This car took part in the
Historic Memorial Trophy Race and the Allcomers Race at the Vintage Sports Car
Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in August 1992.
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It's Gordon Chapman's 1938 ERA
E-Type, GP2 which was the last ERA to be built and didn't make its racing debut
till after the Second World War. It has a supercharged 6-cylinder inline
1,488cc ERA engine and was driven that day by Bill Morris. A note about the car
in the programme of the event reads as follows:
'Bill Morris is down to drive
an example of the last ERA pre-war design. Entered by Gordon Chapman, the 1938
E-Type - chassis number GP2 - was not raced until after the war. GP1,
incidentally, did run in 1939. The 1.5 litre E-Type had a rather similar career
to the post-war V16 BRM car: it showed promise, but recorded few hard results.
Lighter, lower and more modern-looking than the previous ERA chassis, the
E-Type differed from the earlier cars in having a synchromesh gearbox (instead
of a pre-selector) and de Dion rear suspension.'
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