1969 Maserati Mexico

This is a photograph that I took at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It’s a Maserati Mexico, a car that was produced between 1966 and 1972 with a V8 engine of either 4.2 or 4.7 litres. The DVLA record says that this is a 1969 car with a 4,700cc engine.

1996 Volvo S40

I took this photograph at Druids corner during qualifying for the HSCC/TCRE Touring Car Challenge race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2018.

It’s Jason Minshaw in his 1996 Volvo S40 which has a 4-cylinder inline 2 litre engine.

1952 Leyland Comet

This was one of the entrants in the Greater Manchester Transport Society’s Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1990.

It’s not listed in the programme of the event, but apparently it’s a 1952 Leyland Comet 90 Tractor Unit.

Friday's Ferrari

This car competed in the Shell Ferrari Historical Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It’s a 1956 Ferrari 860 Monza which has a Lampredi designed 3,432cc 4-cylinder inline engine and, in conjunction with the 290MM, was victorious in the 1956 World Sportscar Championship, winning three of the five races on the calendar, the 12 hours of Sebring, the Mille Miglia, and the Swedish Grand Prix. This car, #0604M, won the Sebring race that year driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Eugenio Castellotti. At this Silverstone meeting the car was driven by the then owner Nicolaus Springer. and a later owner of the car was Chris Evans.

1958 Cooper T45

This car was one of the competitors in a 10 lap race for Pre-1961 Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in August 1992.

It's Mike Haywood's 1958 Cooper T45 with what the programme of the event said was a 2 litre engine. The Cooper T45 was an improved version of the T43 and was used in both Formula One and Formula Two racing.

1936 Rover 12

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

It’s a 1936 Rover 12 and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,496 cc engine. Over 22,000 of these cars were produced between 1934 and 1948.

1936/39 Delahaye 135

This car competed in four races at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1985.

 

The only information about it in the programme of the event is that it was the 1936/39 Delahaye of W.D.Fox and had a 3500cc engine. The Delahaye 135 was produced from 1935 to 1954 with a 6-cylinder inline engine, initially of 3,227cc, later increased to 3,557cc. I have been unable to find out any further information about W.D.Fox.

1994 Williams FW16

This car was on display in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

It's a 1994 Williams FW16, the type of car with which Damon Hill finished in second place in the 1994 World Championship to Michael Schumacher's Benetton B194. Williams won the Constructors' Championship though, thanks to the efforts of David Coulthard and Nigel Mansell. Damon Hill won six of the sixteen races that season in the 3½ litre V10 Renault-engined car, and Nigel Mansell won the final race in Australia.

1953 NSU Rennmax

The VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in May 2001 featured the return of Auto Union C- and D-types to the circuit where they had appeared in 1937 and 1938, winning on both occasions. As well as those two cars there was a selection of other cars and motorcycles from the Audi stable.

This is one of the motorcycles, one of the NSU Rennmax with which Werner Haas and Reg Armstrong finished first and second in the 250cc class in the 1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

1927/39 ERA Delage

This car took part in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1973.

It's Ray Potter's ERA Delage which appeared alongside ten ERAs in the 29 car field for this race. The car had a 6-cylinder 1,488cc ERA engine with two-stage Roots supercharging, and the programme of the event said this about the it:

 

'Ray Potter's ERA-Delage has the engine from one of the ill-fated E-type ERAs in a 1927 GP Delage chassis.'

 

The Delage was one of Albert Lory's 1927 Delage 15 S8 cars which had dominated the 1927 season, winning all four of the European Grand Prix races.

Friday's Ferrari

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

It's a 2003 Ferrari 360 Modena, a car that was introduced in 1999 replacing the Ferrari F355 and was superseded by the Ferrari F430 in 2004. It has the 3,586cc Ferrari F131 V8 engine with twin overhead camshafts per bank and five valves per cylinder.

1928 Amilcar CGSS

This is a photograph I took just after the start point for the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1978.

It's the 1928 Amilcar CGSS of R.C. Stafford, and apart from that there's no information about the car in the programme of the event. The CGSS was produced by the Amilcar Company between 1926 and 1929 and had a 4-cylinder inline 1,074cc engine. The DVLA record says that YX15 is 'Not taxed for on road use'.

Jack Brabham

This is a photograph that I took at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in September 1956.

It’s Jack Brabham who drove a works Cooper T41 in this Formula 2 race. He finished in 14th place in the race which was won by his team mate Roy Salvadori. He’s holding the hand of his first son, Geoff Brabham.

1955 Cooper Bristol T40

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Coys Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It’s the Cooper Bristol T40 that Jack Brabham drove in the British Grand Prix of 1955 and which in 1993 was owned by Thomas Bscher and driven in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car race at the meeting by Katharina Schmidt.

1947 AEC Regent 3 RT

This is one of the vehicles that took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1988.

The programme of the event had this note about it:

HLW 159 AEC REGENT 3 RT, PARK ROYAL. 1947. Entered by A.J. Roskoss, Huddersfield. New to London Transport as RT172 and retained by them until 1958 when it transferred to Bradford, being finally withdrawn in 1968. Major restoration began in 1982 and is continuing.

1953 Lotus MkVI

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in July 2015.

It’s a 1953 Lotus MkVI which was the first production car that Lotus built after a series of one-off specials. Over 100 of these cars were built between 1952 and 1957 with a variety of engines, but mainly the 1,172cc Ford side-valve unit, The DVLA record says the car is still taxed and that it has a 1,567cc engine.

Saab 9-3

I took these photographs in a  supermarket car park in Hyde in October 2018.

It's a second generation Saab 9-3 which was produced by Saab from 2003 to 2014 and offered a range of petrol and diesel engines from 1.8  to 2.8 litres. The DVLA says that it no longer has a record of this car.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph that I took 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.

1995 Porsche 968 RS Turbo

I took these photographs at the Aston Martin Owners Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in May 2018.

It's a 1995 Porsche 968 RS Turbo which has a 4-cylinder inline 3 litre engine and is a restyled version of the Porsche 944.

1956 Ford Zephyr Zodiac

This car was displayed on the stand of the 'Five Stars - Ford Mk1 Consul Zephyr Zodiac Owners Club' at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Exhibition Centre in Manchester in August 1990.

It's a 1956 Ford Zephyr Zodiac with a 6-cylinder inline 2,262cc engine, and was also referred to as a Ford Zodiac MkI after the Zodiac MkII was introduced later in 1956. The brochure of the event said this about the car:

 

'The stand this year celebrates the 1953 win of the Marque in that year's Monte Carlo Rally. Our car is owned by Andy Davies of Chorley, and won Best Car on our annual Manchester to Southport run.'

 

This is obviously not the actual car that won the 1953 Monte Carlo Rally - that was registration number VHK 194, and was driven by Maurice Gatsonides with Peter Worledge as his navigator (the rally number was 365 though). The DVLA say that KRJ 735 still exists and has only recently been re-taxed for another year.

 

Maurice Gatsonides, by the way, is much better known as the inventor of the 'Gatso' speed camera.

1935 Talbot 95/105 Sports Special

This is a photograph that I took in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It’s Norman Pemberton’s 1935 Talbot 95/105 Sports Special and the only information about it in the programme of the event was that it had a 2,969cc engine.

1978 Williams FW06

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

After the Williams Team had competed with a customer March 761 in the 1977 season, Frank Williams got Patrick Head to design a car for the 1978 season, and the result was this Williams FW06. The car was powered by the 2,993cc V8 Ford-Cosworth DFV engine and just one car was entered for each of the 16 races that season, driven by Alan Jones. His best place was a second place in the penultimate race of the season, the United States Grand Prix, and he finished the season in eleventh place in the Drivers' World Championship with Williams in ninth place in the World Constructors' Championship.

2015 Seat Leon Eurocup

I took this photograph during qualifying for the Aston Martin GT Challenge race at the Aston Martin Owners Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It’s the 2015 Seat Leon Eurocup of James Sturges which has a 4-cylinder inline turbocharged 1,984cc engine.

1902 Wolseley Tonneau

This is a photograph that I took at the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1966.

It's a 1902 Wolseley Tonneau and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

6.      Major James Gardiner, O.B.E., J.P., Thelwall, Warrington.

         1902 Wolseley Tonneau two-cylinder 4½. x 5¼ in.

This car was delivered to the famous Engineer William Worby Beaumont, a founder member of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, who wrote the first technical book on motor cars on July 16th, 1902.

Friday's Ferrari

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

It's a Ferrari 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.

Daimler Conquest Drophead Coupé

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 1990.

 

It's a Daimler Conquest Drophead Coupé which had the same 6-cylinder inline 2,433cc engine as the Saloon and Roadster models.

1952 Aston Martin DB2

This car competed in two races at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015.

It's The Reed family's 1952 Aston Martin DB2 which the programme of the event says has the 2,992cc engine that was introduced with the DB3S in 1953. Its first race that day was the AMOC '50s Sports Car race when it was driven by David Reed, but this photograph shows it at Lodge Corner being driven by David Reed's wife, Mrs Anne Reed, during practice for the Equipe GTS Race.

1936 Austin Heavy 12/4

This is a photograph that I took at a vintage car show and a run from Stockport to Matlock in July 1985 organised by car dealers Gordon Ford of Stockport.

It’s a 1936 Austin Heavy 12/4 and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,861cc engine.

1961 Maserati 3500GT

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

It's a 1961 Maserati 3500GT, a model that was produced between 1959 and 1964, and was powered by the 6-cylinder inline 3,485cc Tipo 101 engine developed from that of the Maserati 350S racing car of 1956. The coachwork was designed by Carrozzeria Touring and the car had an aluminium body attached to a tubular steel frame.

1956 Maserati 250F

This car competed in a Twelve Lap Scratch Race for Post War Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in August 1996.

It’s David Pennell’s 1956 Maserati 250F which has the 6-cylinder inline 2,491cc Maserati engine. It is chassis #2524 which was sold new to Francisco Godia-Sales and with which he competed in the F1 World Championship races in 1956 and 1957. In 1958 it was sold to Joakim Bonnier who raced it during the 1958 season with Phil Hill taking the wheel at the French Grand Prix and Troy Ruttmann taking over for the German Grand Prix, although engine problems meant that he did not start the race. Scuderia Centro Sud entered the car in the 1958 Italian and Moroccan Grands Prix, driven by Giulio Cabianca and Hans Herrmann respectively.

2003 McLaren MP4/17D

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

It’s a 2003 McLaren MP4/17D. a car that competed in the Formula One World Championship races in 2003. It had a 2,998cc Mercedes-Benz V10 engine and was driven by David Coulthard and and Kimi Räikkönen. They each won one race – Coulthard the  Australian GP and Räikkönen the Malaysian GP - and Räikkönen ended the season with 91 points and second place to Michael Schumacher in the Drivers’ World Championship while Coulthard had 51 points in seventh place. McLaren finished in third place in the Constructors’ Championship.

Friday's Ferrari

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

It's a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta and has a 6,262cc V12 Ferrari F140 FC engine with an output of 740PS at 8,250 rpm. It was in production from 2012 to 2017.

1929 Alvis Silver Eagle

This is one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1977.

It's the 1929 Alvis Silver Eagle of Mr M.O.Attock and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

151     Mr. M.O.Attock, Bradford.

           1929 Alvis Silver Eagle, 17 h.p. 6-cylinder, 2148c.c.

This car has been used by Mr. Attock as a normal family motor car for the last 39 years. It was used in the James Herriot film "All Things Bright and Beautiful".

1953 Seddon Mk5

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 1988.

It's a 1953 Seddon Mk5 and the programme of the event said this about it:

 

EM 5505 Seddon Mk5/L platform. 1953. Entered by R. Sanders, Preston, Lancs. Rebuilt from scrap, this vehicle is displayed in the livery of its first owner, and can be seen at many rallies throughout the U.K.

Emeryson 500cc F3

This car competed in the '500cc Formula 3 Cars' class in the Historic Formula Junior Championship race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1992.

It's a front-wheel drive 500cc Formula 3 Emeryson but it's not listed in the programme of the event, so sadly I don't know who owned the car or who drove it that day.

1960 Scarab F1

I took this photograph at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.

It's a Scarab F1 car which was built by American Lance Reventlow's Reventlow Automobiles Inc to contest the 1960 Formula 1 racing season. Like the Aston Martin DBR4 it was virtually obsolete before it turned a wheel in anger - in the 1959 season, and again in 1960 the old front-engined cars were dominated by the rear-engined ones, and the old 2½ litre Formula was due to be replaced by a new 1½ litre limit in 1961. The car had a 2,441cc 4-cylinder inline engine designed for Scarab by Leo Goossen, formerly of Offenhauser, and only started in two races in 1960, both Lance Reventlow and Chuck Daigh retiring from the French Grand Prix, and the single entry in the USA Grand Prix finished in 10th place driven by Chuck Daigh. At this Silverstone meeting the car was driven by Don Orosco in the Maserati UK Race for Pre 1961 Grand Prix Cars.

1953 Triumph Mayflower

I took these photographs at a classic car show in Hyde, Cheshire, in October 2022.

It’s a 1953 Triumph Mayflower which was built by the Standard Motor Company and was in production from 1949 to 1953.

Nicknamed the 'Razor Edge' like its big brother the Triumph Renown, it had a 4-cylinder inline side-valve 1,247cc engine.

 It was built in Coventry and  was also assembled in Port Melbourne, Australia and Nyköping, Sweden.

1935 Lagonda Rapier

This is a photograph that I took at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in July 1987.

It’s the 1935 Lagonda Rapier of I.Rowe which the programme of the event says had a 1,100 cc engine. 470 of these cars were built by between 1934 and 1935 and a further 46 by Rapier Cars who took over the rights to make the Rapier after the Lagonda company failed in 1935. It was originally made with a 4-cylinder inline 1,104cc engine which was later reduced to 1,084cc to allow it to compete in the 1,100cc racing class.

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 Swiss driver Volkan Ekinci, a car which has a 670hp 3,902cc V8 turbocharged engine developed from that of the Ferrari 488 GTB.

1924 Peugeot Quadrillette

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 1976.

It’s a 1924 Peugeot Quadrillette and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

 

39     G.O. Wallis, Oldham, Lancs.

           1924 Peugeot Quadrillette 5 h.p. 4-cylinder.

“Alexandra” was found last year in a barn in the south of France where she had been since before the war. It is the only Quadrillette known with a wagonette body. This body is predominantly wood and its main purpose in life was undoubtably to take animals to the local market. By the deposits in the back and the smell when found it had obviously not been cleaned since last used. The acetylene lighting is rather poor so let’s hope we finish before sunset.

1959 Cooper-Climax T51

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

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.

Lola Mk1

This is a photograph that I took at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008. It’s a Lola Mk1 but is not shown in the programme of the event nor in the results listing, and the number 14 car in the Sports Racing Cars race is the Piper of Anthony Goddard.

The Lola Mk1 was designed by Eric Broadley in 1958 and was usually powered by a 4-cylinder inline 1,098cc Coventry Climax engine. Around 40 of the cars were built and a variety of engines were used.

1958 Austin A35

This is a photograph that I took at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It's Mike Wrigley's 1958 Austin A35 which competed in the Masters FIA Mini with Oldies but Goldies race. The Austin A35 was produced from 1956 and 1959 and had a 4-cylinder inline 948cc engine, though the programme of the event says that Mike Wrigley's car had a 1.246cc engine.