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Wednesday, 25 March 2026

M8 Light armoured car

This was one of the vehicles in a Military Camp Display at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2017.
It’s an M8 light armoured car, over 8½ thousand of which were produced by the Ford Motor Company during the Second World War.

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Mercedes Benz Kompressor Club

Several members of Germany's Mercedes Benz Kompressor Club for vehicles produced between 1927 and 1934 attended the Coys International Historic Festival Meeting with their cars in July 1994 and took part in a demonstration run around the circuit. This is a photograph that I took at Luffield Corner during the demonstration run.

The programme of the event had this note about the Kompressor Club:



Monday, 23 March 2026

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod

This is a photograph that I took at an Air Display at the Yorkshire Air Museum at RAF Elvington in July 2010.
It’s a Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, built at Woodford as an MR.1 and later converted to MR.2 specifications. It was designed as a maritime patrol aircraft and mainly intended for anti-submarine warfare operations.

Sunday, 22 March 2026

2010 Aston Martin GT4

This is a photograph that I took during the early morning qualifying for the Aston Martin GT Challenge race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.
It's Robin Marriott in his 2010 Aston Martin GT4 which is an updated version of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 and has a 4,735cc V8 engine.

Saturday, 21 March 2026

1929 Bentley 4½ litre

This is a photograph that I took before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1979.
It's the1929 Bentley 4½ litre of Mr J J Denby and the programme of the event said this about the car:

174        Mr J. J. Denby, Kirkham Abbey, York.
              1929 Bentley 4½ litre open tourer. 25 h.p. 4-cylinder.
Tfhis car is used all the year round and has appeared on B.B.C. North once or twice. Has been on location for various films. Maintained by the owner for the last 16 years.

Friday, 20 March 2026

Friday's Ferrari

This is one of the cars I photographed at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.
It's a Ferrari 458 Speciale, a high performance variant of the 458 Italia. It has the 4,497cc version of the F136 V8 engine with twin overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. 3,000 of the cars were built between 2013 and 2015.

Thursday, 19 March 2026

1928 Frazer Nash Ford

This is a photograph that I took during the Oulton Park Trophy Race for Special Pre-War Sports Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies meeting in July 2015.
It's the 1928 Frazer Nash Ford of Jonathan Cobb about which the programme of the event says '....with Jonathan Cobb a likely front-runner in his Ford-engined Frazer Nash....'. The entry list in the programme of the event says that it has 3,320cc engine.