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Getting home
The problem of how to get home if your car breaks down has become much less of a trauma than…
The problem of how to get home if your car breaks down has become much less of a trauma than…
This year represents the 60th anniversary of the Hudson-Essex Terraplane, that American car which was at times underrated but which…
Congratulations to Barry Clarke, who has been elected the next President of the VSCC, taking office in March 1993. The…
Last month, I wrote that performance figures for the supercharged Ulster Austin 7 have proved elusive. Since then I have…
Building sports cars from kits is a fairly recent innovation, judged by the long run of motoring history. Making an…
These days a large proportion of the motoring population is drawn along by its front wheels. But in vintage times…
Following its Curborough Speed Trials, which closely followed its Silverstone Race Meeting, the energetic VSCC had another day at Wiscombe…
The weekend after the Colerne speed trials, the VSCC held its annual speed trial meeting at Curborough near Lichfield. The…
The VSCC is anything but insular, organising events in England, Wales and Scotland, and on May 2 holding a rally…
Reggie Tongue We learned with sadness of the death of Reginald Ellis Tongue, aged 80. Reggie was a well-known ERA…
Bentley Boys Sir, Many thanks for the splendid write-up of the Millbrook 1000-mile record attempt. The final pit stop was…
Jaguar Cars is extending its former one-year guarantee on all Jaguars and Daimlers to a three-year, 60,000-mile warranty. They claim…
There is some excitement about the possibility of a rolling-start, as in the Indianapolis 500, being introduced for F1 racing,…
Our long-running and apparently well liked feature Cars In Books has been somewhat hampered in recent times by the clauses…
A reader, engineering consultant Mr Brian T Pritchard Lovell, had brought to my notice something which I had not previously…
The Wolseley Hornet Special Club is arranging a display of these cars, to commemorate their winning the 1932 LCC Relay…
A man called Mike, by Christopher Hilton. MRP, £16.95. Mike Hailwood's name first became engrained in my youthful conscience not…
Virage advantage Sir, It may seem churlish to criticise JW's most positive and complimentary test on the Aston Martin Virage…
British team Strakka Racing has made the move from prototype racing to GTs after the driver grading made it difficult to compete in the former. It’s a shift that may…
Last weekend was surely motorcycle racing’s biggest-ever super Saturday/Sunday. The Isle of Man Superbike TT, the Spa 24 hours and the Catalan MotoGP round all happening at the same time…
Who says sport and politics don't mix? An Italian victory in the mid-30s was one of sport's most significant It was partly the way he drove his Alfa past the…
The banks of Tifosi that descend on Monza annually will not be present at this year's Italian Grand Prix, which will give one of the most popular races on the…