The RAC held a one-off six-day Light Car Trial in 1924 to publicise such cars at a time when they were gaining in popularity. Two 170-mile road routes were used…

November marked the 90th anniversary of the Emancipation Run that celebrated the freeing of the horseless carriage from many petty restrictions. Since 1927 this has been commemorated by the veteran…

Rather as the BBC has gone into publishing, so has John Surtees become an author; but he has the excuse that he has retired from racing, as an ex-world champion…

Church of Wimborne St. Giles' Rally, June 4th.—Traction engine rally supported by vintage and veteran cars and motorcycles. Home Park, St. Giles' House, Dorset. Arrival time, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Details…

"Admittedly we were running-in the car but our motorway average (in Britain) seldom dropped below 80 m.p.h." — From a weekly contemporary! No comment. — W.B.

Early in March, the VSCC trialists assembled at that most useful venue The Verzons, near Ledbury, for the Herefordshire Trial. Entries were down this year, from 105 in 1992 to…

We hear Ronny Burnett has had the good fortune to acquire one of the last 11/2-litre sport Altas to be produced, a 1940 unblown car. What is more, he has also…

United Artists Corporation's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Genuine lovers of the older motor cars need feel no disappointment if they do not have a chance to see this film. It…

Arts and crafts If it is jousting, falconry, horses, rare farm animals and a craft village you want to see, Peter de Savary has them all at Littlecote theme-park near…

The VSCC of Australia has its own Alpine Rally, won outright this year by a Lancia Kappa, from a Delage and a Lancia Lambda, The PVT class went to an…

I have happened upon an entry of a La Buire streamlined saloon in the 1924 Touring Grand Prix at Lyons," writes a correspondent, "to be driven by the veteran Szisz";…

"Vintage Cars in Colour," by James Barron and D. B. Tubbs. 71 pp. 8 3/4 in. X 7 9/16 in. (B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, W.1. 12s. 6d.)…