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It seems that the 12/60 Alvis which Anthony Powys-Lybbe successfully
raced at Brooklands from1933 to '35 before he acquired the ex-John Cobb 2.6-litre Monza Alfa Romeo and then a 2.9…
raced at Brooklands from1933 to '35 before he acquired the ex-John Cobb 2.6-litre Monza Alfa Romeo and then a 2.9…
old: in the1930s Max Miller had a Standard Swallow, 'Wee' Georgie Wood a 15.7hp Crossley, Binnie Hale a six-cylinder Standard,…
the edification of past staff of The Motor, as it was from 1903 to 1988, mostly about the later period.…
e • • • When replicas are acceptabl I suppose a replica is acceptable if the real car it represents…
is amusing to recall that a race for 'veterans' was held at the Southport Sand races in1930. The Autocor rather…
which included an aero-engined HispanoSuiza, Delage D8, Speed Six Bentley, Type 44 Bugatti, Lagonda M45,12/50 Alvis. a Sunbeam, a sports-bodied…
A change of perspective With a membership of over 7000 and rising, the VSCC today is far removed from the…
The Bristol Owners Club (secretary G Hawkins, 1 Tails Lane, Fenstation, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 9JJ) has as good and glossy…
With automobilia now much sought after, does anyone remember the sheets of 144 postage-size stamps, each one depicting a racing…
In 1930. long before SORN declarations, a car owner went to renew his 'road fund' licence. He presented the correct…
Powerful home-brew Home-built cars have abounded from the early days, in the form of those modified to owners' ideas and…
The most stupendously authentic rebuild of a virtually derelict, very rare, pre-1919 Lanchester Sporting 40 has nearly been completed, a…
Fafnir Formula Junior The Fafnir was one of the rarest of all Formula Junior cars created in the late 1950s.…
Maunsell's Rapier thrust Rally of the Tests I Noy 4-7 Robin Eyre-Maunsell and Peter Scott emerged atop a fierce contest…
Bulldog breeds a double for Tuthill Bulldog Rally I Wales I Oct 23 Torrential rain and testing conditions on the…
DESSIE NUTT Britsh historic rally champbn How good has 2004 been? A perfect season. The car has been perfect. Geraldine…
Gallego's TGP title on home ground IEsbril I Oct 9-10 Local hero Rodrigo Gallego's allaction drive in the concluding round…
Costin Lister-Chevrolet The Costin-bodied Lister-Chevrolet now raced successfully by Julian Bronson was a 1959 car originally registered •TUF 1 It…
The Team Goldarts Caterham squad took handicap victory in the 55th running of the Birkett Six-Hour Relay Race at Silverstone.…
Milligan has last at Goodwood VSCC I Goodwood Sprint I Oct 16 Fast becoming an end-of-season tradition, the VSCC's sprint…
Double-amputee racing driver Billy Monger talks about recovering from his serious crash, racing with hand controls and his friendship with Lewis Hamilton in a new podcast Placed in an induced…
Force India promised change in 2017, as the Silverstone-based outfit aims to break into the illustrious constructors’ top three for the first time, but few could have foreseen this.…
"We deployed the parachute at 600mph and immediately you had 6g deceleration," Thrust2 driver Richard Noble tells us. "The weird thing about this extreme deceleration is that it upsets your…
Imola has a tough act to follow after the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix but things are finely poised for another great weekend of F1 action from front to back. Mercedes…