1930's ERA

This is a photograph that I took at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1965.

It’s a 1930’s ERA, but unfortunately it has no race number (there is what looks like a faded ‘27’ on the front of the car, but that was a Frazer Nash at this meeting) and there were 7 ERA’s entered in the Historic Trophy Race. I'm told by people with a greater knowledge of  ERAs than me that this is the 1936 ERA R5B ('Remus') of the Hon. Patrick Lindsay.

1959 ERF

I took this photograph at Heaton Park, Manchester at the Greater Manchester Transport Society’s Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in September 1988.

It’s a 1959 ERF and the programme of the event had this note about the vehicle:

RDB 22 E.R.F. 6.6 GX Tractor. 1959. Entered by J.C. Wood, Bollington, Cheshire. 

New to John Stephens Limited of Heaton Mersey, this vehicle was in service until 1973 when it was withdrawn, being rescued for preservation in 1983.

Maserati 300S

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

It's a Maserati 300S but didn't take part in any of the races that day, nor is it mentioned in the programme of the event and may well be a replica. The Maserati 300S has a 2,991cc 6-cylinder inline engine that was based on the 2½ litre unit of the 250F Grand Prix car with a longer stroke, and took part in the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1957.

1956 Tojeiro Jaguar

This is a photograph that I took in the paddock at the British Empire Trophy race meeting at Oulton Park in April 1959.

It’s the Ecurie Ecosse 1956 Tojeiro Jaguar that was driven in the race by Jock Lawrence, finishing in 13^th place.

1913 Peugeot 148

This is a photograph that I took at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005.

There had been a parade in the morning for 1906-1914 GP cars, and after the lunch break these cars came round the circuit delivering the marshals to their posts. There isn’t a list of the cars in the programme but this is the 1913 Peugeot 148 of Clive Press, originally built with a 4,536cc 4-cylinder engine and later had a 9,934cc 4-cylinder Hall-Scott A-7 aero engine.

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 1990 Ferrari Testarossa and has a 4,943cc flat-12 Ferrari F113 engine. The Testarossa was produced from 1984 to 1991, with revised versions, the 512TR and F512M continuing until 1996 - almost 10,000 cars being built in total.

The DVLA say that the car currently has a SORN.

1972 Triumph GT6 MkIII

I took this photograph at a garage in Hyde in July 2023.

It's a 1972 Triumph GT6 MkIII and has a 6-cylinder inline 1,996cc engine. 40,926 GT6’s were produced between 1966 and 1973.