This was one of the competitors in the Historic Car Championship Race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Parkin September 1992.
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It's Tony Smith's 1952 Connaught A-Type, chassis A8. The car 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, and competed in 1952 and 1953
Grand Prix races which were run under the 2-litre capacity formula. A8 was part of the Connaught
Works team in 1953, being mainly driven by John Coombes, Stirling Moss and
Prince Bira.
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