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.

1956 Ford Zephyr Zodiac

This car was displayed on the stand of the 'Five Stars - Ford Mk1 Consul Zephyr Zodiac Owners Club' at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Exhibition Centre in Manchester in August 1990.

It's a 1956 Ford Zephyr Zodiac with a 6-cylinder inline 2,262cc engine, and was also referred to as a Ford Zodiac MkI after the Zodiac MkII was introduced later in 1956. The brochure of the event said this about the car:

 

'The stand this year celebrates the 1953 win of the Marque in that year's Monte Carlo Rally. Our car is owned by Andy Davies of Chorley, and won Best Car on our annual Manchester to Southport run.'

 

This is obviously not the actual car that won the 1953 Monte Carlo Rally - that was registration number VHK 194, and was driven by Maurice Gatsonides with Peter Worledge as his navigator (the rally number was 365 though). The DVLA say that KRJ 735 still exists and has only recently been re-taxed for another year.

 

Maurice Gatsonides, by the way, is much better known as the inventor of the 'Gatso' speed camera.

1935 Talbot 95/105 Sports Special

This is a photograph that I took in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It’s Norman Pemberton’s 1935 Talbot 95/105 Sports Special and the only information about it in the programme of the event was that it had a 2,969cc engine.

1978 Williams FW06

This is a photograph That I took at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

After the Williams Team had competed with a customer March 761 in the 1977 season, Frank Williams got Patrick Head to design a car for the 1978 season, and the result was this Williams FW06. The car was powered by the 2,993cc V8 Ford-Cosworth DFV engine and just one car was entered for each of the 16 races that season, driven by Alan Jones. His best place was a second place in the penultimate race of the season, the United States Grand Prix, and he finished the season in eleventh place in the Drivers' World Championship with Williams in ninth place in the World Constructors' Championship.

2015 Seat Leon Eurocup

I took this photograph during qualifying for the Aston Martin GT Challenge race at the Aston Martin Owners Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It’s the 2015 Seat Leon Eurocup of James Sturges which has a 4-cylinder inline turbocharged 1,984cc engine.