Jack Brabham

This is a photograph that I took at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in September 1956.

It’s Jack Brabham who drove a works Cooper T41 in this Formula 2 race. He finished in 14th place in the race which was won by his team mate Roy Salvadori. He’s holding the hand of his first son, Geoff Brabham.

1955 Cooper Bristol T40

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Coys Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It’s the Cooper Bristol T40 that Jack Brabham drove in the British Grand Prix of 1955 and which in 1993 was owned by Thomas Bscher and driven in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car race at the meeting by Katharina Schmidt.

1947 AEC Regent 3 RT

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 1988.

The programme of the event had this note about it:

HLW 159 AEC REGENT 3 RT, PARK ROYAL. 1947. Entered by A.J. Roskoss, Huddersfield. New to London Transport as RT172 and retained by them until 1958 when it transferred to Bradford, being finally withdrawn in 1968. Major restoration began in 1982 and is continuing.

1953 Lotus MkVI

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in July 2015.

It’s a 1953 Lotus MkVI which was the first production car that Lotus built after a series of one-off specials. Over 100 of these cars were built between 1952 and 1957 with a variety of engines, but mainly the 1,172cc Ford side-valve unit, The DVLA record says the car is still taxed and that it has a 1,567cc engine.

Saab 9-3

I took these photographs in a  supermarket car park in Hyde in October 2018.

It's a second generation Saab 9-3 which was produced by Saab from 2003 to 2014 and offered a range of petrol and diesel engines from 1.8  to 2.8 litres. The DVLA says that it no longer has a record of this car.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph that I took at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's a Ferrari 458 Italia which has a 4,497cc V8 Ferrari F136 F engine. It was produced between 2010 and 2015 replacing the Ferrari F430, and was itself eventually replaced by the Ferrari 488.

1995 Porsche 968 RS Turbo

I took these photographs at the Aston Martin Owners Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in May 2018.

It's a 1995 Porsche 968 RS Turbo which has a 4-cylinder inline 3 litre engine and is a restyled version of the Porsche 944.