1990 Honda Prelude

This is a photograph I took at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It’s a 1990 Honda Prelude, a Third Generation car, and has a four-cylinder inline 1,958cc engine. The DVLA record says that its last MoT certificate expired in March 2020 and it currently has a SORN.

LaFerrari

I took this photograph at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's a hybrid LaFerrari, with a 6.3 litre V12 engine giving 800 CV with the electric motor producing a further 163 CV.

1937 HRG 1½ Litre

I took this photograph at Druids Corner during the Bill Phillips Trophy Race for Standard & Modified Pre-War Sports Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in July 2015.

It's Andrew Mitchell in his 1937 HRG 1½ Litre which has a has a 4-cylinder inline 1,496cc Meadows engine. The programme of the event says this:

'Andrew Mitchell has scored two 2nd Place finishes in his ever-competitive HRG so far this season so will be determined to finally go one better today and successfully defend a trophy he has won the past two occasions.'

(He did go on to win the race by 1.9 seconds from the 1933 Riley TT Sprite of Tim Kneller)

1970 BRM P153

 This is one of the cars I photographed in the Donington Park museum in October 1989.

It's a BRM P153 which was designed by Tony Southgate and had BRM's own 2,998cc V12 engine. Its only victory was in the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix driven by Pedro Rodriguez. Behind it is a BRM P261 which was driven in the 1964 season by Graham Hill and Richie Ginther, and in the 1965 season by Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart.

1950 Alfa Romeo 158

The Coys International Historical Festival meeting of July 2000 marked 50 years of the Formula 1 World Championship for Drivers with a display of cars covering that period, this car being one of those representing the 1950s.

It's a 1950 Alfa Romeo 158, a car that dominated the first season of the Championship, winning 6 of the 7 races - the exception being the Indianapolis 500 race which was included in the Championship from 1950 to 1960. Giuseppe Farina won three of the races and the World Championship with 30 points, ahead of his team mate Juan Fangio with 27 points. In 1951 Juan Fangio won the World Championship with the Alfa Romeo 159, an updated version of the 158.

1965 Austin Healey

This car competed in the Equipe GTS race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015.

It's the 1965 Austin Healey Sprite Ashley GT driven in the 30 minute long race by Allan and Neil Cameron and has a 1,293cc engine.

1935 Wallis & Steevens Advance Type B

I took this photograph at the Pallot Museum in Jersey which we visited during a holiday on the Island in May 2013.

The note in front of the exhibit reads as follows:

1935 Wallis & Steevens

Advance Type B

4 Tons

Diesel Oil Roller

Bought new in 1935

by Parish of St Saviour

for the sum of £380

 

Restored and owned by:  Sam Pallot

 

1931 Bugatti T51

I took this photograph at Britten's chicane during the Brooklands and Goddard Trophies race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It's Stephen Shoosmith in his 1931 Bugatti Type 51 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.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at Luffield corner during the Coys of Kensington Pre-1964 GT Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

Leading is the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO of Paul Pappalardo which has the 2,953cc V12 Tipo 168 engine and is chassis 5111GT. Behind it is the 1963 AC Cobra of Andrew Wilkinson.

Auburn Speedster

I took this photograph on the Exchange Station car park in Manchester before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1985.

The DVLA record says that the vehicle records for YFL385 cannot be found, but it appears to be a mid-1930s Auburn 851 boat-tail Speedster, a car which was produced from 1935 to 1937 and had a 4.6 litre straight-6 Lycoming engine.

1970 Brabham BT28

I took this photograph at Britten's chicane during the HSCCA/FJHRA Historic Formula Junior Race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008.

Geoffroy Rivet in his 1970 Brabham BT28 is leading the1962 Cooper T59 of Sam Wilson and François Derossi's 1970 Chevron B17 through the the cloud of dust that had been put on an an earlier oil spill.

1951 Maserati A6GCM

This car competed in the Maserati UK Race for Pre-1961 Grand Prix Cars at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's John May's 1951 Maserati A6GCM, a car designed by Alberto Massimino and Vittorio Bellentani with a 6-cylinder in line 2-litre engine for Formula 2 racing. According to the programme of the event John May's car had an engine capacity of 1,985cc, and  it is chassis 2033.

1932 Leyland Cub

I took this photograph at the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1988.

It's a 1932 Leyland Cub and has a 6-cylinder 4,086cc petrol engine. A note in the programme of the event reads as follows:

 

'BV 1673 Leyland Cub, 1932. Entered by H. Booth, Barnsley, S. Yorks. Originally new to Blackburn Corporation Transport Department, this vehicle was scrapped in 1962 and then preserved in 1965. Following three years rallying the vehicle went into store to emerge in 1987.'

 

I believe that this vehicle is now at the Beamish Museum.

1935 Wolseley Hornet Special

This car competed in two races at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in June 2005.

It’s John Seber’s 1935 Wolseley Hornet Special and has a six-cylinder inline 1,630cc supercharged engine. There's a Wolseley Hornet Special Club for owners and enthusiasts.

1965 Ford Falcon

This is a photograph I took at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It’s a 1965 Second Generation Ford Falcon with a 4,733cc (289 cu in) V8 engine.

Friday's Ferrari

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

It's a 1999 Ferrari 456M GT, with a 5,474cc V12 engine at the front which has twin overhead camshafts on each bank, and two valves per cylinder. This car followed the Ferrari 412 and was in production from 1992 to 2003, being replaced by the 612 Scaglietti.

1956 Cooper T39

This car took part in the HGPCA pre-1959 Drum Brake Sports Cars race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2004.

It's the 1956 Cooper T39 of George Cooper, more commonly known as the Cooper Bobtail because of the truncated tail of the car which was aerodynamically effective, but which John Cooper claimed to have been shortened so that it would fit inside the works transporter. The car was used in the 1,100cc and 1,500cc classes of sportscar racing and this car has a 4-cylinder inline 1,460cc Coventry Climax engine. It was reputedly the road-holding characteristics of this car that led John Cooper to produce first the rear-engined 1½ litre Formula 2 car and then the 2½ litre Formula 1 car that gave Jack Brabham the World Drivers' Championship in 1959 and 1960. Cooper's successes led all the other teams to adopt the rear-engine layout, and the last Formula 1 Grand Prix to be won by a front-engined car was Ferrari's victory in the 1960 Italian Grand Prix.

1985 Williams FW10

This is one of the photographs I took on a visit to the Donington Park Museum in September 2014

It's a Williams FW10, a car that was campaigned by Nigel Mansell and Keke Rosberg in the 1985 season. Designed by Frank Dernie it had a 1,494cc twin turbocharged V6 Honda RA165-E engine, and with four wins it finished in third place in the World Constructors' Championship. Keke Rosberg won the Detroit and Australian Grands Prix and was third in the World Drivers' Championship, while Nigel Mansell won the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch and the South African Grand Prix to end up in sixth place.

1955 Maserati 300S

I took this photograph at Lodge Corner during the Bonhams  Drum Brake Sports Cars  Race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2003.

It's the 1955 Maserati 300S of Rodney Smith, chassis #3060, and was driven in the race by Mark Gillies. The Maserati 300S has a 6-cylinder engine based on the 2½ litre unit of the 250F Grand Prix car with a lengthened stroke to bring the capacity up to 2,991cc. This car's first major race was the 1956 Sebring 12 Hour race where it was driven by Cesare Perdisa and Carlos Menditéguy, but Menditéguy crashed and overturned the car during the race. The car was then badly damaged when the trailer retrieving it was hit by a truck. The rebuild wasn't completed till 1957, but on its return to Sebring in 1959 the car was once again badly damaged in Edwin Lawrence's fatal accident during practice. It was rebuilt yet again with a fibreglass body, and later a 3.9 litre Chevrolet V8 engine was installed.  The car was fully restored to its current form in the early 1990s.

Stirling Moss

I attended most of the Christie's/Coys International Historic Festival meetings at Silverstone in the 1990s and Stirling Moss was at many of these meetings, either taking part in the racing or just joining in a track parade with one of the cars being displayed at the meeting.

I took this photograph at the Coy's meeting in July 1998 where he shared a drive in a Shelby Mustang GT350 with Robert Brooks in the Coys of Kensington Pre-1964 GT Car Race.

Avro Lancaster

Here are a couple of photographs of an Avro Lancaster at the Woodford Airshow in June 1994:

The brochure of the event had this note about the aircraft:

 

'The Battle of Britain Memorial flight are once again present this year with the Avro Lancaster, PA474. Carrying new markings after her winter overhaul at RAF St Athan, she wears the codes of IX Squadron “WS J” Johnnie Walker, (look for the famous scotch whisky emblem on the left side of the nose). The aircraft depicted was serial no. W4964 and completed over 100 sorties. She was one of the aircraft converted to carry the 12,000 lb “Tallboy” bomb and as such was selected to be part of the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. W4964 was the only aircraft to score a direct hit on the ship during the raid. Later in the war the aircraft became an instructional airframe and was eventually struck off charge in November 1949. Part of the original aircraft can be seen today at Newark Air Museum.'

1955 Lotus Mk IX

This car took part in a Ten Lap Invitation Scratch Race for 1950's Sports/Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in August 1996.

It's George Edney's 1955 Lotus Mk IX, about thirty of which were produced. It could be used with a variety of engines, most often the 1,100cc Coventry Climax unit, but the programme of the event says that the engine capacity of this car was 1,466cc. The first Le Mans 24 Hour race contested by Lotus was with a Mk IX in 1955, driven by Colin Chapman and Ron Flockhart, but the car was disqualified after 12 hours when Colin Chapman went off the circuit at the Arnage corner into a sandbank and reversed the car back onto the circuit without getting permission from a marshall to do so.

Friday's Ferrari

This is one of the cars that I photographed at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's a Ferrari 458 Italia which has a 4,497cc V8 Ferrari F136 F engine. It was produced between 2010 and 2015 replacing the Ferrari F430, and was itself eventually replaced by the Ferrari 488.

1928 Rolls Royce 20 Tourer

This was one of the participants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1984.

It's a 1928 Rolls Royce 20 Tourer, chassis GXL65, which should have a 6-cylinder inline 3,127cc engine but the DVLA record says it is 3,164cc. The programme of the event had this note about the car:

138 1928 Rolls Royce Tourer,

        Reg. CK 9680 6-Cylinder 20 hp 3164cc

        (Philip McIvor, Barrowford, Nelson, Lancs.)

Originally purchased for Mrs. Yates, of Yates Wine Lodge fame, it was bought three years ago by Mr McIvor in Southampton and driven to Lancashire in 7 hours, and repainted before being used at his daughter's wedding.

1936 Maserati V8RI

I took this photograph at the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1993.

It's the Maserati V8RI of Doug Marr (the 'RI' denoting 'Ruote Independente', or 'Independent Suspension'), one of four cars built in 1935/36 with a supercharged 4,788cc V8 engine. This car is chassis 4503 and was originally delivered in February 1936 to Phillipe Etancelin who drove the car to win the Pau Grand Prix in its first race and competed with it in most of the European Grands Prix that year. At the end of 1936 Etancelin took the car to the USA to compete in the Vanderbilt Cup where he finished in eighth place, but soon afterwards sold the car which remained in the USA until it was eventually brought to England and ended up in the hands of Doug Marr in the late 1970s. It was driven in the Historic Trophy race at this Oulton Park meeting by Tony Merrick.

Historic Grand Prix Racing at Silverstone

This is a photograph that I took at Luffield Corner during the Chopard Grand Prix Cars Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

The blurred car at the front is the 1958 Maserati 250F of Lindsay Owen Jones, and he is followed by the 1958 Vanwall of Vijay Mallya driven by John Harper and David Duffy's 1955 Connaught B-Type which was driven by Martin Stretton.

1967 Leyland Titan PD2/40

This was one of the vehicles taking part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's annual Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1993.

It isn’t listed in the programme of the event, but it’s  a 1967 Leyland Titan PD2/40 originally operated by Salford City Transport. It took part in the rally in 1995 though and the programme that year  said this about it:

 

'Leyland Titan PD2/40, Metro-Cammell, 1967                                                                         JRJ281E

Salford City Transport

Entered by         M.C. & R.A.Cotton, Irlam, Lancs

This bus was the penultimate of 103 such vehicles bought by Salford City Transport between 1963 and 1967. Operated from the now closed Weaste Garage for most of its life. Withdrawn 1980 and was bought by the present owners for preservation in 1984.'

 

It was at that time one of the exhibits in the Greater Manchester Transport Museum, but now appears to be part of the Southdown Historic Vehicles Ltd collection in Worthing.

1989 Toyota MR2

Here are two photographs that I took of a car at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It’s a late First Generation 1989 Toyota MR2 and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,587cc engine.

Cooper Bristol T23

This car competed in the 12-Lap Allcomers Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in August 1992.

It's the 1953 Cooper Bristol T23 (or MkII) of Graham Burrows and is powered by a 1,971cc straight-6 Bristol engine based on the one in the pre-war BMW 328. The original Cooper Bristol was designed as a Formula 2 car, but found itself involved in Grand Prix racing in 1952 and 1953 when the World Championship was run to Formula 2 regulations.

Friday's Ferrari

Ferrari uses the Corse Clienti Ferrari Racing Days meetings at various circuits to allow a group of specially selected customers to test limited edition cars developed exclusively for the track and to provide feedback on the performance of the cars to Corse Clienti engineers, thus helping Ferrari to develop its cars for the future. The Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017 included a series of test sessions involving the Ferrari FXX-K, the 'K' referring to the KERS kinetic energy recovery system with which the car is equipped. Here's one of the cars pictured at Club Corner during one of the sessions.

This is Jean Claude Saada from the USA in his Ferrari FXX-K, which is based on the LaFerrari. The car is chassis no. 212002 and has a 6,262cc V12 engine that develops 848 hp, to which the 140kW electric motor adds 188 hp.

 

1956 Maserati 250F

The featured marque at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005 was Maserati with particular emphasis on the 250F and twelve of these cars are listed in the Celebration Maserati Invitation Race with a further four being shown as static display or track demonstration cars. This is a photograph that I took at McLean’s corner during that race.

It's Stefan Rettenmaier's in his 1956 Maserati 250F, chassis 2520 which was driven for the Maserati team by José Froilán Gonzales in the Argentine Grand Prix in January of 1956 and by Pablo Gulle in the Buenos Aires City Grand Prix two weeks later. It was then sold to Australian Stan Jones (father of later World Drivers' Champion Alan Jones) who raced the car 'down under' with considerable success during the rest of the 1950s. In 1963 it was brought to the UK by Colin Crabbe and it passed through various other hands before spending some time in the private collection of Giulio Dubbini in Padova until it was acquired by Stefan Rettenmaier.