1902 Wolseley Tonneau

This is a photograph that I took at the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1966.

It's a 1902 Wolseley Tonneau and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

6.      Major James Gardiner, O.B.E., J.P., Thelwall, Warrington.

         1902 Wolseley Tonneau two-cylinder 4½. x 5¼ in.

This car was delivered to the famous Engineer William Worby Beaumont, a founder member of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, who wrote the first technical book on motor cars on July 16th, 1902.

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 F430 which replaced the Ferrari 360 and was itself succeeded by the Ferrari 458. It was produced between 2005 and 2009 and has the 4,308cc Ferrari F136 E V8 engine.

Daimler Conquest Drophead Coupé

This is a photograph that I took at the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1990.

 

It's a Daimler Conquest Drophead Coupé which had the same 6-cylinder inline 2,433cc engine as the Saloon and Roadster models.

1952 Aston Martin DB2

This car competed in two races at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015.

It's The Reed family's 1952 Aston Martin DB2 which the programme of the event says has the 2,992cc engine that was introduced with the DB3S in 1953. Its first race that day was the AMOC '50s Sports Car race when it was driven by David Reed, but this photograph shows it at Lodge Corner being driven by David Reed's wife, Mrs Anne Reed, during practice for the Equipe GTS Race.

1936 Austin Heavy 12/4

This is a photograph that I took at a vintage car show and a run from Stockport to Matlock in July 1985 organised by car dealers Gordon Ford of Stockport.

It’s a 1936 Austin Heavy 12/4 and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,861cc engine.

1961 Maserati 3500GT

I took this photograph in the Maserati Club's area at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's a 1961 Maserati 3500GT, a model that was produced between 1959 and 1964, and was powered by the 6-cylinder inline 3,485cc Tipo 101 engine developed from that of the Maserati 350S racing car of 1956. The coachwork was designed by Carrozzeria Touring and the car had an aluminium body attached to a tubular steel frame.

1956 Maserati 250F

This car competed in a Twelve Lap Scratch Race for Post War Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in August 1996.

It’s David Pennell’s 1956 Maserati 250F which has the 6-cylinder inline 2,491cc Maserati engine. It is chassis #2524 which was sold new to Francisco Godia-Sales and with which he competed in the F1 World Championship races in 1956 and 1957. In 1958 it was sold to Joakim Bonnier who raced it during the 1958 season with Phil Hill taking the wheel at the French Grand Prix and Troy Ruttmann taking over for the German Grand Prix, although engine problems meant that he did not start the race. Scuderia Centro Sud entered the car in the 1958 Italian and Moroccan Grands Prix, driven by Giulio Cabianca and Hans Herrmann respectively.