A miscellany of mishaps  "The answer is in the plural and they bounce" — Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, 1869-1944.  Most of the news one sees or reads about these days is distinctly…

Described to the Editor in a recent interview Sir Ralph Millais, Bt., whose V12 4-litre Sunbeam "Tiger" and Type 59 3.3-litre G.P. Bugatti are a warmly appreciated feature of present-day…

Goodbye to pit-stops?  All too often in the past the very things that have enlivened motor-racing have been abolished by Officialdom. Chicanes to spoil high speed on long straights, long…

The Vintage SCC held its first meeting at the shortened 1.65-mile Oulton Park circuit on June 14th, when many competitors expressed their dislike of the new sharp righthand corner after…

I was induced to wade through " The Scarlet Tree," second volume of Osbert Sitwell's autobiography (Macmillan, 1946), because in the opening volume "Left Hand, Right Hand!" the author promises to…

The BuIlnose Morris Club is very much alive, with more than 370 members, of whom 44 live overseas. Its February magazine lists five new flatnose Morris owners who have joined recently,…

by John Thornley, 187pp. 8 3/4" x 5 3/4". Motor Racing Publications Ltd., Unit 6, The Pilton Estate, Pitlake, Croydon, CRO 3RY £16.95 It is fitting that this book should…

In reporting a recent rally that four Alvis Silver Eagles took to Norway's North Cape (700 miles inside the Arctic circle), a local paper referred to one of Mac Hulbert's…

I hope those who went to Donington on May 23 will think of Rudi Uhlenhaut, the engineer who was so much a part of the Mercedes-Benz racing organisation. Jenks told…

Last November some of the James Barron collection of motoring objets d'art were tastefully displayed in part of Bethnal Green Museum. I remember, years ago, receiving from Barron some of…

Blenheim (June 5th) This year's Rallye Renault, promoted by Renault Ltd. of Acton, took place in the spacious terrain of Blenheim Palace grounds, near Oxford. It survived heavy showers which…

As last year, the winter Driving Tests of the Vintage SCC took place at Barford St. John, with 68 entries attempting ten tests, proving that Englishmen are as mad as…