1970 McLaren M14A

This car competed in the F.O.R.C.E. Pre-1972 Classic Grand Prix Cars Race at the Coys International Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's a 1970 McLaren M14A, entered by the BruceMcLaren Trust and driven by David Clark. The M14A was raced by the McLaren team in the 1970 season and early part of the 1971 season. It gained several 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in the hands of Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme, but Bruce McLaren, who took second place in the Spanish Grand Prix, was unfortunately killed during the 1970 season when testing an M8D CanAm car at Goodwood.

1959 Aston Martin DBR4

I took this photograph on the straight between Esso Bend and Knickerbrook during the Allcomers Race for Historic Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1971.

It's Neil Corner in his 1959 Aston Martin DBR4, chassis DBR4/4 - the last DBR4 built and which was never raced by the works team. 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 DBR4 was powered by a 6-cylinder inline 2,493cc engine, but Neil Corner's car has the 2,992cc DB3S engine.

1955 Vauxhall Velox

This is one of the cars that were on display at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It's a 1955 Vauxhall Velox E Series which has a 2,275cc 6-cylinder inline engine and was produced between 1951 and 1957. This note in the side window gives the history of the car:

Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in the HGPCA Sports Car Race at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's described in the programme of the event as a 1958 Ferrari 250TR, but has had a chequered history, being built in 1956 as a Ferrari 290 MM with chassis #0606 and a 3,491cc V12 engine. As a Scuderia Ferrari car it won the 1956 Swedish Grand Prix in the hands of Maurice Trintignant and Phil Hill, then in the 1957 season was raced by the Ecurie Nationale Belge. At the end of the season it returned to the Ferrari factory and was loaned out during 1958, then in 1959 it was converted to Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa specifications with a 2,953cc V12 engine. It was sold as a Ferrari 250 TR to Brazilian Jean Luis Lacerda Soares who raced the car in 1960, but in 1962 Fernando Moriera borrowed it to race at Interlagos and the front half of the car was totally wrecked in an accident during the race that killed the driver. The less damaged rear part of the car was used to create an Corvette V8 engined special which was used through the 1960s after which the engine was removed and the rest of the car was untouched until the mid 1980s when it was brought to the UK. The new owner, Paolo Sebastiani was under the impression that he had the remains of a Testa Rossa #0726 and had the remains reconstructed as that car, which is how it appeared at this Silverstone race where it was driven by Paolo Sebastiani. It was then sold in the 1990s to a John Godfrey who did some detailed research and found that the remains were of the 290MM, #0606, and when John Godfrey later died the current owner bought the car from his estate and commissioned Neil Twyman to return it to the same specification it was when it last left the Ferrari factory in 1959.

1930 Maserati 26M

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting in June 1970.

This is Lord Doune's 1930 Maserati 26M, chassis 2514, that was driven by Ray Fielding in the Richard Seaman Memorial Vintage Trophy Race. The programme of the event describes it as a Maserati 8C and says this about it:

'.....also in the third row is a most welcome dark horse in the form of a rare 1930 blown 8C 2½ litre Grand Prix Maserati. This car was brought over from Switzerland by Lord Doune, famous for his Scottish museum of Sports and racing cars and the Doune hill climb course, who has entered the car to be driven by Ray Fielding.'

1901 De Dion Bouton Tonneau

I took this photograph just after the car had left the start point of the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1985.

I no longer have the programme of the event, but this car was a regular participant in the Run and the 1986 programme says this about it:

 1901 De Dion Bouton Tonneau
 Reg: D 235   1 cylinder   8 hp
 W.A. Pownall, Hazel Grove, Cheshire
The original "Surrey with the fringe on top" - this car has won the concours
in its class on the run ten times. It spent much of its early life in India where
it was owned by a prince. It was also once owned by Sir William Rootes.

1982 Maserati Kyalami

This car was in the paddock at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It's a 1982 Maserati Kyalami which has a 4,930cc V8 engine and 210 of these cars were produced between 1976 and 1983.