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Matters of the moment
1965 To commence this, the last issue of 1965, it is appropriate to look back on a year of satisfactory…
1965 To commence this, the last issue of 1965, it is appropriate to look back on a year of satisfactory…
The Weller Soldering. Kit, 8100D-PK, includes a 120-watt soldering gun, solder, cleaning brush, soldering aid tool, spanner and two spare…
Sir, In the past the Vintage Sports Car Club has often undertaken to do the handicapping for races for Vintage…
Many people regard the Motor Shows of the Autumn season as so many images of Earls Court. Perhaps this is…
When the Mexican Grand Prix finished on October 24th with Richie Ginther in first place, driving a Honda V12, it…
Crowded out of the " Veteran—Edwardian—Vintage " section, recent news of old cars thought to be looking for new owners…
A speeding charge against a motorist was dismissed as a flop in Dundee Sheriff Court recently after the radar apparatus…
Nearly twenty years have passed since the narrow, tortuous ribbon of road over Mynydd Eppynt, a bleak open moor in…
A classic among the four new Castrol films recently released is " Mountain Legend." a 43-minute coverage of the 1965…
We are constantly being told that the days of road racing are over. All that, they tell us, passed away…
It is gratifying to know that attendance at the tenth annual Leonardo da Vinci Lecture of the Institution of Mechanical…
Mine are in-line, Yours in a vee, A Cersair for you? A Cortina for me! One of the important announcements…
Earlier this year I had cause to comment on a stainless steel exhaust pipe extrusion, for covering up the unsightly…
A number of private European entrants went out to S. Africa for the 9-hour race on the KyIami circuit, and…
The Guild of Motoring Writers held its 21st Anniversary Banquet at the Dorchester, with Sir Patrick Hennessy, Sir William Lyons…
Next month the new F.I.A. Formula One for Grand Prix racing comes into being, it having been announced just two…
Last month mention was made of Porsche setting up International records in Class E (1,500-2,000 c.c.) over the standing-start 1/4mile,…
"Riley—The Production and Competition History of the Pre-1939 Riley Motor Cars," by Dr. A. T. Birmingham. 248 pp. 10 in.…
The six, outstanding cars for 1966 are the Oldsmobile Toronado, Plymouth Satellite, Chevrolet Caprice, Mercury Comet GT, Buick Riviera and…
" The British Motor Corporation's Vanden Plas Princess ' R ' has been strongly criticised by many people for power…
Not all progress is in the right direction. We have watched for years as cars have grown heavier and less responsive and have required ever more powerful engines just to…
You may be looking forward to a busy season. You may, like the guys at Red Bull, already be feeling the pressure. So much to do and so little time.…
There was no catching Takuma Sato in the closing stages of this year’s Long Beach Grand Prix. The Japanese driver was in a class of his own through the race’s…
How Colin Chapman's Lotus fought rivals as F1 innovation took off – an extract from Karl Ludvigsen's Colin Chapman: Inside the Innovator