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VETERAN TO CLASSIC - CHOOSING A SPORTS CAR
Had you been able to buy a sports car back in the 1920s, which one would you have chosen, I…
Had you been able to buy a sports car back in the 1920s, which one would you have chosen, I…
The Light Car & Edwardian Section of the VSCC looks after the lighter vintage cars, (and those comic cyclecars which…
”We have always understood that it is illegal to transfer a number from one car to another. The only transfer…
Three Darracqs The point cannot be made too often that ownership of an antique motorcar is enhanced for most people…
Jack Lemon Burton The Bugatti Owners' Club President Jack Lemon Burton has died from a heart attack, aged 83. Not…
Another ex-Brooklands car has been found still to exist, the TT Replica Frazer Nash AUL 4, now in Kent, but…
Anew hillclimb and a new circuit boosted the sixth Manx Classic meeting to four days, and brought increased entries and…
”The R34's most significant memorial was at London's Heathrow Airport, where in 1962 a large model was hung above the…
Blower Bentleys are not the easiest of of cars to use for long-distance rallies, so great credit is due to…
There would have been 72 competitors in October 23rd's VSCC Eastern Rally organised by Peter Hart had not Sudjic's Bugatti,…
Having lost the use of Oulton Park and Cadwell Park from its regular calendar of race meetings, the VSCC has…
Across Africa and Beyond, by James Wheildon and Paul Davies. Navigator Books, £12.50 If you like reading about motoring adventure…
Champagne replies Sir, In response to 'Champagne Query', from A Burman, (MOTOR SPORT, October), the practice of spraying, rather than…
Marendaz Evidence Sir, It is always very irritating when you know a little history but can't find the photographic evidence,…
A 1965 Shelby GT350R Competition Model that was raced by Le Mans 1966 runner-up Ken Miles, is expected to fetch a record-breaking price when it is sold at auction later…
The first triple winner of the Indianapolis 500 was Louis Meyer, who won the great race in 1928, ‘33 and ‘36. In fact, he started a dozen 500s between 1928-39.…
I fear I may have been taking my own advice a little too seriously. Almost exactly a year ago in this very slot I wrote about driving three Fiat 500s…
It’s quite reassuring that a sport – which measures itself in thousandths of a second and billions of dollars – can survive politics and even alleged war zones, but has…