Lottery grants totally £1.5 million have enabled Brooklands Museum finally to purchase John Cobb's famous Napier-Railton. Built specifically for the Track and perpetual holder of the lap record there, the…

No, not that sort of plug, or even that one. But we were astonished when, immediately after the last-but-one episode of the Forsyte Saga on B.B.C.-1 (in which we noted…

We Hear Barry Eaglesfield is still trying to trace previous owners of his Type 37 Bugatti, engine number 239, chassis number 37389; unfortunately he is confined to bed for some…

Standards! Sir, If sports-car racing ceases to exist in its present form — or something very close to it — we will have nothing between the Formula One prototypes and…

AC Cars, Ltd, announce a change in specification on their six-cylinder engine, which has been continued with only minor alterations since its introduction in 1919. A new-type damping device is now fitted…

The Meeting of the Clubs ... 3 Ex-Bellevue M.G. Magnette 6... B.R.D.C. Notes ... 6 Reports of Recent Events ... 7 "Motor Sport" Photographs ... 8 Sideslips ... 9 Entomological…

Jack Perkins (Bugatti) points out that in our report of the V.S.C.C. Prescott Hill-Climb we did not make it clear that he won the Fastest Vintage Award, thus securing the…

Christmas delvings into matter contributed to Motor Sport during the war, but unused when peace broke out and we had to change somewhat the make-up of the paper, produced, amongst…

After 12 years as Chairman of The Morgan Sports Car Club, Arthur Neal has stepped down.  His place is being taken by John Worrall, and the new Vice Chairman will…

Sir, I grow weary of reading within your correspondence columns adverse comments on the Morris 1100 which often appear to be carping, peevish, irrelevant and with undertones of envy. It…

Sir, I read with great interest Joseph Xuereb's letter about the "exorbitant" cost of white metal car kits and their ready-built counterparts. I agree entirely with his comments regarding the…

Sir, I see in today's paper an advertisement for the Magnette-ized Farina Finmobile. Among other things we are told it has "the firm grip that makes cornering a straight forward job."…