2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R

This is a photograph that I took of a motor cycle in Market Street, Hyde in April 2019.

It's a 2003 Kawsaki ZX-6R, introduced in 1995 and apparently still in production. It has a transversely mounted 16 valve DOHC 4-cylinder inline 636cc engine.

1902 Panhard et Levassor

I took this photograph at the roundabout that at one time stood at the junction of the A6 and Cross Lane in Pendleton which was my vantage point for the Lancashire Automobile club's annual Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1966.

It's a 1902 Panhard et Levassor and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

7.     Mr. E.S. Berry, Southport.

         1902 Panhard et Levassor 15 h.p.  3308c.c.

 

This car has been on the road all her life except from 1923 to 1928. Originally fitted with platinum tube ignition and owned by Otto Beit of Essex, who used her as a 4 seater tourer, then in 1909 he altered the body to use her as a farm wagon.  In 1911 the Rev. Bowsey of Epsom bought her and used her for many Rallies and London/Brighton Runs until the present owner bought her in 1946. Since then she has been driven many thousands of miles and taken part in many National and International events including the Rally to Paris in 1951 when she won an award, the Silver Jubilee Rally of 1955 when she was one of the cars in the winning team, the International Rally in 1957 in Germany when she won a Gold Medal and the International Rally in Holland in 1961 when she again won an award.

1952 Allard J2X Le Mans

This car competed in the Hawthorn International Trophy race at the Vintage Sports Car Club meeting at Oulton Park in June 2005.

It's the1952 Allard J2X Le Mans of Tom Walker. The Allard J2 had motor cycle style mudguards and the J2X was introduced to comply with 1952 FIA regulations which said that cars must have all-enveloping bodywork.

1950s cars

This is a photograph that I took in the paddock at the Coys International kric Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.

The cars on the left are:

TNX 426 1955 Austin A50 Cambridge, 1,500cc

PSK364 1956 Standard Super 10, 948cc

PDO 721 (1960 Morris Minor Series III, DVLA say 848cc – should be 948cc

RDU 597 (1955 Morris Minor Series II, 803cc

I can’t make out the registration numbers of the cars on the right, but they are a 1960s Triumph Herald and a Ford Prefect E493A from 1949-1953

1951 AEC Regent III

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

It’s not listed in the programme of the event but it’s a 1951 AEC Regent III with a Weymann body originally owned by Morecambe & Heysham Corporation.

1928 DeSoto Race Special.

This is a photograph that I took at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in August 1992.

It’s not mentioned in the programme of the event but I found a Bonhams sales catalogue online which gives the following information about the car:

 

1928 DeSoto Race Special

2,790cc Chrysler Flathead 6-Cylinder Engine

Approx. 45bhp

2 Edmunds Carburettors

Direct Drive

Front and Rear Live Axles with Leaf Springs

Rear Drum Brakes

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph that I took during practice for the Shell Ferrari Historical Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It's Christoph Stieger in Engelbert Stieger's 3 litre 1972 Ferrari 312P, chassis 0888. It has a 2,991cc flat-12 engine, often referred to as the 312PB (the ‘B’ for Boxer to differentiate it from the earlier V12-engined 1969 312P).