 4AN. £7.50.) This is a really magnificent book, in…

Motor Sport visits the Largest Privately-Owned British Car Manufacturer, at whose Staffordshire Factories the Revised Scimitar GTE is now in Production. With the many take-over bids that culminated in British…

A nicely produced booklet has been issued by Auto Tyre Services of Basingstoke (copies free on mentioning Motor Sport), is a reminder that "Blue Peter'' retreaded tyres are suitable for competition motoring. Excellent pictures are…

Just after Christmas, possibly because of the shortage of news, some of the motor journals devoted considerable space to a poll organised by Auto-Visie to decide which new car deserves…

R Memoranda, journal of the Riley AM Club which caters for the 1946-1955 Rileys had in its June issue an article on New Zealand Specials, including the Wilkins Special with…

Auto Replicas of Parkstone list a large range of 1/43rd-scale metal kits and have introduced a 1/24th-scale range, the first of which was of a Type 43 Bugatti. Their pre-war…

  THE Guild of Motoring Writers Test Day provides an opportunity for foreign journalists to sample the newest British cars while they are here for the London Show. It also…

Last month I commended F P Morley for his Colerne class win with the Bentley-Napier, representing the renaissance of the aero-engined movement. Morley then won his race at VSCC Donington,…

Motor Sport takes a Sunbeam Rapier to France and Germany, to visit Peugeot, Mercedes-Benz and Borgward Factories (Photo : The journey nearly completed; the Sunbeam Rapier, which Motor Sport used…

Looking at TV coverage of the Trooping of the Colour, I was very surprised, if a little gratified, to hear the commentator, Julian Tutt, remark, as the band of the…

No. 7: Renault It is interesting to look back at how Renault Freres functioned in the last year of the vintage era, over thirty years ago. Then, as now, the…