A reader has sent us some early Duryea literature provided by a cousin in America who after owning a Model-T Ford for 17 years bought a new Ford V8 in…

The snippers got at last months "Silverstone snippets" making Sweet's MG fourth in the VSCC Pat Lindsay race, whereas it was in fact ninth. For the record, the order should have…

Bob Chamberlain's request for information about the 1912 Prince Henry Austro-Daimlers has been answered, Porsche of Germany coming up with the required information. The engine had been quoted as having…

VSCC at Play If you hold driving-tests in December on the plateau at Enstone near Oxford, it is almost certainly going to be cold, and that is what it was…

We were saddened to hear that Dr Joseph Bayley, Bugatti owner and possessor of an historic ex-Brooklands Douglas motorcycle, has died at an advanced age. His knowledge of BMCRC racing…

Just before retiring as Mercedes-Benz (UK) Ltd's public relations manager, Erik Johnson suggested I should acquaint myself with Stuttgart's 560SEL saloon. It was a welcome experience for one who has…

Sanity returned to Silverstone after the British Grand Prix, with the Vintage SCC Race Meeting the following week-end, when a full programme of ten races, four of them of eight…

From the Weekend Argus we learn that the 50th Anniversary of Cape Town's first international Grand Prix was celebrated recently. In 1937, the Grosvenor GP was run over a circuit…

by Anthony Pritchard. 224 pp. 9 3/4" x 7 1/2". Patrick Stephens Ltd. Denington Estate, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 2RQ. £20.00. Here is another history book, by an author better known…

One of the most popular fixtures in the V.S.C.C. Calendar, this meeting will see the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race for pre-1940 racing cars run off on a handicap…

Gordon Bennett, Sir Henry Brittain and to St Petersburg by Mercedes Ninety It is through the thoughtfulness of readers that this column continues. This time it is the Rt Hon…

June 11th In spite of lesser and more important fixtures in other parts of the country, a reasonably large crowd watched the Whitsun racing at Goodwood. Leading race on the…