With the revival of James Bond on television, it was interesting to find out which cars were favoured by the author of the Bond books, the late Ian Fleming. When…

I see that the Alfa Romeo 146 is currently advertised as the car you need to own if you want "everyone at the office to think you've been promoted". A…

We have seen that in 1927 Owen John's diary was enthusing over the Cecil Kimber MG Super Sports, if not its name. This led him to remark that cars had…

For those who wanted to live in the past for a couple of days over August Bank Holiday weekend, the annual Bishop's Castle Rally had almost everything — the dignity…

Fun amongst the classifieds Classified or small advertisements in the old motor papers are an enthralling field through which to browse. In the mid-vintage period the two leading weeklies (this…

At one of the greatest wedding ceremonies of the year, Ben Collings was married to Lady Louisa Gordon Lennox on November 1 at Boxwood Priory, followed by a reception for…

A reader drew my attention to "You Are Not Sparrows" by Wing/Comdr. J. C. Carr, DFC. It was published by Ian Allen in 1975 but for some reason they did…

A Section Devoted To Old-Car Matters The VSCC at Cadwell Park The vintage SCC held its now-customary last-race-meeting-of-the-season at the pleasant Cadwell Park circuit in Lincolnshire (where you can see…

It is understandable that, after a considerable period of time, even cars that had a reasonable production-run should be forgotten by the majority of those associated with the motoring world.…

V.W. Derrington looks back Passing through Kingston-on-Thames the other evening, we called on V. W. Derrington, well-known purveyor of "pieces for specials" and pioneer of the speed shop in this…

ROAD-TEST IMPRESSIONS OF A 4½-LITRE INVICTA WITH AN ESTATE BODY A VERY large number of cars of the utility-bodied sort is now in service, on military or civilian wartime duties.…

North Country readers may like to note the date of September 17, this being the day when Jim Bolton will organise another rally for all kinds of vehicles made in…