1956 Maserati 200SI

This is a photograph that I took at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010 where the car was driven by Gordon McCullough and Andrew Newall in the one hour long Sir Stirling Moss Trophy for 50s Sportscars.

Originally a Fiandri-bodied works 200S, chassis 2408,, it was rebodied late in 1956 to 200SI specifications and sold to Brazilian Severino Silva, later spending 30 years in a museum. It was acquired by Gordon McCullough in 2008 and the programme of the event says that it has a 2,500cc engine, so I suppose it should really be called a 250SI.

2018 McLaren 570S Coupé

This is a car that I spotted on the Manchester United car park at Old Trafford in October 2019.

It’s a 2018 McLaren 570S which has a twin turbocharged 3,799cc V8 McLaren M838T engine and was produced from 2015 to 2021.

1926 Sunbeam 3-litre

This is a photograph that I took at the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1975 at the junction of Peter Street and Lower Mosley Street.

It’s the 1926 Sunbeam 3-litre of A. Heib, but there are no other details in the programme of the event. The programme of the 1972 Run had this note about the car:

 

Mr. Andrew Heib, Greenmount, Bury, Lancashire.

1926 Sunbeam 3-litre Sports Tourer, 2,916 c.c.

A regular entrant on the Run and winner of the Daily Telegraph Challenge Trophy in 1970.

MRE Suzuki

This is a photograph that I took at the NG Road Racing meeting at Oulton Park in April 2017.

It's Paul Riley and Shaun Parker on their MRE Suzuki at Lodge Corner during the ACU/FRSA British F2 Sidecar Sprint Race.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph I took at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

The  two cars took part in the Magneti Marelli UK Race for Pre-1961 Grand Prix Cars and are setting out from the pit lane during a practice session. Leading is the 1954 Maserati 250F of Dieter Streve-Mülhens which has a 6-cylinder inline 2,490cc engine. It was originally chassis 2501 but with the Maserati team's habit of swapping chassis numbers around it was later 2526, then 2523, 2504 and back to 2523 again. Following it is the1960 Neil Corner’s Ferrari Dino 246 F1 car which escaped Ferrari's annual demolition of obsolete Grand Prix cars at the end of that season and was sold to New Zealander Pat Hoare. It's the car with which Phil Hill won the 1960 Italian Grand Prix but was modified for Tasman Series racing with the 2,417cc F1 engine replaced by a 2,953cc engine as used in the Ferrari 250 TR sports cars. The chassis number was changed from #0007 to #0788.

1968 Leyland PD2/47

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 a 1968 Leyland PD2/47 and the programme of the event had this note about the Vehicle:

 

JTF 217F LEYLAND PD2/47, EAST LANCS. Entered by T. Sharples, Preston, Lancashire. Delivered to Darwen Corporation, No. 39 was intended for use as a one man operated vehicle but only ran as such with the top deck blocked off.

1958 Lister Jaguar

This is a photograph that I took at Lodge Corner during the Guards Trophy GTSR Race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008.

It's Bob Gilbert in his 1958 Lister Jaguar which has the 6-cylinder inline 3,781cc Jaguar XK6 engine. The car was actually built with genuine Lister Jaguar parts in the early 1990s for the Yoshiyuki Hayashi Collection.