2003 Dodge Ram 1500

This is one of the vehicles that took part in a classic car show on the market square in Hyde in September 2021.

It's a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500

It has a 345 cu in (5.7 litre) V8 engine

1959 AC Aceca

This is a photograph I took at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1985.

It's a 1959 AC Aceca which the DVLA says has been untaxed since May 1987. The AC Aceca has the 6-cylinder inline 1,971cc Bristol engine derived from the M328 engine which powered the pre-war BMW 328.

1962 Lola Mk4

This car was driven by Marcus Pye in the Maserati UK Race for Pre-1966 Grand Prix and Tasman Cars at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's the 1962 Lola Mk4 of Duncan Dayton that was campaigned in the 1962 season by the Bowmaker Racing Team in place of the Cooper T53 cars they had used the previous season. The Lola Mk4, like several of the other teams, used the 1,496cc V8 Coventry Climax FWMV engine and three of these cars were apparently built, this one being chassis BRGP42 that John Surtees drove in most of the Grand Prix races in the 1962 season.

1948 Seddon Mk 5L

This is one of the vehicles that took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1990.

It's a 1948 Seddon Mk5L and a note in the programme of the event had this to say about it:

Seddon Mk5L, 1948                         EM 4316

Entered by J Longson, Preston, Lancashire

New to Silcox and Son and operated by them until 1980 when it was laid up. Purchased by the present owner in 1985 and restored over a 3 year period.

1930 McDowell Dirt Racer

This was an unusual entry in the Richard Seaman Memorial Vintage Trophy Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1984.

It's a 1930 McDowell Dirt Racer and was driven by Tom Threlfall. The only information about the car in the programme of the event is that it had a 3,400cc engine, but there is a note which says:

'...it is a tribute to V.S.C.C. President Tom Threlfall that he has got so high on the grid with his McDowell Dirt Racer with its fairly humble Ford origins.'

Friday's Ferrari(s)

Two Ferraris and a Maserati at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 1996.

Burkhard Von Schenk in his 1956 Maserati 250F leading the 1959 Ferrari 246 Dinos of Robin Lodge and Tony Merrick at Luffield corner in the HGPCA Pre '60 GP Car Race.

1913 GWK

This was one of the participants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1977.

It's the 1913 GWK of Mrs Hilda Kitson of Brindle, Chorley and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

Mrs H. Kitson, Brindle, Chorley, Lancs.

1913 G.W.K. 2 cylinder 8 h.p. 2 seater.

Only one of seven traceable. No gears - friction drive. Cork discs for clutch obtainable only from a cork firm in Elland Yorks., and Mrs Kitson has shipped six to a GWK owner in Johannesburg, S.A. Oil is hand pumped and it uses low grade petrol. Engine wrecked last year. Mrs Kitson appeared on Blue Peter and had appeals by Charlie Chester and Radio Blackburn and obtained a G.W.K. engine from a V.C.C. member in Stroud.

1953 Cooper Bristol MkII

This car competed in the Cheshire Building Society Allcomers' Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1981.

It’s the 1953 Cooper Bristol MkII of David Vine. The Cooper Bristol had a 1971cc 6-cylinder inline Bristol engine that was derived from the pre-war BMW 328 unit. Father and son Charles & John Cooper had started the Cooper Car Company in 1946, and at first specialised in building cars for the new 500cc class of racing that British enthusiasts had started as a simple and economical way to go motor racing after the war. This developed into the International Formula 3 class in 1950, and Cooper then ventured into the Formula 2 class by putting a 1,100cc JAP engine into one of these cars, way below the 2 litre limit allowed, but even with the lack of power the car was still reasonably competitive because of its light weight. When the World Championship was run under Formula 2 regulations in 1952 because of a dearth of the larger-engined Formula 1 cars Cooper decided to design a car to compete at that level. The 1,971cc Bristol engine was chosen, but the Cooper Bristol MkI (later designated the T20) could not really compete with the Ferraris and Maseratis in World Championship races and was much more successful in minor British events. In 1953 the MkII (later T23) car was introduced, having a tubular frame chassis instead of the box section frame of the earlier car and the drive train was altered to lower the driver's seat. Although a better car it wasn't much more successful than the MkI, and the following season when the new 2½ litre Formula 1 regulations came into force the car was rendered obsolete. They still soldiered on for a few years, mainly in minor British events, and then became regulars in the historic racing scene, where they're still to be seen to this day.

Here's the car at Lodge Corner during the race.

1934 Singer Le Mans

I took this photograph at the Northern Classic Car Show at Belle Vue, Manchester in September 1984.

It's a 1934 Singer Le Mans, a special version of the Singer Nine Le Mans car, which originally had a 4-cylinder inline 972cc engine. The 1934 Le Mans Special had a 6-cylinder 1,493cc engine and the cars finished in 7th and 8th place in the Le Mans 24 Hour Race that year. BGN 1 was apparently at one time owned by a colleague of Ian Fleming, Merlin Minshall, and his adventures with the car are recorded by the Singer Owners Club.

1952 HWM F2

This was one of the competitors in the HGPCA Pre '60 GP Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 1996.

It's Kirk Rylands' HWM, described in the programme of the event as a 1957 car with an engine capacity of 3,442cc (the car had been given a Jaguar engine, hence the '1957'). HWM competed in Formula 2 races from 1950 to 1953, and in the last two of those years the World Championship for Drivers was run under Formula 2 rules. By 1952 the cars had become uncompetitive and a revised model, as pictured, was introduced, but this car was also largely outclassed by the opposition. The best result they achieved was probably when Paul Frère and Peter Collins finished in second and third places to Emmanuel de Graffenried's Maserati A6GCM in the ADAC Eifelrennen race at the Nürburgring in 1953.

1971 Lotus 72D

I took this photograph at on practice day for the Gold Cup race at Oulton Park in May 1972.

It's Dave Walker in his 1971 Lotus 72 and the photograph was taken at Old Hall Corner. The Lotus 72 was designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe and has the Ford Cosworth DFV 2,993cc V8 engine. Jochen Rindt won World Drivers' Championship with a Lotus 72  in 1970  and Emerson Fittipaldi repeated the feat  in 1972, with Lotus winning the World Constructor's Championship in 1970, 1972 and 1973. At this Gold Cup meeting Dave Walker qualified his car in fourth position but retired after 25 laps of the race with gearbox problems.

1970 BRM P153

This is one of the cars I photographed in the Donington Park museum in September 2014.

The It's a BRM P153 which was designed by Tony Southgate and had BRM's own 2,998cc V12 engine. Its only victory was in the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix driven by Pedro Rodriguez.

Friday's Ferrari

There were a series of demonstration runs in Ferrari F1 cars by Corse Cliente drivers at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017 and this is one of the photographs I took from inside the paddock at Club Corner during one of the runs.

It's the Ferrari F2003-GA that was driven in the 2003 season by Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, the 'GA' being added as a mark of respect to head of Fiat Gianni Agnelli who had died in January 2003. The car was designed by a team headed by chief designer Rory Byrne and was introduced almost half-way through the 2003 season. It was based on the previous season's Ferrari F2002 and was powered by the 2,997cc 40 valve twin overhead camshaft V10 Ferrari 052 engine. Michael Schumacher won six Grands Prix that season and with two more third place podium finishes won the sixth of his seven World Drivers Championships, with Rubens Barrichello winning two Grands Prix to finish in fourth place in the Championship.

Alfa Romeo 8C 2300

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1973.

It's two of Chris Mann's 8C Alfa Romeos, and he drove the 1932 Monza on the left in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the meeting.

1935 Morris 8

This is one of the vehicles displayed at the Pallot Museum when we visited it on a holiday in Jersey in May 2013.

It's a 1935 Morris 8 and has a 4-cylinder inline 918cc side-valve engine. Over 160,000 of these cars were produced between 1935 and 1937 and they were produced in saloon and open tourer versions.

1953 Bedford S

I took this photograph at the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1988.

It's not listed in the Programme of the event, but it's a 1953 Bedford S in the 'Green Goddess' livery of the Auxiliary Fire Service which were used to support local fire services in the UK. I remember them being used by the Armed Forces during strikes by the fire services in 1977 and 2002.

1962 Lotus 24

This was one of the competitors in the Pre-1966 Grand Prix and Tasman Cars Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It's the 1962 Lotus 24 of Ric Weiland and has a 4-cylinder inline Coventry Climax 1½ litre engine. Both the Lotus 24 and Lotus 25 were designed for the 1962 racing season, the 25 was the works car and the 24 was mainly intended as a customer car. The works car used the Coventry Climax FWMV engine, as did some of the private entrants in the 24, but the 4 cylinder Coventry Climax FPF was also used in some of those cars. I don't think the Lotus team ever ran a 24 with the 4 cylinder engine, so the problem with the car in the photograph isn't that it's got a 4 cylinder engine, but that it's finished in the Team Lotus livery.

1938 Multi-Union

This car, seen in a very wet Oulton Park paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting in June 1971, was one of the competitors in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race.

It's the 1938 Multi-Union of The Hon. Patrick Lindsay which was based on a 1934 Alfa Romeo P3. The programme of the event had this note about this car, and the Mercedes mentioned was Colin Crabbe's 1937 Mercedes Benz W125 which also competed in this race:

 

'The Hon. Patrick Lindsay's Multi-Union was developed just before the war from Chris Staniland's 1934 Alfa Romeo, such as Peter Waller is driving today, by motor-cycle tuner J.S.Worters with backing from High Duty Alloys and Lockheeds. Not only was the engine redesigned but also the chassis, with coil spring rear suspension and Tecnauto i.f.s., whilst a single-seater body on Mercedes lines was fitted. The car was extremely fast both on road and track and its resurrection and entry today is almost on a par with that of the Mercedes for interest.'

1907 Napier 60hp

This is one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in 1976 and is pictured just after the start at the junction of Peter Street \nd Lower Mosley Street.

It's the National Motor Museum's 1907 Napier 60hp, and the programme of the event has this note about the car:

National Motor Museum (Lord Montague of Beaulieu).

1907 Napier 60 h.p.

The Napier was the world's first commercially successful six-cylinder car. This one has been rebuilt as a replica of the vehicle with which S.F.Edge averaged 65.91 m.p.h. for 24 hours at Brooklands in 1907. Backed by Edge, greatest of the industry's early publicists, Napier was the first British factory to race internationally, and their victory in the 1902 Gordon Bennett Cup was followed two years later by their original "six". In the early years of the "Silver Ghost", the Napier was Rolls-Royce's principal rival. Car manufacture was abandoned in 1924, when Napier concentrated on aero-engines.

Friday's Ferrari

This car, pictured at Luffield corner, was one of the competitors in the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association's Sports Car Race at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's the 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza, chassis #0504M, of Tom Walduck that was driven in the race by Kerry McSwan. The 750 Monza had an Aurelio Lampredi designed 4-cylinder twin overhead camshaft 2,999cc engine and bodywork by Carrozzeria Scaglietti. This car was first campaigned by Mike Sparken (real name Michael J Pobereksky) who didn't own it, but 'rented' it from S.A.I.P.A. in Modena. This was apparently so that the car could be registered in Modena and so was able to avoid export restrictions and import duties when it travelled around Europe to different race meetings. The only major race that it contested was the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hour race where it was driven by Mike Sparken and Masten Gregory, but retired early in the race. It's the first Ferrari that I saw in competition, being driven by Mike Sparken in the 1955 British Empire Trophy race at Oulton Park.

1939 Maserati 4CL

This car competed in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1970.

It's the 1939 Maserati 4CL of Bob Wood and has a supercharged 4-cylinder inline 1,492cc engine. The 1939 racing season was curtailed by the outbreak of the Second World War but when racing recommenced in 1946 it proved to be the most successful of the cars taking part, and even more so in the 1947 season.

1931 Alfa Romeo 8C Le Mans

I took this photograph at Luffield corner during the Taylor Woodrow Pre-War Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

It's the 1931 Alfa Romeo 8C Le Mans of Peter Groh and has an 8-cylinder inline 2,336c engine. It got the 'Le Mans' name after the 1931 Le Mans 24 Hour race was won by Earl Howe and Sir Stanley Birkin in one of these cars.

1966 Volvo N86

Amongst all the cars at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018 was this commercial vehicle.

It's a 1966 Volvo N86 which has a 6-cylinder inline 6,724cc diesel engine. It appears to be operated as a recovery vehicle by K&R Walsh Bros of Manchester.

1959 Aston Martin DBR4

This was one of the competitors in the Allcomers Scratch Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1969.

It's the 1959 Aston Martin DBR4 of Peter Brewer. The DBR4 is a car that was first built and tested in 1957 although it didn't make its Grand Prix debut until 1959. By that time the new generation of rear-engine cars had made the older front-engine cars uncompetitive and the best results it managed were Roy Salvadori's sixth place finishes in the British and Portuguese Grands Prix in 1959. The car is powered by a 6-cylinder inline 2,493cc engine.

1948 Maserati 4CLT

I took this photograph in the Donington Park Museum in May 1989.

It's a Maserati 4CLT which was a development of the pre-War 4CL and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,491cc supercharged engine. The first 4CLT was produced in 1947 and the 1948 variant made its debut at the San Remo Grand Prix, winning the race in the hands of Alberto Ascari. The 4CLT has ever since been known as the 'San Remo'. The museum car was apparently built up by Reg Parnell in late 1950, possibly using the chassis of 4CLT 1597 which was crashed in Brazil in March 1949 by Alberto Ascari. The figure behind the car seems to represent Juan Manuel Fangio who drove a Maserati 4CL in the late 1940s and early in 1950 before joining the Alfa Romeo team.

1982 Arrows A4

This is one of the cars that took part in the Grand Prix Masters F1 Cars 1966-1985 race at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It's Dave Abbott's  Arrows A4 with which the Arrows team competed in the 1982 season and has a 2,993cc V8 Cosworth DFV engine. It was designed by Dave Wass and driven that season by Brian Henton, Marc Surer and Mauro Baldi, the latter having a fifth place and a sixth place finish to earn 3 points in the World Drivers' Championship whilst Mauro Baldi had two sixth place finishes and Brian Henton didn't score any points in his three races.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at the RAC Tourist Trophy Race at Oulton Park in May 1965.

It's David Piper in his 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, which should strictly be called a 275 LM because it has the larger 3.3 litre engine instead of the 3 litre engine of the 250LM. The car is chassis number 5897 and it finished in third place in the race which was won by Denny Hulme in a Brabham BT8.

General Dynamics F-16 B Fighting Falcon

This aircraft was part of the static display at the Woodford Air Show in June 1994.

It's a General Dynamics F-16 B Fighting Falcon, but there's no information about it in the brochure of the event.

1969 Leyland Titan PD3/14

This is one of the vehicles that took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1996.

It's a 1969 Leyland Titan PD3/14 that was ordered by Ramsbottom Urban District Council Transport, but by the time it was delivered their fleet had been incorporated into the SELNEC (South East Lancashire, North East Cheshire) Passenger Transport Executive together with the fleets of ten other Local Authorities.  A note in the programme of the event says this about this vehicle:

Leyland Titan PD3/14, East Lancs, 1969                                                               TTD386H

S.E.L.N.E.C.

Entered by      Greater Manchester Transport Society

This historic Vehicle was the very last of a long line of British buses. It was the last front engined Leyland

bus built and also the very last of its kind to enter service in Britain. Withdrawn 1981.

1964 Porsche 904 GTS

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.

It's the 1964 Porsche 904 GTS with which Irvine Laidlaw and Andrew Kirkaldy competed in the 50 minutes long Coys of Kensington Pre 1964 GT Cars race. The Porsche 904 was introduced in 1964 with a 1,966cc flat-four engine and the 1965 car had a variant of the Porsche 911's flat-six engine of 1,991cc. A few cars were built with a flat-eight engine of 1,962cc based on the engine of the 1962 804 F1 car.

1930 Renault Type KZ5

This is a photograph I took on Broad Street, Salford during the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1973.

It's a 1930 Renault Type KZ5 which was built with a 4-cylinder inline 2,120cc engine, but the DVLA record says that the engine size is 1,698cc. The DVLA record also says that the vehicle has been untaxed since September 1998. A note in the programme of the event reads as follows:

'182. Mr Bernard Bailey, Collingham, Wetherby, Yorkshire.

          1930 Renault Type KZ5, 12.9 h.p.

The only known car of this type in the United Kingdom.'