I took this photograph at the
Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton
Park in June 1971.
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It's Colin Crabbe driving the
5,663cc straight-8 supercharged 1937 Mercedes-Benz W125 out of the paddock to take
part in a practice session for the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race
which he won later that day. Rescued by Colin Crabbe from East Germany in the
1960s, it's the only Mercedes-Benz W125 in private hands and was subsequently
owned by Neil Corner and Bernie Ecclestone. A note in the programme had this to
say about the car (after discussing the expected duel between the ERAs of
Martin Morris and Neil Corner):
'Also on the front row will be
one of the fabulous 1937 Grand Prix Mercedes of 5.6 litres, the most powerful
Grand Prix car ever built with an engine capable of giving over 600 bhp,
perhaps double that of a 2 litre ERA. The driver is Colin Crabbe, whose brave
bid to bring one of these formidable cars back into racing after a lapse of
over 30 years will be watched with interest.'
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