Maserati 450S

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

It's not mentioned in the programme of the event and as far as I can recall there was nothing on display saying anything about the car, but it appears to be a replica of a Maserati 450S. It's similar to the 300S but has a bulge on the hood to accommodate the V8 engine. The DVLA record unfortunately no longer recognises the registration number VNT450. Later in the day I took a photograph of what I assumed was the same car as it drove past me in the paddock:

It's a different car though, as it doesn't have a registration number on the nose of the car and has louvres in the bodywork behind the front wheel.

But there was a genuine Maserati 450S at the meeting which competed in the 1950s Sports Car race - that of Thomas Bscher which I featured on 28 July 2015.