1962 Jaguar E-Type

This was one of the cars that took part in the 45 minutes long Innes Ireland Cup race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It's the 1962 Jaguar E-Type of Simon Ham

It has the 6-cylinder inline 3,781cc Jaguar XK engine

2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N430

This car was in the Manchester United car park at Old Trafford in January 2022.

It's a 2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N430 and has the 4,735cc AM14 V8 engine.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at the Coys International Historic Festival meting at Silverstone in July 1997

It didn't take part in any of the races at the meeting, but it's the Fantuzzi-bodied 1959 Ferrari 246 S Dino Prototype, chassis #0784, of Steve O'Rourke with a 2,417cc V6 engine. The car originally had a body resembling the 3 litre V12 engined Ferrari 250 TR, but at the end of the 1960 season when the car was sold to Luigi Chinetti he had the body replaced with this one.

ACU/FRSA British F2 Sidecar Championship Race

I took these photographs at the NG Road Racing meeting at Oulton Park in April 2017 showing some of the competitors in the ACU/FRSA British F2 Sidecar Championship Race making their way to the marshalling area prior to the Qualifying Sprint Race.

55 Giles & Jenny Stainton, LCR Suzuki GSXR 600

42 John & Jake Lowther, LCR 600 Suzuki

161 Paul Downes & David Hainsworth, MRE Suzuki

24 Andy Wilby & Paul Lowther, Shelbourne Honda 600

16 Gary & Daryl Gibson, Shelbourne Honda 600

167 Wesley Pettman & David Porter, Windle Yamaha 600

84 Maria Costello & Helen Deeley, LCR Kawasaki

2 Lee Crawford & Patrick Farrance, LCR 600 Suzuki

41 Paul Riley & Shaun Parker, MRE Suzuki

Auto Union Typ 650 Sokol

This was one of several vehicles - including a 1937 Auto Union C-Type and 1938 D-Type - that Audi brought to Donington Park to take part in a display and track demonstrations at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting in May 2001.

It's a car that was at one time in the Donington Park museum where it was displayed as an Auto Union E-Type that was designed in 1939 to challenge the Mercedes Benz W165 1½ litre voiurette that had won the 1939 Tripoli Grand Prix, but the completion of which had been halted by the outbreak of the Second World War. Tom Wheatcroft was said to have acquired it as a chassis with engine, and a body was designed and built to show how the car would probably have looked had it been completed in 1940. It has a 1,481cc V12 engine.

The Auto Union factory ended up in East Germany after the war and all the racing cars and equipment were removed to Russia. There are suggestions that this car is of post-war East German or Russian manufacture, possibly with the help of pre-war Auto Union design technology, but Audi seemed to be sure enough of its Auto Union origins to have included it in this display at Donington Park in 2001, though I can't find any mention of it in the commemorative 'The Return of Auto Union' brochure or the programme of the event.

1936 ERA AJM1

This vehicle is at Druids Corner competing in race number 2 at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies race meeting at Oulton Park in July 2015 which had the grand title of 'Premier Cru Racing for Pre-1941 Standard and Modified Racing Cars - 20 Mins. Incorporating the Bruce Spollon Memorial, Ten Tenths Vintage Restorations Pre-War Continental Trophies'.

It's the 1936 ERA AJM1 which has the 6-cylinder inline 1,488cc engine. The ERA website says about this car: 'Anthony J. Merrick prepared and raced R1A until its then owner sold the car.  Being without a car the resourceful Merrick shuffled his stock of genuine ERA parts and came up with AJM1. The 1980s brand new 1930s car is said to be an 80% original ERA B-type car using a 1.5 litre engine and light green early works colour scheme.' It has since been painted red and was driven at this meeting by Ben Fidler.

1955 Lancia D50

The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000 celebrated 50 years of Formula One, the World Drivers' Championship having started in 1950, and the first race of that Championship was run at Silverstone on 13th May of that year. At the July 2000 meeting at Silverstone there was a representative display of cars covering that 50 year period, and the car below was one of those taking part.

It's a re-creation of the Lancia D50 that competed in the Championship in 1954 and 1955. This car was owned by Robin Lodge, and was entered in the Maserati UK Race for Pre 1961 Grand Prix Cars.

1958 Leyland Titan PD3/6

This is one of the vehicles that took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1995.

It's a Leyland Titan PD3/6, provided new to Bury Corporation Transport in 1958. A note in the programme of the event reads as follows:

Leyland PD3/6, MCW H41/32RD, 1958                                                                      GEN201

Bury 201

Entered by      J. Stephenson, Bolton

Acquired for preservation in 1975 following withdrawal by GMPTE. Recently repainted into original 1958 style livery at St Helens Transport Museum.

2007 Aston Martin N24

I took this photograph at Lodge Corner during the morning practice for the AMOC Intermarque Championship race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015.

The programme of the event says that this car, driven by Steven Byrne and Spencer Marsh in the race, is a 2007 Aston Martin N24 but says that it has a 4.7 litre engine which suggests that it's been brought up to GT4 specifications as the N24 was originally produced with a 4,280cc V8 engine.

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 2014 Ferrari 458 Speciale A - the 'A' standing for 'Aperta', the Italian for 'open' (the top being retractable), and it's a high performance variant of the 458 Italia. It has the 4,497cc version of the F136 V8 engine with twin overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. This model was limited to 499 examples.

Nissan Skyline GT-R

This is one of the vehicles I photographed at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

There was no information displayed about the car, but it's a Second Generation Nissan Skyline GT-R which has a 6-cylinder inline 1,989cc engine. The original GT-R was very successful in Japanese touring car racing, but the Second Generation car was introduced in 1972 just as a petrol crisis reduced the demand for high performance cars and only 197 were produced before production ended in 1973.

1931 Bugatti T51

This car competed in the Brooklands and Goddard Trophies race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It's  the 1931 Bugatti Type 51 of Stephen Shoosmith which has a supercharged 2,262cc twin cam straight-8 engine. It has the same chassis and body as the Type 35, but with a twin cam instead of a single cam engine.

BRM 50th Anniversary 1999

The 50th Anniversary of the BRM was marked at the Coys International  Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999 by a display of many of the cars, some of which took part in track parades.

This is a photograph I took during one of these parades when I was stuck in the middle of the Silverstone paddock overlooking the Abbey curve. Not a terribly good photograph, but the pale green BRM V16 was being driven by Argentinian driver José Froilán González who drove the V16 car in a few non-Championship races in 1952 and 1953.The car in front of the BRM V16 looks to be the 1968 BRM P133 which was driven in the display by Reine Wisell, whilst the BRM P25 at the rear seems to have Tony Brooks at the wheel.

1948 Leyland Tiger PS1

This was one of the vehicles that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It's a 1948 Leyland Tiger with a Brush body, and was provided new to Burnley, Colne and Nelson.  It was converted to front entrance for one man operation in 1960 and reconverted to the original rear entrance during restoration in the early 1970s.

1972 Surtees TS11

This was one of the competitors in the Derek Bell Trophy race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008.

It's Gregory Thornton at Lodge Corner in his 1972 Surtees TS11. The TS11 was built for Formula 5000 racing and Gijs van Lennep won the 1972 Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship driving one of these cars. Gregory Thornton's car is recorded in this oldracingcars.com car history as 'the John Yandell car'.

1901 De Dion Bouton 4½hp Voiturette

This was one of the entrants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1980 and is pictured in a very wet Manchester before the start of the run.

It's the 1901 De Dion Bouton of Major Arnold Pownall and a note in the programme of the event says this about the car:

3. Major A.Pownall, Wilmslow, Cheshire

1901 De Dion Bouton 4½ h.p. Voiturette

This single cylinder car was assembled in America and spent its life there until 1972, when it was imported into this country.

The DVLA record says that the car is currently taxed and this is due for renewal in May 2024.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph that I took at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's a 1978 Ferrari 512 BB and is the last of a line of Berlinetta Boxer cars designed by Leonardo Fioravanti that was introduced in 1973. The Berlinetta Boxer cars have a flat-12 engine designed by Giuliano de Angelis and Angelo Bellei with the original one, powering the Ferrari 365 GT4/BB, having a capacity of 4,390cc. In 1976 the flat-12 engine was increased in size to 4,943cc for the Ferrari 512 BB, and in 1981 the four triple-choke Weber carburettors were replaced with Bosch mechanical fuel injection in the BBi.

1959 Cooper T51

This car competed in the HGPCA Pre 1966 Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2006.

It's Richard Longes' 1959 Cooper T51 and has a 2,495cc engine, presumably the Coventry Climax FPF engine that powered these cars in 1959. It seems to be chassis F2-18-59.

1992 Brabham BT60B

This is a photograph I took at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

It's a 1992 Brabham BT60B, the last Formula 1 racing car produced by the company, and has a 3,498cc V10 Judd GV engine instead of the Yamaha engine that powered the previous year's BT60. The board at the side of the car reads as follows:

1992 Braham BT60

The Brabham BT60's were revamped to 'B' specification to accommodate leased Judd V10 engines.  Damon Hill was recruited in time for the Spanish Grand Prix, but it was not until the British Grand Prix that he managed to squeeze his BT60B onto the grid for the race, where he finished last. That chassis never qualified again and was written off in practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The chassis before you today. no. 6, is the one Damon qualified for the Hungarian Grand Prix and finished 11th in the race and this "turned out to be the last hurrah for the famous team which had now fallen on such disappointing times". This is the last Brabham to race in a Grand Prix and launched Damon Hill into a Formula 1 career which saw him become World Champion in 1996. This car was purchased (as a tub) at the Minardi auction and restored to its original running order by Terry Mander.

Maserati versus Vanwall

This is a photograph that I took at Luffield corner during the Chopard HGPCA 100 Mile Grand Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

Leading is Lindsay Owen-Jones in his 1958 Maserati 250F #2534 followed by John Harper in Vijay Mallya's 1958 Vanwall and Nigel Corner's 1956 Maserati 250F #2528.

1963 Merlyn Mk4/6

This is a photograph that I took at the Knickerbrook chicane during the 60 minute long Historic Motor Racing News Gentlemen Drivers Sports Racing Challenge race at the Gold Cup Meeting at Oulton Park in August 2005.

Leading is the 1963 Merlyn Mk 4/6 shared by Gareth Burnett and James Diffey followed by the 1963 Lotus 23B of Denis Welch. Colchester Racing Developments was founded in 1960 by Clive Maskrey and Selwyn Hayward and produced Merlyn racing cars from 1960 to 1979. The Mk 4 sports car was built to FIA Appendix C regulations and could be powered by either an 1,100 cc Ford Anglia inline four or 1,998 cc Coventry Climax engine but the programme of the event shows that this car has a 1,558cc engine. The Lotus 23 was introduced in 1962 to compete in the smaller classes of sports car  racing and was used with engines with capacities ranging from  750cc up to 1600cc. The programme says that this car has a 1,598cc engine, presumably the Ford Kent derived 4-cylinder inline Cosworth unit. It proved to be an extremely successful car and about 130 examples of the Lotus 23, 23B and 23C were produced between 1962 and 1963.

1961 AEC Mustang

This is one of the vehicles that took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park in September 1993.

It's a 1961 AEC Mustang and the programme of the event said this about it:

AEC Mustang, 1961

Entered by R.C. Cresswell, Hilderstone                                                                       734CFW

This vehicle is one of 350 built between 1956 and 1961 and is fitted with a Tillotson cab.

A major restoration has been carried out on this vehicle since purchase in 1986.

1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato

This was one of the participants in the Cheshire Life Concours D'Elegance at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2005. 

It's Michael Crowley-Milling's 1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato with the 8-cylinder inline 2,336cc engine. It competed in several Grand Prix races in the early 1930s, most notably driven by Tazio Nuvolari when Enzo Ferrari controlled Alfa Romeo's racing Programme. The car has three different chassis numbers and changes to its bodywork to allow it to take part in sports car racing (including the 1932 Mille Miglia), and in that year was given the chassis number 2111044 which it still retains. In 1938 Michael Crowley-Milling persuaded his father to buy the car for him as a 21st birthday present and he retained the car until just before his death in 2012.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's a Ferrari 250 GT, and although it's not got any racing numbers it may be the 1961 SWB Berlinetta Competizione car, #2163GT, of Stefano Durelli who competed in the BRDC '60s GT Race. It has the Gioacchino Colombo designed 2,953cc V12 engine which powered most of the Ferrari 250 series of cars and the 250 GT was introduced by Ferrari at the Paris Motor Show in 1959.

Correction: I've been told that this car isn't an alloy bodied Competizione model but is a steel bodied 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta, chassis #2551GT, then owned by Eric Heerema.

1971 Lotus 69

This was one of the competitors in the European Formula 2 race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2004.

It's Andy Middlehurst in his 1971 Lotus 69 and the photo was taken at Clay Hill, just after the Knickerbrook corner. The Lotus 69 was designed to be used in Formula 2, Formula 3 and Formula Ford racing and this car had a 1600cc engine in accordance with the Formula 2 regulations in 1971 - probably the 4-cylinder Cosworth FVA. The Lotus 69 was also used in Formula B racing in the United States.

1932 Crossley Torquay

This was one of the cars that took part in a vintage car run from Stockport to Matlock in July 1985 organised by car dealers Gordon Ford of Stockport.

It's the 1932 Crossley Torquay of Clive Williams which has a 4-cylinder inline 1,087cc engine. The Crossley brothers, of Manchester, were the first British engineers to produce four-stroke power units, having acquired the licence Otto & Langen gas engines in the 1860s. The brothers were asked to produce automobiles European-car importers Jarrott & Letts and the first Crossley car was displayed at the Society of Motor Manufacturers’ Exhibition, at Crystal Palace, in 1904. Crossley reacted to the Great Depression by introducing a 10hp model in 1931, powered by a Coventry-Climax ‘F-head’  (overhead inlet and side exhaust valves) 1100cc engine. This engine was also used by Triumph and Morgan. A sporting version was fitted with twin carburettors. Following a record-breaking drive from London to Edinburgh in the 1932 RAC Rally which finished in Torquay the name ‘Torquay’ was applied to the car.

1951 Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica

I took this photograph in one of the car parks at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2003. The photograph was severely under-exposed but I've managed to make it reasonably recognisable.

It's a 1951 Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica, chassis 421/100/156, originally owned by George Duff and finished in 15th place in the1951 Le Mans 24 Hour Race driven by Eric Winterbottom and John Marshall. Later that year George Duff entered  the RAC Tourist Trophy Race at Dundrod with Eric Winterbottom as his co-driver but Eric Winterbottom died when he crashed on the first lap of the race. The car was later rebuilt by George Duff. A Frazer Nash High Speed Competition Model finished in 3rd place in the 1949 Le Mans 24 Hour Race and about 40 cars were subsequently built as Le Mans Replicas. The 2 litre 6-cylinder engine was developed from the pre-war BMW 328 engine.

1998 Chrysler Pronto Cruizer Concept Car

The 1998 Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone was sponsored by Chrysler and this is one of the cars that they had on display at the meeting.

It's a 1998 Chrysler Pronto Cruizer Concept Car which has a 4-cylinder inline 1.6 litre engine. Originally intended as a Plymouth model it was eventually introduced in 2001 as the Chrysler PT Cruiser following the discontinuation of the Plymouth marque.

1952 Jowett Bradford

This vehicle was on the stand of the Jowett Car Club at the Northern Classic Car Show at G-Mex, Manchester in August 1987.

It's a 1952 Jowett Bradford which has a 1,005cc flat twin side-valve engine, and nearly 40,000 of these were produced between 1946 and 1953.

1933 Aston Martin Le Mans

This was one of the competitors in the Pre-War/50s Sports Car Race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2002.

It's David Taylor's 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans which has a 1,495cc 4-cylinder inline engine. The Aston Martin Le Mans was produced between 1932 and 1933 with either 2 or 4 seat body and 130 cars were built in total.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph I took at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's Paul Pappalardo's 1967 Ferrari 412 P, also known as a P3/P4, which was a customer version of the Ferrari 330 P3. Both cars have a 3,967cc V12 engine, but the 330 P3 has Lucas fuel injection whilst the 412 P has six Weber carburettors - which gives it slightly less power than the fuel injection cars and made the private entries less likely to beat the works cars. Paul Pappalardo's car is chassis #0850 and was originally built for the Belgian Ecurie Francorchamps team. hence the yellow Belgian racing colour. Only two cars were originally built as 412 Ps, #0850 and #0854. Two cars were built as 330 P3s, #0844 and #0848, but were later converted to 412 P specification.