1962 Porsche 804

I photographed this car approaching Waterway corner at Aintree during practice for the British Grand Prix in July 1962.

It's Jo Bonnier in the 1962 Porsche 804 in which he qualified in 7th place on the grid, but retired after 27 laps of the race with gearbox problems. The Porsche 804 had a 1,494cc flat-8 engine and only competed in the 1962 season winning one race, the French Grand Prix, driven by Jo Bonnier's team mate Dan Gurney who qualified in 6th place on the grid at Aintree and finished the race in 9th place.

Friday's Ferrari

This is one of the cars I photographed in the car park at Old Trafford on the day Manchester United played Chelsea in April 2019.

It's a 2017 Ferrari 488 GTB with the 3,902cc twin turbocharged 32 valve F154 V8 engine which has two overhead camshafts per bank. Manufacture of the 488 started in 2015 and ended in February 2019. Its successor is an updated version of the 488, the Ferrari F8 Tributo.

On 26 April 2019 I showed photographs of the convertible version of this car, the Ferrari 488 GTS, which I had taken at the Manchester United football ground earlier that month.

Lamborghini Miura

I photographed this car at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

It's a Lamborghini Miura and has a 3,929cc V12 transverse rear mid-engine. 764 of these cars were built between 1966 and 1973, but other than that I don't have any information about this particular car.

1966 Cooper BRM

This car competed in the HSCC Classic Racing Cars race at the HSCC's Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2004.

It's Paul Busby's 1966 Cooper T82 BRM, chassis #F2-2-66, originally built by Cooper as a Formula 2 car for Jo Bonnier Racing with a 996cc inline-4 BRM P80 F2 engine. It was driven by Jo Bonnier himself, and by Jo Siffert and Giancarlo Baghetti amongst others in European F2 races in 1966.

Here's Paul Busby at Foulstons chicane during the race followed by the 1963 Brabham BT6 of Ned Spieker, the 1969 Merlyn Mk11a of Mike Bromley and the 1969 Lotus 61 of Alan Hicks.

On 2 April 2015 I showed photographs of this car at Oulton Park in 2002.

Equipe GTS

This photograph was taken at McLean's Corner during the Equipe GTS race at the VSCC's meeting at Donington Park in June 2008.

Leading is the 1964 MGB of Colin Pearcy which has a 4-cylinder inline 1,840cc engine, and trying to get through on the inside is Neil Howe in his 1961 Triumph TR4 with a 4-cylinder inline 2,138cc engine. Following closely behind is the 1963 TVR Grantura Series III of Rob Begbie, and this car has a 4-cylinder inline 1,798cc engine.

Porsche 956

This car was in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It's the 1982 Porsche 956 with a 2.65 litre turbocharged flat-6 engine that won the 1982 World Sportscar Championship. Jackie Ickx won four of the eight rounds of the championship, partnered by Derek Bell in two of the races and Jochen Mass in the other two. One of the races in which Derek Bell partnered Jackie Ickx was the Le Mans 24 Hour race where the three Rothmans Porsches finished in the first three positions.

Jaguars

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2003.

The car on the left is a 1950 Jaguar XK120, chassis 670128, which has the 3,442cc straight 6 engine, but I can't make out a race number on it and it doesn't appear to be listed in the programme of the event. On the right is the 1952 Jaguar C-Type replica of Nick Rossi, also with the 3,442cc engine, and is one of several cars created by Peter Jaye, this one being based on a Jaguar XK120. The C-Type took part in the BRDC Historic Sports Car Championship race at this Gold Cup meeting.

Lotus 18

These cars are approaching the Old Hairpin in the HGPCA Race for Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars at the HGPCA's International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

Leading is Michael Schryver in his 1960 Lotus 18 with a 2,495cc Coventry Climax engine. The Lotus 18 was designed to be used in Formula Junior, Formula Two and Formula One events, 1960 being the last year of Formula One's 2½ litre limit that started in 1954. The following car is Frank Sytner's 1963 Brabham BT4, chassis IC-2-62, a car that was built for the Australian and New Zealand season of Formula Libre races where it was powered by the 2,751cc Coventry Climax FPF engine that was developed for Jack Brabham's attempt to win the 1961 Indianapolis 500 race in a Cooper T54. The Donington Park programme says that Frank Sytner's car had a 2,500cc engine.

On 18 August 2016 I showed a photograph of Michael Schryver's car in the pit lane at this meeting, and on 27 December 2016 a photograph of Frank Sytner's car in the paddock.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997 where there was a special display of Ferraris, and the GT race which was a feature of these Coys meetings was reserved for Ferraris with 30 listed in the programme of the event, including 11 of the 250 GTO cars.

This car wasn't listed amongst those taking part in that GT race, but it's the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO of Harry Leventis, chassis 3505GT. Originally built for the British UDT Laystall team, and still bearing their pale green colours, the car was intended to be driven by Stirling Moss, but his career ending accident at Goodwood in April 1962 meant that he never actually got to drive the car in competition. Innes Ireland took his place and won the Tourist Trophy race at Goodwood in August 1992. The car has, of course, the Gioacchino Colombo designed 2,953cc V12 tipo 168 engine.

Car number 61 behind the 250 GTO is the 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, chassis 5031GT, of Richard Taylor that was driven by Barrie Williams in the GT race.

1972 Bedford SB

This vehicle took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1993.

It's a 1972 Bedford SB, and the DVLA says it has a 5.4 litre diesel engine which means it should be an SB5 model with Bedford's own engine. Perkins and Leyland engines of larger capacities were also used for the Bedford SB. The programme of the event said this about the vehicle:

Bedford SB, Plaxton Panorama C41F, 1972                                          TNE 14K

Entered by 3rd Newton Scouts, Newton, Hyde

After use by several local coach firms, this vehicle was bought by the scouts

in 1985 and is used for trips to camp sites and other outings.

The buslistsontheweb.co.uk site (last updated 13 June 2019) says the vehicle is now owned by Finglands of Rusholme.

1969 Brabham BT26 DFV

This car competed in the Force Pre-1972 Grand Prix Cars race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2002.

It's the 1969 Brabham BT26 DFV of Philip Walker, and was driven in the race by Rob Wilson. The car is chassis BT26/2, which was orginally built in 1968 with a Repco engine and was driven in 6 Grands Prix that season by Jochen Rindt. The car was rebuilt for the 1969 season with a 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine and driven by Jack Brabham until he crashed and severely damaged the car in a test session at Silverstone in June of that year. Later that year the car went to America, but returned to Europe and was rebuilt in its Cosworth DFV form not long before it appeared at this meeting.

1989 Spice SE89P

I photographed this car at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2007 where it may have taken part in the Group C/GTP Sports Car race, but wasn't listed in the programme of the event.

It's a 1989 Spice SE89P, built by the Spice Engineering company of Gordon Spice and Ray Bellm which began in 1984 by using Tiga sports cars in the C2 class of the World Sportscar Championship. By 1989 they had progressed to the C1 class where the Spice SE89C with a 3½ litre V8 Ford Cosworth DFZ engine competed against cars like the Jaguar XJR-9 and Porsche 962. The Spice SE89P was designed for IMSA racing, and the above car has a Pontiac V8 engine which I've seen described as both 6.1 litres and 6.6 litres.

BMW 327

I photographed this car at the Northern Classic Car Show in the G-Mex Centre, Manchester in August 1989.

It's a 1952 BMW 327, and was in the area set aside for the auction that was held on the second day of the 2 day show. The BMW 327 has a 1,971cc straight-6 engine, and production started in the BMW factory at Eisenach in 1937 but was suspended in 1941. After the war Eisenach fell within the Soviet occupation zone and the factory was taken over by the Soviet Awtowelo Company which resumed production of the BMW 327 in 1946. The BMW company, based in Munich in the American occupation zone, objected to the vehicles being badged as BMW cars and after protracted negotiations it was agreed in 1952 that Eisenach produced versions of former BMWs would be marketed as EMWs - Eisenacher Motoren Werke as opposed to Bayerische Motoren Werke. These models bore a badge that was essentially a red and white version of BMW's blue and white one. Production of the EMW 327 finally ended in 1955. There's nothing about the auction cars in the brochure of the event but I noted at the time that it was a 1952 model, and as it has a blue and white badge it must be one of the last ones made before the name changed to EMW.

1991 Porsche 911 RSR

This car competed in the 15 minute long Porsche Open race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's race meeting at Oulton Park in May 2002.

It's the 1991 Porsche 911 RSR of Paul Howells, shown in the programme of the event as having the 3,600cc version of the Porsche flat-6 engine.

1949 Alta Jaguar

This was one of the competitors 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 the 1949 Alta Jaguar of David Clark, and is an Alta Chassis powered by what the programme of the event says is a 3,400cc Jaguar engine. I can't find out much about the car, but it was possibly at one time owned by George Abecassis who, together with John Heath, assisted in the development of the post-war Alta GP car before they left to concentrate on their own HWM project. The car behind the Alta is the 1956 Jaguar D-Type of Robert Brooks which was driven in the same race by John Harper.

Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in a round of the Shell Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge series of races at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2004.

It's the 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta of Swiss driver Thomas Studer, a car more often referred to as the TdF due to its successful performances in the Tour de France sports car races in the 1950s. It's one of the 1 louvre models, 37 of which were built between 1957 and 1959 and is chassis #0909GT. It has the 2,953cc V12 engine used by the vast majority of the Ferrari 250 models, and it's seen here in the pit lane during a practice session.

1898 Clement Voiturette

This car competed in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1990 and is pictured here in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester before the start of the Run.

It's an 1898 Clement Voiturette which was a regular participant in the Run, and the programme of the 1990 event had this to say about it:

1.     1898 Clement Voiturette

        Reg: DS 6713   1 cylinder   2.25 hp

        (Louise Williams, Hyde, Cheshire)

This charming little yellow veteran is believed to be one of the oldest

cars regularly run in the north west, but previous outings have not been

without mishap. It broke its crank on the 1987 Manchester to Blackpool 

run and repeated the trick on the following year's London to Brighton.

Last year, however, it completed both the Manchester and Brighton Runs

successfully. Louise was, by the way, the youngest driver to compete in

each Run.

On 17 Sep 2015 I showed a photograph of the car at the 1986 Run where it was driven by Louise Williams' father Clive, who is standing beside the car in the above photograph.

HSCC Historic Roadsports Championship

These four cars competed in the HSCC Historic Roadsports Championship race at the HSCC's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2001.

There are three Alfa Romeos and a Lotus. On the far left is Justin Murphy's 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider which was produced from 1962 to 1966 and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,570cc engine. The yellow car next to it is  the 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ of Nick Savage which was produced between 1959 and 1962 an has a 4-cylinder inline 1,290cc engine. Next to that is the 1955 Lotus Mk VI of Stewart Couch which is the first production model that Colin Chapman made and was available in kit form for customers to install their own engine. About 110 were built and they were designed to be fitted with various engines, this one having the popular Ford 1,172cc 4-cylinder inline side valve unit. The blue car on the right is Peter Shaw's 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint, produced from 1954 to 1965, and has the same 1,290cc engine as Nick Savage's car.

1969 Lola T70 Mk3B

This car competed in the European Sports Prototype Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004 and is seen in the pit lane during a practice session.

It's shown in the programme of the event as Portugese driver Carlos Barbot's 1969 Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk3B with a 5 litre engine. It seems that it is chassis SL76/136 which is actually a continuation model and was built in 1984. Production of the Lola T70 started in 1965 and over 100 examples were built, usually powered by large American V8 engines, and the cars were more successful in the USA than in Europe, John Surtees and Mark Donohue finishing first and second in the 1966 Can Am Series. They were not so successful in that series in 1967, and in 1968 were replaced by the Lola T160. The cars took part in endurance racing, competing at Le Mans but never making a mark there, although they did manage first and second places in the 1969 Daytona 24 Hour race.

1956 AJS 350cc

The first race at the VSCC's meeting at Donington Park in May 2001 was a round of the Lansdowne Classic Series for motorcycles. This is one of the machines that took part in the race.

Number 2 for this race is shown in the programme of the event as the 1962 500cc Manx Norton of David May, but this looks like the number 22 of Roger Ashby, a 1956 AJS 7R which the blue numberplate shows is a 350cc model. The 350cc AJS 7R was produced by Associated Motor Cycles from 1948 to 1963 and had a Phil Walker designed single-cylinder four stroke 348cc engine with a single overhead camshaft.

1904 Imperial Touring Car

I photographed this car in the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester in April 1986.

It's a 1904 Imperial Touring Car and is said to be the last remaining example of this Manchester-built vehicle. William Turner set up the Imperial Autocar Manufacturing Company Limited in 1900 and produced cars until around 1912. The company's offices were in Faulkner Street in central Manchester, but the works were in Erskine Street which is on the border of Trafford and Hulme. I've seen articles about the company that says the Erskin Street works were the Manchester Corporation Tramway Company's former horse tram depot, but another that says the company started off in Faulkner Street and later moved to a former horse tram depot in Rusholme. The Manchester Corporation Tramway Company's list of depots includes one in Stretford and one in Moss Lane East in Rusholme. In total about 150 Imperial cars were made in Manchester and the one pictured here has a French Lacoste et Battman 6 hp engine.

1932 Lanchester Thirty

This car was in one of the spectator car parks at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in August 1996.

It's a 1932 Lanchester Thirty, one of 126 cars that were produced between 1929 and 1932. The car has a 30hp 4,436cc straight-8 single overhead camshaft engine. There's a Daimler & Lanchester Owners' Club for enthusiasts and owners of these cars.

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 2007 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano which has a 5,999cc V12 F140B engine. It's named after Ferrari's Fiorano test track at Maranello and was produced from 2006 to 2012.

1909 Lion Peugeot Racing Voiturette

I photographed this car at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2007.

It's a 1909 Lion Peugeot Racing Voiturette but is not mentioned in the programme of the event and I don't remember it as being part of a display. It may have been there to publicise an upcoming classic car auction. The chassis of this car was apparently found in France around the year 2000 and it was restored to racing voiturette specifications as a replica of a car that had raced at Brooklands in 1909. It has a 2.7 litre single-cylinder De Dion engine with a four-valve cylinder head and its registration number is BS9527.

1976 Lancia Fulvia Coupé 3

This car took part in the HSCC 70's Road Sports Championship race at the HSCC's Summer Race meeting at Oulton Park in July 1995.

It's the 1976 Lancia Fulvia Coupé 3 of Dave Edwards and has a 1,298cc V4 engine driving the front wheels. The Lancia Fulvia was produced from 1963 to 1976 and was the last car to be introduced by Lancia before the company was taken over by Fiat in 1969.

Jaguar XJ220-C

This car competed in the Invitation Class in the 2 hour long British Empire Trophy race for Group C Endurance cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's the 1993 Jaguar XJ220-C of AJL Racing that was driven in the race by Gerry Wainwright and Alan Lloyd. The Jaguar XJ220 was produced from 1992 to 1994 with a 3,498cc twin-turbocharged V6 engine, and in 1993 a racing version, the XJ220-C was introduced to compete in FISA GT Racing. Three of the cars competed in the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hour race, one of them finishing first in the GT category but was later disqualified for running without catalytic converters. The other two cars failed to finish the race. In 1995 two cars were entered but both dropped out before the halfway mark.

Maserati 8CM

Maserati was the featured marque at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005 and this is one of several cars that were displayed in the Paddock Suite at the meeting.

It's a 1933 Maserati 8CM, one of 19 cars that were produced between 1933 and 1935, and has a 2,991cc supercharged straight 8 engine. Tazio Nuvolari drove one of these cars to win the 1933 Belgium Grand Prix. This particular car appears to be the one which was owned by Chris Drake and so should be chassis #3006.

Jaguar D-Type

I photographed this car at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1993 where it was listed in the programme as taking part in just one race - the Historic Car Championship which was race number 7.

It's the 1955 Jaguar D-Type of Paul Burdell, chassis XKD512 with the 3.8 litre version of the straight-6 engine and is bearing the number 88 that it was allocated in race 7 - but note that the number 8's are not identical

This is a photograph I took at Foulston's chicane during race number 2, the HSCC Classic Sports Car Championship race bearing the number 8 which it had presumably been allocated as a late entrant in that race.

Later in the day it showed the race number 88 for race number 7, but with identical number 8's. I can only assume that it was wearing the odd '8' on the first photograph because it was on its way to or from the scrutineering bay where it would presumably have to show the numbers it was to wear in the two races, and the odd '8' was a temporary one that could be removed for the benefit of the scrutineers.

1991 Jordan 191

This car was part of a display at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000 marking 50 years of Formula One racing.

It's a 1991 Jordan 191, Eddie Jordan's first effort as a Grand Prix constructor, and was powered by a 3,494cc Ford Cosworth V8 engine. The drivers for that season were Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot, but when Gachot was unable to compete in the last six races Michael Schumacher made his Formula One debut in the Belgian Grand Prix, Roberto Moreno drove in the next two, and Alex Zanardi took the last three. The fourth place finishes of Andrea de Cesaris in Canada and Mexico were the best results for Jordan that season. At this Silverstone event John Watson drove the car in track demonstration runs.

On 2 August 2015 I showed photographs of John Watson taking to the circuit on one of these demonstration runs.

Friday's Ferrari

This car competed in two rounds of the Shell Historic Ferrari-Maserati Challenge series at the VSCC's meeting at Donington Park in June 2003.

It's a 1972 Ferrari 712 Can Am, chassis #1010, and is powered by the biggest engine that Ferrari has ever produced, a V12 unit of 6,860cc. It started off life in 1970 as a Ferrari 512S with a 4,994cc V12 engine, but was converted to 712 specifications in 1971 and was used in Can Am racing by the NART team in 1972. It was owned at the time of this Donington Park meeting by Carlos Monteverde and was driven that day by David Franklin. This photograph was taken in the pit lane during a practice session.

Leyland Beaver TSC9

This was one of the entrants in the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1998.

It's a 1934 Leyland Beaver TSC9 and was entered in the run by C.J. (Chris) Gardner of Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, but there's no other information about it in the programme of the event. The website of The Leyland Society says this about the vehicle though:

'1934 Beaver TSC9 Reg. ABP 481 Chassis No. 5244 Engine: Leyland 5.7 Ltr 4 cyl Diesel Gearbox: Leyland 4 speed manual 
An example of an early Leyland Beaver, this vehicle has been restored to represent the large number of Leylands operated by the famous haulage company W. H. Bowker Ltd. When the Bowker vehicles were nationalised by the Road Haulage Executive in 1949, the company fleet was 85 strong, the majority of them being Leylands. ABP 481 was acquired by W. H. Bowker Ltd in 1998 and has been the subject of an extensive restoration to return it to the livery used by the Company in the period immediately before the company was nationalised.'

On 16 February 2017 I showed a photograph of this and another W,H.Bowker vehicle (the Atkinson Silver Knight behind the Leyland here)  at this 1998 Rally.