The February 2017 issue of Vintage Metal featured Bob Ilich’s beautifully restored Brabham BT30 on the cover to promote the February general meeting of the VSCC of WA, where Bob was the guest speaker.

Inside the magazine was a photo gallery of the 2016 Vintage Stampede at Barbagallo Raceway, with great shots from

photographers Graeme Howie and Shane Cassidy. Mark Duder reported on his expedition to South Australia to run his Alpine

A110 in Classic Adelaide, with mixed success.

Book reviews were both new books: The World’s Fastest E-type Jaguar

by Phil Shephard, which has been donated by the author to the VSCC library, and Stirling Moss – The Definitive Biography Volume 1 1929-55 by Philip Porter.

The feature article was kindly provided by Octane magazine and author Andrew English, entitled Everything You Were Afraid to Know About Historic Motor Sport But Wanted to Ask. It looks at the state of historic motor sport and where it might be going and provides a fascinating analysis of this ever growing and ever more expensive branch of the sport.