1950s Sports Car Racing at Silverstone

This is a photograph that I took at Luffield Corner during the 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

The number 35 car is the 1960 Cooper Monaco of John Harper and it’s being closely followed by James Shead in his 1959 Lotus 15. Behind them are two Lister Jaguars, and the red number 10 in the background is Martin Stretton in Peter Scott’s 1955 Maserati 300S.

1913 Crossley

This is one of the vehicles that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1983.

It’s a 1913 Crossley and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

 

22       1913 Crossley,

            Reg. NA 557 4-Cylinder 4500cc

            (Mr John Levaggi, Stalybridge, Cheshire)

This Royal Flying Corps staff car is one of only two of these Manchester built Crossleys known to exist in Britain. Has twin tyred rear wheels.

1914 TT Humber

This car competed in two handicap races at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1970.

It's Kenneth Neve's 1914 TT Humber, the only survivor of the three Humbers that took part in the Tourist Trophy race in the Isle of Man in that year and it has a 4-cylinder inline 3,295cc engine.

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 F355 Berlinetta, one of 4,871 cars produced between 1994 and 1999. It has a 3,496cc V8 engine with twin overhead camshafts on each bank of cylinders and 5 valves per cylinder. The F355 replaced the Ferrari 348 and was itself replaced by the Ferrari 360. From 1997 the F355 became the first-ever road car to have the paddle operated F1 style gearbox transmission system.

1966 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII

This was one of the participants in a Vintage and Historic Vehicle Display & Run organised by the Saddleworth Museum in June 1988.

It’s a 1966 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII which has a 6-cylinder inline 2,912cc engine. 17,712 of the MkIIIs were produced between 1964 and 1967. The DVLA say that the car is still taxed, but now shows the colour to be blue.

1946 Leyland Beaver

This is a photograph that I took at the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1988.

It's a 1946 Leyland Beaver and the programme of the event had this note about it:

AHL 622 Leyland Beaver. 1946. Entered by D.Canavan, Littleborough.

Purchased new by Beverley Bros., Eagle Brewery, Wakefield, it was used with a draw bar trailer until 1967. After sale it remained out of use until 1983 when it was acquired by the present owner  for preservation.

1927 Amilcar

This was one of the cars entered in the Concours d’Elegance at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1961.

It’s a 1927 Amilcar and the only information about it in the programme of the event was that it was entered for the Concours by H.C.Balfour and had a 1,089 cc engine.