Sir In your comments on the Birmingham Motor Show in MOTOR SPORT in November, I am glad to see you have at last realised that a car called a Skoda…

"Milestones in a Motoring Life", by Dudley Noble. 252 pp. 8 13/16 in. x 5 7/16 in. (The Queen Anne Press Ltd., Giles House, 49, Poland Street, London, W.1. 36s.)…

A New Sports Car The Swallow Coachbuilding Co., Ltd., has announced a new 100-m.p.h. sports two-seater called the Doretti, which sounds like a Continental but is actually built at Walsall.…

Salvadori Wins Two Races at Excellent W. Hants & Dorset C.C. Race Meeting The W. Hants & Dorset C.C. held its fifth Ibsley Race Meeting, on April 30th, as it…

Feb 18: Toyota Team Europe is rocked by the resignation of three of its top rally engineers. Feb 20: At a meeting near Heathrow, manufacturers involved in the World Rally…

Prescotties The Vintage S.C.C. made history at Prescott on August 31st, for a 500-c.c. class car beat all-comers, Strang's H.R.D.-engined Strang Special making f.t.d., in 54.88 sec. Second fastest was…

Andretti's famed oval-honed sensitivity served him well in his FI debut at Watkins Glen. Slicks had yet to appear, but he was one of the first to twig a characteristic…

Sir, I refer to Andrew Bradshaw's letter (November 2000 issue) and have identified the mechanic smoking on the grid at Goodwood's Sussex Trophy in 1952. He is A J 'Brit'…

Sir, January's "Vintage Miscellany" asked : "Will Someone confirm the identity of the nondescript truck in "The Beverley Hillbillies ?" Publicity material from the American programme makers quotes producer Al…

A fragment of the past in the modern world of British Leyland. With the introduction of their new Vanden Plas 1500, a replacement for the Vanden Plas 1300 based upon…

"Ferrari Sports and Racing Prototype Competition Cars" by Antoine Prunes. 430 pp. 10 in x 8 in. (Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 717. £19.95). Surprise, surprise! Another book…

C. S. Burney recalls in an interview with Ralph Venables;—Throughout the whole history of motor-cycling, the Blackburn has had a reputation among proprietary engines second only to that enjoyed by…