M8 Light armoured car

This was one of the vehicles in a Military Camp Display at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2017.

It’s an M8 light armoured car, over 8½ thousand of which were produced by the Ford Motor Company during the Second World War.

Mercedes Benz Kompressor Club

Several members of Germany's Mercedes Benz Kompressor Club for vehicles produced between 1927 and 1934 attended the Coys International Historic Festival Meeting with their cars in July 1994 and took part in a demonstration run around the circuit. This is a photograph that I took at Luffield Corner during the demonstration run.

The programme of the event had this note about the Kompressor Club:

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod

This is a photograph that I took at an Air Display at the Yorkshire Air Museum at RAF Elvington in July 2010.

It’s a Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, built at Woodford as an MR.1 and later converted to MR.2 specifications. It was designed as a maritime patrol aircraft and mainly intended for anti-submarine warfare operations.

2010 Aston Martin GT4

This is a photograph that I took during the early morning qualifying for the Aston Martin GT Challenge race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It's Robin Marriott in his 2010 Aston Martin GT4 which is an updated version of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 and has a 4,735cc V8 engine.

1929 Bentley 4½ litre

This is a photograph that I took before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1979.

It's the1929 Bentley 4½ litre of Mr J J Denby and the programme of the event said this about the car:

174        Mr J. J. Denby, Kirkham Abbey, York.

              1929 Bentley 4½ litre open tourer. 25 h.p. 4-cylinder.

Tfhis car is used all the year round and has appeared on B.B.C. North once or twice. Has been on location for various films. Maintained by the owner for the last 16 years.

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 Ferrari 458 Speciale, 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. 3,000 of the cars were built between 2013 and 2015.

1928 Frazer Nash Ford

This is a photograph that I took during the Oulton Park Trophy Race for Special Pre-War Sports Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies meeting in July 2015.

It's the 1928 Frazer Nash Ford of Jonathan Cobb about which the programme of the event says '....with Jonathan Cobb a likely front-runner in his Ford-engined Frazer Nash....'. The entry list in the programme of the event says that it has 3,320cc engine.

2002 Bentley Arnage

This is one of the vehicles that took part in a classic car show on the market square in Hyde in September 2021.

It’s a 2002 Bentley Arnage.

It has a 6,750cc twin-turbo V8 engine.

883 of these cars were produced in 2002, and a total of 7397 between 1998 and 2009.

1933/36 Aston Martin Le Mans

This is a photograph that I took at the Knickerbrook chicane during a scratch race at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It’s the 1933/36 Aston Martin Le Mans of Tony Armstrong which should have a 4-cylinder inline 1,493cc engine, but the programme of the event says that its capacity is 1,850cc and it is supercharged. There’s no other mention of the car in the programme but I’ve found several online references to it, though none of them give any information about the engine. The car following it appears to be the 1926 Bugatti Type 35B of Mike Preston.

1950 AEC Regent III

This is one of the vehicles that took part in the Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1990.

It's a 1950 AEC Regent III and the note about the vehicle in the programme of the event reads as follows;

AEC Regent 3RT, Weymann, 1950                                                                                LLU 613

London Transport RT

Enetered by B Simmons, Baguley, Manchester

Starting as a Greenline bus in 1950 this bus passed to London Country. London Transport purchased the bus back in 1972 and it was one of the last 13 RT's in service in 1979.

1960 Elva 200

This was one of the cars entered for the Coys of Kensington Formula Junior Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.

It’s the 1960 Elva 200 of Grant Stephen and has a 1,098cc BMC Cosworth engine.

1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash

 This is a photograph that I took at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2006.

It's a 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash, over 19,000 of which were built between 1901 and 1907, and it has a single cylinder 95 cu. in. (1,560cc) engine. There were several other cars of  early 20th century vintage parked nearby but no mention of them in the programme of the event. The programme does give a list of the Concours d'Elegance entrants which were gathered together just outside the paddock. A check of the DVLA record for AM256 says that vehicle details could not be found.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph that I took  during the HGPCA Race for Pre-1961 Grand Prix Cars at the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association's meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

It's Alexander Boswell's in his 1952/55 Ferrari 625, originally a Ferrari 500, chassis #0482, built as a 4-cylinder 2 litre Formula 2 car and used in World Championship races in 1952 and 1953 when they were run to Formula 2 regulations. The new Formula 1 regulations specifying a 2½ litre engine came into force in 1954 and this car was given a 2½ litre unit to convert it to a Ferrari 625. It later had a 4-cylinder 3-litre Ferrari 735 engine installed and was raced in Australia by Peter Whitehead.

1904 Renault VB

This is a photograph that I took on Quay Street in Manchester at the Lancashire  Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run on a very rainy day in June 1967.

It’s the AA’s 1904 Renault VB with Park Phaeton coachwork, and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

 

14.      Automobile Association, London.

             (Driver – Mr. W. G. Thompson).

             1904 Renault 4398c.c.

The AA are entering, for the first time, their 1904 Renault which they acquired just over a year ago. Its previous owner, Mr. Paul Waring, was a well-known collector of Veteran Cars and the car is being preserved in his memory and as a representative of the Motoring Age in which the AA was founded. The brass plaque on the car tells, in brief, the history :- The Paul Waring Renault. This 1904 Park Phaeton 20/0 h.p. Renault was owned by Mr. Paul Waring, who painstakingly restored it in every detail prior to his tragic death in 1964. In his memory it is being preserved for posterity, and the delight of the motoring public of every age, by the Automobile Association. The Renault, which has now been given the registration number AA1, is a magnificent vehicle, being both impressive and graceful. It seats seven comfortably, and is powered by a four-cylinder 4½ litre engine (100 x 140 mm.) rated at 24.8 h.p. It has a three-speed quadrant-change gearbox behind the cone clutch, and the final drive is by a central propellor shaft to a “live” back axle. Its maximum speed is about 50 m.p.h. and it does 20 miles to the gallon. Known as a “Park Phaeton” model the coachwork was specially built by Rothschild et Cie of Paris and won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in December 1904. It was originally bought by Elizabeth, Lady Cheylesmore, who used it as a town carriage. She was at one time Lady-in-Waiting to the late Queen Mary who is said to have ridden in the car on numerous occasions. On the occasion of the fiftieth Paris Motor Show, the Renault led the procession with General de Gaulle as a passenger down the Champs Elysées. It also featured prominently in the film, “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines” and has successfully completed the London to Brighton run on at least sixteen occasions.

 

Behind the Renault is a 1904 Siddeley, about which the programme says:

 

16.      Mr. G. A. Estler, Whiteleaf, Bucks,

             1904 Siddeley two-seater.

Car delivered to King & sons of Bournemouth in November 1904. Then the colour was Navy blue, lined yellow. Purchased by my uncle from R. G. J. Nash in 1934 and in use by the family ever since. Has competed in many Brighton Runs and finished thirteen times. The engine is horizontal and  the drive by a largr single chain. The car was manufactured by the Wolseley Company and is identical to a contemporary Wolseley apart from the bonnet and radiator. Three similar cars are known to the Veteran Car Car Club.

1950 Alfa Romeo 158

This car competed in the HGPCA Pre-61 Front Engine Grand Prix Cars race at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It's not shown in the entry list for that race, but it's Carlo Vögele's 1939 Alfa Romeo 158. At around that time I went to a meeting at Donington Park where this car appeared and a note in the programme of that meeting said this about the car:

'The 158 Alfetta, a voiturette, of Carlo Vögele with its Columbo designed straight-eight engine first appeared in 1938 at the Coppa Ciano where the three cars entered and came first, second and seventh. With only a single stage supercharger, the engine was said to develop 195bhp at 7500rpm. A Formula One Grand Prix car from 1948, in its final form in 1951 the engine had two-stage supercharging, developed something like 400bhp plus after the superchargers had taken some 135bhp, and did 1.6mpg, according to David Hodges. This car had independent suspension all round with trailing links at the front.'

1954 Maserati 250F

This is a photograph that I took at the Aston Martin Owners Club’s Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1992.

It's indistinguishable from a 1950s Maserati 250F, but it's one of 12 replicas built by Cameron Millar and this one has the chassis number CM8. Cameron Millar acquired a genuine Maserati 250F in 1964 (originally 2501, later renumbered 2523) which he kept and raced for 8 years. In this time he purchased all the remaining cars and spare parts belonging to the Scuderia Centro Sud who had competed with the 250F in the 1950s, and also the chassis jigs from the Maserati factory. He then set about creating this series of replicas, using as far as possible genuine period parts, which are so well crafted that the FIA has allowed them to race alongside the genuine Maserati 250F and its contemporaries in competitive historic racing event. It was driven in the Historic Car Championship Race at this meeting by the owner Robin Lodge.

1962 Lotus 24

This is a photograph that I took at Aintree on practice day for the British Grand Prix in July 1962. It was actually a colour slide that had deteriorated, but I’ve managed to restore it to a recognisable picture.

It's the UDT Laystall Racing Team's 1962 Lotus 24 which was driven in the race by Innes Ireland. The Lotus 24 was a spaceframe car offered to customers instead of the monocoque Lotus 25 used by the Lotus works team, and was powered by the Coventry Climax FWMV 1,496cc V8 engine. Innes Ireland qualified the car in third position on the grid, but because of some wear in the gearbox it was rebuilt overnight by the mechanics. During the warming-up lap before the race one of the selector forks in the gearbox broke and the mechanics quickly removed the top to remove the broken parts before the start leaving Innes Ireland with no second or third gear. When the flag fell he couldn't find any gear and sat on the grid as all the other cars dodged round him and went on their way. The car was then wheeled to the pits and the mechanics spent several laps getting the gearbox to work, Innes Ireland starting the race on lap 10 with only 1st, 4th and 5th gears but he soldiered round to finish in 16th and last place 14 laps behind the winner, Jim Clark.

1932 Austin 10

I took this photograph at a classic car show organised by car dealers Gordon Ford of Stockport in July 1987.

It’s a 1932 Austin 10 and should have a 4-cylinder inline 1,125cc engine, though the DVLA record says 1,141cc. It was introduced in 1932 and production lasted, with upgrades, until 1947.

1959 Lola FJ

This is a photograph that I took at Lodge Corner during the Lenham Storage Formula Junior Championship race at the HSCC Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987.

It’s David Grant in his 1959 Lola FJ which has a 4-cylinder inline Ford Kent 1,098cc engine. Formula Junior was introduced in 1959 as a class of racing where younger drivers could be introduced to single-seater racing. It ended when Formula 2 and Formula 3 were re-introduced to the racing scene for the 1964 season. Formula Junior has continued to be featured at historic racing events.

Friday's Ferrari

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

It's a 2013 Ferrari FF which has a 6,262cc V12 engine and is the first production Ferrari with four-wheel drive. A total of 2,291 vehicles were produced  between 2011 and 2016.

1958 Leyland Titan PD2/40

This is a photograph that I took at the Greater Manchester Transport Society’s Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1988.

It’s not listed in the programme of the event but it’s a vehicle from their own Museum of Transport, a 1958 Leyland Titan PD2/40 with a Burlingham body, which entered service in 1958 and was withdrawn in 1975.

1954 Cooper-Norton

I took this photograph during the Scratch Race for 500cc Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1982.

It's Paul Schroeder in what the programme of the event says is a 1954 Cooper-Norton, probably a MkVIII.

1958 Lister Monza Jaguar

This car took part in the Flockhart Trophy Race at Donington Park at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting in June 2008.

It's the 1958 Lister MonzaJaguar of Rod Jolley with a 6-cylinder inline 3,781cc Jaguar engine that was built for Ecurie Ecosse to run in the Race of Two Worlds at Monza. The Race of Two Worlds was conceived as an annual exhibition event to be run on the banked oval at Monza and contested by two teams of cars from the USA (USAC cars as in the Indianapolis 500 race) and from Europe (F1 World Championship cars). Because of safety concerns and costs (and a lack of enthusiasm amongst the European F1 teams) the event only lasted for two years, 1957 and 1958, being won by the American cars on both occasions. Ecurie Ecosse entered a team of three Jaguar D-types in the 1957 race, and in 1958 two Jaguar D-types and this single seat Lister Jaguar built especially for the race and consequently known as the Lister Jaguar Monzanapolis. The building was completed in the paddock at Monza leaving insufficient time to paint the aluminium body of the car before the race, but it was later painted Ecurie Ecosse blue. It was subsequently  returned to the original unpainted finish.

1957 Maserati 300S

This car competed in the 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It’s Burkhard von Schenk’s 1957 Maserati 300S, a model that was built from 1955 to 1959 to compete in the 3-litre class of the World Sportscar Championship. The Maserati 300S has a 6-cylinder inline 2,991cc engine and Burkhard von Schenk’s car is chassis #3082.

1925 D.F.P.

This is a photograph that I took during a Handicap race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1973.

The entry list for this race in the programme of this event says that number 178 is the 1925 D.F.P. of W.R.Halkyard and it has a 1,098cc engine. A further note in the programme says "Other unusual cars in the handicaps include No. 178, W.R.Halkyard's 1925 D.F.P., a make made famous before the first World War by W.O.Bentley".

1907 Renault Landaulette

This is a photograph that I took in Manchester in June 1978 before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run.

It’s a 1907 Renault Landaulette and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

 

25        Mr. G. A. Griffin, Telford, Salop.

             1907 Renault Landaulette, 24.8 h.p.

This car was originally owned by the Hepworth family, and is one of the tallest cars made, being 7ft 6in high. It has a crest on the door declaring  “Loyal à Mort”. Her French ancestry is self-evident. It is being taken to Dieppe on April 20^th on a weekend rally.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at Club Corner during the Corse Clienti Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli race at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's the Ferrari 488 Challenge of Dutch driver Fons Scheltema, a car which has a 670hp 3,902cc V8 turbocharged engine developed from that of the Ferrari 488 GTB.

1936 ERA R12B

This is a photograph that I took in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1972.

It's the 1936 ERA R12B of Bill Morris and David Kergon which has a supercharged 6-cylinder inline 1,488cc engine and was driven in the race by David Kergon.  Bill Morris owned two ERAs, R12B and R12C and the two cars have a strange history, R12B being a works car that was originally built in 1936 with a 2 litre engine as a B-type car, but in 1937 it was rebuilt to C-type specifications, thus becoming R12C, and given a 1½ litre engine. In 1938 it was sold to Prince Chula to become one of his White Mouse stable's trio of ERAs driven by Prince Bira, where it was given the name 'Hanuman'. In 1939 the car was badly damaged in a crash during practice at Reims and was rebuilt with a B-type frame, reverting to being R12B and the name changing to 'Hanuman II'. After passing through various hands after the Second World War it came to Bill Morris. Bill Morris had managed to acquire the rest of the wreckage left over from the 1939 crash and using the damaged chassis frame rebuilt the car to its 1939 C-type specifications by 1982. That car was now R12C, as if the 1939 accident had never happened, and was given the original car's name of 'Hanuman'.

1958 Bedford SB3 Duple C41F

This is 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 1958 Bedford SB3 Duple C41F, chassis No 60893 which was new to Robinson of Great Harwood in April 1958. In 1991 it was owned by Ray Butcher of Bee-Style coaches, East Didsbury, Manchester.

1976 March 761

This is a photograph that I took in the paddock at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010, and it's a car that competed in the Grand Prix Masters F1 Cars 1955-1985 race.

It's Mark Higson's 1976 March 761, a car that was designed by Robin Herd and powered by the 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine. It competed in the 1976 and 1977 seasons, but the only notable result was Ronnie Peterson's victory in the 1976 Italian Grand Prix. Any drivers following this car must have been comforted by the message on the rear spoiler.

 

1947 Leyland Octopus

This was one of the vehicles entered in the Greater Manchester Transport Society’s Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park in September 1988.

It’s a 1947 Leyland Octopus, and the programme of the event had this note about it:

 

LTN 265 LEYLAND OCTOPUS FLAT. 1947. Entered by B. Brash, Stoke-on-Trent. New to C.W.S. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, passing to a showman and to scrap before restoration by the present owner.

1952 Cooper Bristol Mk1

This is a photograph that I took in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1965.

It's the 1952 Cooper Bristol Mk1 of John Brown which has a 1971cc 6-cylinder inline Bristol engine that was derived from the pre-war BMW 328 unit. Father and son Charles & John Cooper had started the Cooper Car Company in 1946, and at first specialised in building cars for the new 500cc class of racing that British enthusiasts had started as a simple and economical way to go motor racing after the war. This developed into the International Formula 3 class in 1950, and Cooper then ventured into the Formula 2 class by putting a 1,100cc JAP engine into one of these cars, way below the 2 litre limit allowed, but even with the lack of power the car was still reasonably competitive because of its light weight. When the World Championship was run under Formula 2 regulations in 1952 because of a dearth of the larger-engined Formula 1 cars Cooper decided to design a car to compete at that level. The 1,971 Bristol engine was chosen, but the Cooper Bristol Mk1 (later designated the T20) could not really compete with the Ferraris and Maseratis in World Championship races and was much more successful in minor British events. In 1953 the MkII (later T23) car was introduced, having a tubular frame chassis instead of the box section frame of the earlier car and the drive train was altered to lower the driver's seat. Although a better car it wasn't much more successful than the Mk1, and the following season when the new 2½ litre Formula 1 regulations came into force the car was rendered obsolete. They still soldiered on for a few years, mainly in minor British events, and then became regulars in the historic racing scene, where they're still to be seen to this day.

1953/4 Maserati A6GCM

This is a photograph that I took at McLeans Corner during the HGPCA's International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

It's David Bennett's 1953/4  Maserati A6GCM. The car is finished in the Siamese colours of Prince Bira who competed in a Maserati A6GCM in the 1954 season. This is a car that that started off life in 1953 as a Maserati A6GCM, chassis number 2044 with a 6-cylinder inline 1,979cc engine, but was converted to a 250F in 1954 with a 6-cylinder inline 2,493cc engine and given the chassis number 2504. Later that year after an accident the chassis 2504 was switched with that of 2509.  Though it's shown in the programme of the event as a Maserati A6GCM it also says that it had a 2,493cc engine, so I suppose it should really have been called a 250F.

Friday's Ferrari

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

It's a 2008 Ferrari F430 Spider, a convertible version of the F430 which replaced the Ferrari 360 and was itself succeeded by the Ferrari 458. It was produced between 2005 and 2009 and has the 4,308cc Ferrari F136 E V8 engine.

1994 Porsche 993

This is a photograph that I took at Druids Corner during qualifying for the Intermarque Championship race at the Aston Martin Owners Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015.

It’s the 1994 Porsche 993 of Stephen and Felix Archer which is a fourth generation model of the Porsche 911 and has a 3,600cc flat-six boxer engine.

1922 Morgan TT Replica

This is a photograph that I took in Manchester before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1977.

It’s a 1922 Morgan TT Replica, and the programme of the event had this note about it:

 

38      G.B. Chivrall, Bacup, Lancs.

           1922 Morgan “TT Replica” 8 h.p.  980 c.c.  2 cylinders

This car has been built up from parts assembled from all over the country. The chassis is a standard one of 1922 but with wider track and modern tyres and rims. The body is a copy of one fitted to a factory special in 1913 which was built for the cyclecar T.T. which was cancelled in favour of World War I. This car is fitted for the moment with a side valve J.A.P. engine with cast-iron pistons.

1959 Cooper Borgward

This is a photograph that I took at the British Empire Trophy meeting at Oulton Park in April 1959.

It’s the 1959 Cooper Borgward of the British Racing Partnership which was driven in the Formula 2 race at the meeting by George Wicken. The car number 2 in the background is the 1959 Lotus 15 of Team Lotus that was driven in the up to 1,500cc sports car race by Alan Stacey.

1955 Aston Martin DB3S

This car competed in the 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.

It’s the 1955 Aston Martin DB3S of USA driver John Romano  and has the 6-cylinder inline 2,922cc Lagonda engine. It is chassis DB3S/113, a customer car which was originally supplied as a fixed head coupé. The original body was retained after it was rebuilt as an open car.

BMW Z4 M40i

Here are two photographs that I took in the car park at Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground in September 2019.

It’s a BMW Z4 M40i which was introduced in 2018 and has a 6-cylinder inline 2,998cc turbocharged engine.

1958 Lotus 15

This is a photograph I took in the paddock at the British Empire Trophy meeting at Oulton Park in April 1958.

It’s the Lotus 15 of Pierre Bercham with a 1,475cc engine and was driven in the race by Roy Salvadori.

Friday's Ferrari

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

It's a 1987 Ferrari 328 GTB which has a 3,185cc V8 engine and was successor to the Ferrari 308. It was produced from 1985 to 1989 and superseded by the Ferrari 348.

1959 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1

This is a photograph that I took at the Greater Manchester Transport Society’s Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1993.

It’s a 1959 Leyland Atlantean and the programme of the event had this note about it:

 

‘Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1, MCW H78F, 1959

Manchester City Transport 3629

Entered by T. Greer, Bury

One of the first batch of rear engined buses to enter service in the Greater Manchester Area, 3269 was exported to Australia in 1972. The present owner completed the relatively simple task of returning it to the UK in 1990 for preservation.’

1959 Cooper-Climax T51

This is a photograph that I took at the Donington Park Museum in October 1989.

It's a 1959 Cooper-Climax T51 and the book 'Great Racing Cars of the Donington Collection has this note about it:

The works cars of Brabham and Salvadori began running 2.2-litre Climax engines and Leonard Lee of the Coventry company authorized development of full 2½-litre units for 1959. With 2,495cc, and 240bhp the Cooper-Climax T51s were on a power-to-weight par with the front-engined opposition, and Jack Brabham and Bruce McLaren – his youthful New Zealand team-mate – proved them totally competitive. Brabham won the Monaco and British GPs, and when his car ran out of fuel while leading the United States GP at Sebring, McLaren took over to score a victory which assured Brabham and Cooper-Climax of the World Championship titles.

 

There’s also this note about the T51 in the Donington Collection:

 

Cooper-Climax T51

Chassis unnumbered – Collection property – believe to be works No. 2 car, as driven by Bruce McLaren in 1959. To Collection from the late Jo Siffert’s collection of racing cars, Fribourg, Switzerland.

1950 Bristol 400

I took these photographs at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in May 2019.

It's a 1950 Bristol 400, one of 487 cars built between 1947 and 1950. After the Second World War the Bristol Aeroplane Company set up a car division, which later became Bristol Cars, and this was the first car they produced. AFN Ltd had reached an agreement with BMW in 1934 to import their cars, and to build and market them in the UK as Frazer Nash BMWs, and Bristol acquired a licence from Frazer Nash to base their car on the box-section frame of the BMW 326 and the engine of the BMW 328. The Bristol's engine was a slightly modified version of the 328's 6-cylinder inline 1,971cc unit.