1933 Delage D8S

This was one of the exhibits at the Northern Classic Car Show in the G-Mex Centre, Manchester in August 1994.

I don't know which stand it was on and it's not mentioned in the brochure of the event, but it's a 1933 Delage D8S. It's chassis #35880 and has a 4,061cc 8-cylinder inline engine with bodywork by Fernandez et Darrin.

1951 Jaguar XK120

I took this photograph at Lodge Corner during the ITD Consultants/JEC Jaguar XK Challenge race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2003.

It's Geoffrey Ottley in his 1951 Jaguar which he purchased in 1981 and has been competing with continuously since 1985, driving the car to and from the meetings on most occasions. It has the 3,442cc 6-cylinder inline Jaguar XK6 engine. This article tells the story of Geoffrey Ottley's ownership of the car.

1924 Amilcar CS

This car took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1990, and is pictured here in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester before the start of the Run.

It's the 1924 Amilcar CS of Roger Firth of Stalybridge, Cheshire, which was made at the Amilcar factory in Saint-Denis in Paris, to the north of the city centre and has a 4-cylinder inline side-valve 1,004cc engine. A note about the car in the programme of the event reads as follows:

1924 Amilcar

Reg: PE 4287  4 cylinder  8 hp

(Roger Firth, Stalybridge)

Perhaps the first C.S. Amilcar to be built, it only

has rear brakes, as well as staggered seating

which allows more room for passenger and

driver. Imported into this country by Boone and

Porter, the London Amilcar agents, by the late

1950s it was almost a total wreck. During

restoration several parts had to be imported

from France, and the original body was

eventually located in Perth, Scotland, being used

as a chicken shed. It has a three-speed gearbox

and a fixed rear axle, with no differential.

There’s a very interesting article about the car written by a subsequent owner which you can read here.

Silverstone 1994

I took this photograph at Luffield corner during the Chopard HGPCA 100 Mile Grand Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

Leading is Jeffrey Pattinson in his 1954 Maserati 250F, chassis #2508, originally owned and raced by Stirling Moss. The car behind him is the 1949 Maserati 4CLT of Dan Margulies, which was being driven by Peter Hannen, followed by the 1955 Connaught B-Type of Paul Burdell, chassis B4, originally raced by the Rob Walker team.

1952 Jaguar C-Type

This car is pictured just after Lodge Corner in the Coys Race for Pre-1959 Drum Brake Sports Cars at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2002.

It's David Wenman in his 1952 Jaguar C-Type which is chassis XKC008 and has the 6-cylinder inline 3,442cc Jaguar XK6 engine that powered all the C-Types, and was originally owned by Leslie Johnson who drove it in the 1953 Mille Miglia but failed to finish the race. Peter Walker and Peter Whitehead won the 1951 Le Mans 24 Hour Race in a Jaguar C-Type, and Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt repeated that feat in 1953.

1950 Sheffield Tram 513

In August 1996 when returning home from a holiday in Scotland we paid a visit to the Beamish open air museum in County Durham and this is one of the photographs I took there.

It's the 1950 Sheffield tram number 513 built by Roberts of Wakefield, and it remained in service in Sheffield until 1960. I understand that it is now at the East Anglia Transport Museum at Lowestoft.

Friday's Ferrari

This is one of the Ferraris I photographed at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's a 1991 Ferrari F40, one of 1,311 produced between 1987 and 1992. It has a twin turbo 2,936cc V8 engine with two overhead camshafts per bank and four valves per cylinder. The F40 was apparently the first road legal production car to break the 200mph barrier.