Michele Alboreto (Ferrari 126C4), using qualifying tyres, eventually emerged the quickest runner at Rio with a time of 1 min 29.18 sec. Alain Prost (McLaren MP4/2) was next fastest with…

Amongst some interesting items in a booklet issued by Bishops Move, the well-known furniture removal people, to celebrate their 116th year of service in 1970, which a reader has kindly…

A 1905 45-h.p. Spyker tourer which was found some years ago on an Australian farm and was duly restored has returned to the land of its birth, and is to…

Speed International F2 Trophy, Mallory Park, 1971 Ronnie Petersen was romping away in his March-FVA when his steering failed on the Esses. The Swede emerged from the cartwheeling shunt with…

Racers that are going, going, gone... As we went to press, Coys' Auto Moto D'Epoca sale at Fiero di Padova in Italy saw a mixed bag of competition cars go…

Racers that are going, going, gone...

Among the entries for the Roger Albert Clark Rally is an ex-Clark Ford Escort Mk1. The car registered FEV 5H is now owned by Dave Watkins, who has returned it…

Words of caution Sir, . In his article on why people shouldn't buy vintage cars in the Aprii issue, Bill Boddy asks how many owners of vintage cars can say they can cruise at…

Some years ago, a girl called Eeva Heinonen was one of Finland's best known rally drivers, and more than once did she delight British crowds by bringing her Volvo to…

G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, have issued a number of reprints of their early motoring books, under the title of "Motoring Classics". The first to arrive, nicely…

Sir, I suppose that all motor racing is better for having its eccentrics as they are mostly amiable buffoons who usually make entertaining reading or listening. Chris Draper thus hardly…

Errett Lobben Cord - His Empire, His Motor Cars: Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg. by Griffiths Borgeson, 280 pp. 111/2" x 17". (Automobile Quarterly Publicaiions, Princetown, New Jersey, USA. $400) I have in my time reviewed some pretty hefty books but…