1957 Kurtis KK500G Offenhauser

I took this photograph during practice for the Hawthorn Trophy Race for Post-War Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2019.

It's the 1957 Kurtis KK500G Offenhauser of Stuart Harper, which was shown in the programme of the event as a 4.2 litre Kurtis Indy Roadster. This is the car that Ray Crawford took to the Indianapolis 500 race in 1957 and 1958 as the Meguiar Mirror Glaze Special, but failed both times to qualify for the race. Ray Crawford took part in the Race of Two Worlds round the banked oval at Monza with the car in both 1957 and 1958, one-sided exhibition events that pitted American Indianapolis cars against a motley collection of European cars. The race in both years consisted of three heats with the winner being the best car over the three races. In 1957 Ray Crawford's results in the heats were seventh, fourth and retired, and in 1958 tenth, eighth and fourth.

1951 Fordson E83W

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

It's not listed in the programme of the event but it’s a 1951 Fordson E83W pickup truck which has a four-cylinder inline 1,172cc engine. The vehicle was in production from 1938 to 1957.

Maserati 3200

This is a photograph that I took at a display by the car dealers Graypaul in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It’s a Maserati 3200, a car that was in production from 1998 to 2002 and had a 3,217cc V8 engine.

1995 Audi A4

This is a photograph that I took at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2018.

An article in the programme of the event says that the British Touring Car Championship was celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2018 and there were a number of touring cars in the paddock which didn’t take part in the touring car race at this meeting, but there’s no mention of them in the programme. This is one of those cars, and it appears to mark to the 1995 Championship which was won by Frank Bielsa in an Audi A4.

Avro Vulcan

This aircraft was part of the static display at the RAFA Woodford Air Show in June 1994.

It’s an Avro Vulcan bomber, 136 of which were built between 1956 and 1965 at Woodford. They were in service with the RAF from 1957 to 1982 and this one, Vulcan B.2 XM603, is now in the Avro Heritage Museum at Woodford.

Ferrari F430 Spider

I took this photograph at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's a Ferrari F430 Spider, a convertible version of the 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.

1953 Jaguar C-Type

I took this photograph at Lodge Corner during the Jack Fairman Cup race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2018.

It's David Brazell’s 1953 Jaguar C-Type which has the 3,442cc 6-cylinder inline Jaguar XK engine. The car is actually a replica based on a 1952 Jaguar XK120, chassis no. 672178.