Lola T70 Spyder

On 24 April 2016 I showed photographs of a Lola T70 Spyder that took part in the Sports Racing Masters race at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2006. Here are photographs of another Lola T70 Spyder that took part in the same race.

It's the 1966 car of Marshall Bailey with what the programme of the event says is a 5.7 litre engine, presumably the 350 cu in V8 Chevrolet engine that was fitted to many of these cars. Next to it are four cars that competed in the BRDC Historic Sports Car Race, the 3.4 litre Jaguar D-Type of Benjamin Eastick, and three Listers that aren't mentioned in the programme of the event. On the extreme left is the Cooper Maserati T51 of Andrew Garner that was driven in the HGPCA Pre-1966 GP Cars Race by Gary Pearson.

Here's Marshall Bailey at Redgate corner during the race.

Lotus Elan

This car competed in the HSCC Classic Sports Car Championship Race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1993.

It's the 1965 Lotus Elan of Luis Olive, with a 4 cylinder inline 1,594cc Lotus Twin-Cam engine based on the Ford Kent engine. The green and yellow of the car mirrors the colours of the official Lotus team in the 1960s.

McLaren MP4/1

The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998 celebrated 50 year of racing at Silverstone with a display featuring a car for each of those 50 years. I've shown photographs previously of cars representing some of those years, and this is the car that represented 1981.

It's the McLaren MP4/1, the first Formula 1 car to be built with a carbon fibre composite monocoque, and was powered by the 2,993cc Cosworth DFY V8 engine. McLaren used the car for 3 seasons, driven by John Watson & Andrea de Cesaris in 1981, and John Watson & Niki Lauda in 1982 & 1983. Its successor, the McLaren MP4/2, helped McLaren claim three World Drivers Championship titles, for Niki Lauda in 1984 and Alain Prost in 1985 & 1986.

Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car on a visit to the Donington Park Museum in March 1996.

It's the Ferrari 500 with which Alberto Ascari won the World Drivers Championship in both 1952 and 1953 when it was contested under the 2 litre Formula 2 Regulations. The car had a 4-cylinder inline engine with a capacity of 1,985cc and Ascari won 7 consecutive races spanning the two seasons, setting a record that was not beaten until Sebastian Vettel won 9 consecutive races in 2013. Ascari's winning run would have been 9 also, but was interrupted by the 1953 Indianapolis 500 mile race which was at that time included in the World Championship programme, although not contested by the European teams.

On 4 July 2014 I showed a photograph of the car that I had taken at the Donington Museum in 1989, together with two taken at Oulton Park in 1970.

Lotus 25

The paddock at Aintree was in the middle of the circuit and to get to the pits the cars had to be driven, or pushed, along a duckboard track across the Grand National horse racing course. The car in this photograph has just been driven by a mechanic from the pits to the paddock after a practice session for the British Grand Prix in July 1962.

It's the Lotus 25 of Jim Clark in which he qualified in pole position on the grid, and won the race the following day with John Surtees' Lola in second place and Bruce McLaren's Cooper third. The Lotus 25 had a 1,498cc Coventry Climax V8 engine and was the only Lotus 25 in the race, his teammate Trevor Taylor driving a Lotus 24.

On 6 July 2016 I showed a photograph of Trevor Taylor driving a Lotus 25 at Silverstone in 1993, and on 13 August 2016 a photograph of Jim Clark at the 1962 British Grand Prix.

Bentley 3/8 litre

This car competed in a scratch race and a handicap race at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1993.

It's Spencer Flack's 1928 Bentley 3/8 litre, originally a Bentley 3 litre, chassis TN1569, but rebuilt in the early 1990s with an 8 litre engine after being written off, allegedly after an accident with a steam roller.

Willys-Overland Model 79 Speedster

There was always a  variety of displays and exhibits by a large number of car clubs at the Coys International Historic Festival meetings that I attended at Silverstone in the 1990s, and here's one car that I found in a marquee at the 1997 meeting.

It's a 1914 Willys-Overland Model 79 Speedster which, as it says on the board on the right, was displayed by 'The Stutz Club together with some of their Classic American Cousins'. Willys-Overland was formed when John Willys bought the Overland car company in 1908 and subsequently renamed it the Willys-Overland Motor Company. It's noticeable that the car has right-hand drive, as did all the company's cars built prior to 1915 when they switched to left-hand drive. The board in front of the car says:

WILLYS-OVERLAND COMPANY

TOLEDO OHIO USA

Year   1914 Model 79 Speedster

Mech  4180cc 4 Cyl Side Valve 35HP

Trans  3 Speed Gearbox

Price Ex Works $1000

Plus Extras

Centre Lock Wire Wheels by

Bud Wheel Company

The Speedster was only built to

Special Order and

This Quite Original Example

is One of only 2 Known to Exist

There's a Willys-Overland-Knight Registry for owners and enthusiasts to join.

Cooper Bristol T20

This car was entered in the Ron Flockhart Memorial Trophy Race at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2004.

It's the 1952 Cooper Bristol T20 (also known as the MkI) of Neil Davies, built for Formula 2 racing and was powered by a 1971cc straight-6 engine based on the pre-war BMW 328 unit. It was superseded in 1953 by the MkII T23.

Berliet VL Tourer

This car took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in May 1987, and is pictured here in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester prior to the start of the run.

It's the 1922 Berliet VL Tourer of William Kenyon, and a note in the programme of the event said this about it:

46    1922 Berliet Tourer

         Reg: TTA 609  4 cylinder  16hp

         (William Kenyon, Ashton-in-Makerfield)

This Model VL/16cv Berliet was imported from France in 1971 and was used for publicity purposes. Among its unusual claims to fame is the fact that it was the first car in Bristol to be fitted with a telephone. In October 1976, the Lord Mayor of Bristol telephoned the Lord Mayor of Gloucester from this car! A case of 'C'est pour vous...'.

Jaguar D-Type

I photographed this car at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1992, where it took part in the 8 lap Historic Car Championship Race.

It's Andrew Baber's 3,781cc straight-6 1956 Jaguar D-Type and it was driven in the race by Gary Pearson. The chassis number is XKD 530 which is a car that was originally supplied to Kurt Lincoln of Helsinki and was raced also by Timo Makinen amongst others. After being campaigned in Finland for several years, including participation in ice racing, the car came into the hands of Nigel Moores in the mid-1960s. It required a complete rebuild, and at that time different parts of the car were used to create two D-Types, both bearing the XKD 530 identification. This car has the registration number XSV 979, and the other car is PAS 645.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph in the area set aside for members of the Ferrari Owners Club at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

Originally a 1947 Ferrari 125 Spyder #01C it competed in various races, including the 1947 Mille Miglia in the hands of Franco Cortese and was also driven at Livorno by Tazio Nuvolari. Following an accident in practice at Modena when being driven by Fernandino Righetti it was rebuilt as a 166 Spyder Corsa and renumbered as #010I. On 6 July 2012 I showed an almost identical photograph of this car that I'd taken earlier at the meeting, at which time I'd not been able to confirm if it was an original car or a replica.

JBW F1

This car took part in the HGPCA Race for Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars at the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association's International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

It's Marshall Bailey's 1959 JBW F1, a Maserati-engined car built by Brian Naylor's mechanic Fred Wilkinson to enable him to compete in British and International Formula One races. Brian Naylor didn't have much success in World Championship races, entering for six races over three seasons, failing to qualify for the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix, retiring in four other races, and finishing in thirteenth place in the 1960 British Grand Prix. The car derives its name from Naylor's forenames (John Brian) and the W from Fred Wilkinson's surname.

On 8 December 2016 I showed photographs of this car at Oulton Park in 2005.

French Edwardian Cars

These two cars took part in the 4-Lap Handicap Race for Edwardian Cars at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in August 1992.

This car is listed in the programme of the event as Richard Black's 9,500cc 1906/11 Clement Special

This car is listed as John Brydon's 9,000cc 1903/10 CGV Special

A note in the programme about the race says this about the two cars:

 'There are two French cars on the entry list for this race, and both are powered by Simplex T-head side-valve engines of nine litres or more. Richard Black's 1906 Clement and the 1903 CGV (Charron-Giradot-Voigt) of John Brydon are fitted with these American engines because the original units are not available. The CGV has a two-seat Grand Prix-type body modelled on that fitted to Giradot's car in the 1905 French Gordon Bennett Eliminating Trials.'

The DVLA record shows the Clement as a 1906 Clement Talbot, a company that originally sold Clement Bayard cars which had been built in France. The company later became STD Motors (Sunbeam Talbot Darracq), then simply Talbot, and eventually Sunbeam Talbot.

I've been able to find out very little about the CGV, but on 12 August 2017 I showed a photograph of another CGV that I'd taken at Donington Park in 2007.

BMW M1

This was amongst the BMWs displayed at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

It's a BMW M1, a mid-engined car (BMW's first) that was produced from 1978 to 1981 with a 3,453cc DOHC straight-6 engine. Only 453 cars were built, 20 of which were competition versions made for the one-make Procar Championship, the rounds of which were mainly run as support races at some of the European Grand Prix events in the 1979 and 1980 seasons. Several of the cars were driven in these races by Formula One drivers, the Championship in 1979 being won by Niki Lauda and by Nelson Piquet in 1980. The name on the door of the car above is that of Hans-Joachim Stuck, who competed in the Championship in both of those years.

Maserati A6GCS

This was one of three such cars competing in the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge race at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in June 2003.

It's the Carrozzeria Fantuzzi bodied 1955 Maserati A6GCS of Swiss driver Lukas Hüni and is chassis #2093. The A6GCS has a 2 litre straight-6 engine and was designed by Gioacchino Columbo to compete in the World Sportscar Championship, which it did from 1953 to 1955.

On 22 December 2015 I showed photographs of another Maserati A6GCS that I took at Silverstone in 1998.

Triumph TR3

I photographed this car at the HSCC's Summer Race Meeting at Oulton Park in July 1992 where it took part in the HSCC Classic Sports Car Championship race.

It's Mike Reason's 1959 Triumph TR3, a car sometimes known as a TR3A because the wider grille on the later models make it look a different vehicle to the original TR3. The original Triumph TR3 was produced between 1955 and 1957 with a 1,991cc straight-4 engine, and this later version from 1957 to 1962 with the 1,991cc engine, but with the option of a 2.138cc engine from 1959. The programme of the event says that this car has an engine of 2,187cc.

On 10 August 2015 I showed photographs of a Triumph TR2 and the original TR3.

BRM P30

This car is competing in the Chopard Grand Prix Cars Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It's Nick Mason at Luffield Corner in his 1952 1½ litre supercharged BRM P30, #V16/04, now owned by Bernie Ecclestone.

On 4 August 2016 I showed a photograph of this car at the Coys meeting of 2000 at Silverstone.

Friday's Ferrari

This was one of the competitors in the Shell Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge race at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2004.

It's Nicolas Zapata's 1962 Ferrari 250GT SWB, chassis #3327GT, the SWB standing for 'short wheelbase', being 2,400mm as opposed to the 2,600mm of the longer wheelbase cars. It was powered by a 2,953cc V12 engine. The car is here leaving the pit lane during a practice session.

SS Jaguar 100

I photographed this car at the Northern Classic Car Show at G-Mex, Manchester in August 1991.

It's a 1938 SS Jaguar 100, with a 2½ litre straight-6 engine developed from the Standard side valve unit by giving it a new cylinder head and converting it to an overhead valve engine.

Lotus 47

This car competed in the R Cressey & Sons Ltd Trophy Race - which was a round of the HSCC 2 litre Championship - at the HSCC's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987.

It's Michael Schryver's 1967 Lotus 47, with a 1.6 litre (probably Ford Cosworth) engine. The car was based on the Lotus Europa with the more powerful Cosworth engine fitted in place of the Europa's Renault unit.

Jaguar C-type

This car took part in the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association Sports Car Race at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's Humphrey Avon's 3,442cc straight-6 1953 (according to the programme of the event) Jaguar C-type. The registration number MDU 212 suggests that it's chassis #XKC005, the car with which Stirling Moss and Peter Whitehead won the Reims 12 Hour race in 1953 - the first race to be won by a car fitted with disc brakes. The problem is that XKC005 is a 1952 car, and all the photographs, bar one, that I've seen of that car show it to be a light green colour. It's also had other registration numbers during its lifetime, including AWW 3 and FST 777, so MDU 212 could have been passed to another C-type.

ERA Delage

This car competed in the Richard Seaman Historic Trophy race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Donington Park in May 2001.

It's Bruce Spollon's 1927/37 1,988cc supercharged straight-6 ERA engined Delage, created by Rob Walker who installed an ERA engine in one of Albert Lory's 1927 Delage 15 S8 Grand Prix cars. The car competed in Historic racing events for many years until acquired by Peter Mullin for the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California in 2006, and below is a photograph I took of it at Oulton Park in the 1950s.

Seddon Mark 19

This was one of the single deck buses taking part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1993.

It's a 1958 Seddon Mark 19 with Harrington Wayfarer body entered by Thornes Independent Limited of Bubwith. After the chassis was exhibited at the 1958 Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court VHO 200 was purchased by Liss & District (Creamline) of Bordon, Hampshire who kept it for two years before selling it to Thornes. The programme of the event said this about the vehicle:

'Seddon Mark 19, Harrington Wayfarer, C41F, 1958                  VHO 200

Thornes of Bubwith 35

Entered by Thornes Motor Services Ltd, Bubwith, Selby

This vehicle has recently been returned to full PCV status by its owners

following a period of eighteen years open storage on their premises.'

Aston Martin V8

This car competed in the Gordon Russell Furniture Inter-Marque Championship Race at the Jaguar Drivers' Club's Cheshire Cats Trophy Meeting at Oulton Park in April 1987.

It's Mike Cousins' Aston Martin V8, a car that was produced from 1969 to 1989 with a 5,340cc fuel injection V8 engine. Originally called the Aston Martin DBS V8 and marketed alongside the straight-6 Aston Martin DBS it became simply the Aston Martin V8 when production of the six-cylinder car ended in 1972.

Here's Mike Cousins during the race at Foulstons chicane.

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 1987 Ferrari 412, and a notice in the window of the car said this:

'Ferrari 412 GT

PV 8670

First registered 1987

One of just 25 right-hand drive manual 
gearbox examples ever made

The last evolution of a car that started as the
365 GT 2+2, then developed into the 400
and 400i. The 412 has colour-coded
bumpers and a higher bootline, as well as an
enlarged 4,942cc V12 producing 340bhp.
This was the final version of the engine used
in the Daytona.

This example is very original and was
previously owned by Radio 2 DJ Chris
Evans, when it was registered 1 FAB.'

Auto Union D-type

In March 1996 I made a visit to the Donington Park Museum to see a special car. It was one of a group of Auto Union racing cars that disappeared after the Second World War when the part of Germany where they had been produced and were stored was occupied by Soviet Russia when the war ended, and all the remaining cars were transported to Russia. It was generally assumed that after the Russians had gleaned what information they could from the cars they had all been destroyed. With the breakdown of the USSR, however, several of these cars came to light and one by one the remains were resuscitated by the engineers at Crosthwaite and Gardiner in Buxted, East Sussex. This is one of those cars and was on display at the Donington Park Museum for a period after its restoration.

It's a 1938 Auto Union D-type which had a supercharged 3 litre V12 engine.

The D-type was driven in 1938 by Hermann Müller, Rudolf Hasse, Christian Kautz, Hans Stuck, Tazio Nuvolari and Ulrich Bigalke.....

.....and in the curtailed 1939 season by Herman Müller, Tazio Nuvolari. Rudolf Hasse, Georg Meier and Hans Stuck.

I went to Donington Park that day as I thought that it would be the only chance I would get to see this car that I'd read so much about since I was a youngster.

Five years later, however, at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park, Audi brought along  restored Auto Union C-type and D-type models which were displayed in the paddock and took part in demonstration runs round the circuit.

I showed photographs of these cars on 2 December 2012.....

.....and also on 10 August 2016.

Connaught B Type

This car took part in the Historic Car Championship race at the Aston Martin Owners' Club's Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1986.

It's Christopher Mayman's 1955 Alta-engined 4-cylinder in-line 2,470cc Connaught B type, and I understand that it's chassis #B1. Chassis #B1 is the car in which Tony Brooks won the 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix (giving the car the 'Connaught Syracuse' name by which it is generally known), but the car was written-off in an accident in practice for the 1957 Syracuse Grand Prix when being driven by Les Leston. The frame was rescued and later used in this reconstruction of the car.

Here's Christopher Mayman at Lodge Corner during the race.

Maserati 250 S

This car took part in the Louis Vuitton 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 1996.

It's the 1956 Maserati 250 S of Jeremy Agace. This car started off life as the 1,484cc 4-cylinder Maserati 150 S of Argentinian Alejandro De Tomaso with the chassis number 1660. In 1957 it was converted to a Maserati 250 S with a 2,489cc 4-cylinder engine and given a new chassis number 2411.

Citroën

Here are the photographs of some of the Citroëns that I took at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2017.

This is a 1955 Citroën 11B Légère with a 1,911cc 4-cylinder engine

Another 1955 Citroën 11 Légère

Not identified at the show, but it's a 1957 car with a 1,911cc engine so is another Citroën 11

A later car this time, a 1984 Citroën Visa with a 1,124cc 4-cylinder engine

The long-running Citroën 2CV, produced from 1948 to 1990 with a flat-twin boxer engine, and this is a 2CV6 Charleston, a 1983 car with the 602cc engine

A 1972 Citroën DS21 with a 4-cylinder 2,175cc engine

1972 Citroën SM, produced from 1970 to 1975 with a Maserati V6 engine of either 2,675cc or 2,965cc, and this one has the 2,675cc unit.

Stutz DV32 LeBaron

I took this photograph at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005.

It's a 1933 straight-8 5 litre Stutz DV32 LeBaron Custom Sedan, chassis #DV-64-1595 and engine #33306. It was offered for auction by H&H Classics in 2009, but apparently failed to sell.