This car took part in an Allcomers Scratch Race for Historic Racing Cars at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1971.
It's the 1952 Connaught A Type of Gerry Walton, and is chassis A8. The Connaught A-Type was designed and built by Connaught Engineering's Rodney Clarke and Mike Oliver with a 1,960cc engine based on the Lea Francis 4-cylinder 1,767cc unit. Gerry Walton's car was part of the Connaught works team in 1953, and the team competed in World Championship races with drivers including Stirling Moss, Prince Bira and Roy Salvadori.
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