Ferraris and Other Things: 2016

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Thursday, 28 August 2025

2004 Alfa Romeo 166

This is a car that I came across in a side street in Hyde in December 2016.

It's a 2004 Alfa Romeo 166, a car that was produced from 1996 to 2007 with petrol engines ranging from 1,970cc to 2,959cc and a diesel engine of 2,387cc. There's a 2.0 badge on the rear of the car and there were originally 2 models with this size engine, one with a 4-cylinder inline 1,970cc unit and the other with a turbo charged V6 engine of 1,996cc. The cars were given a facelift in 2004 and the turbo charged model was discontinued, so this should be the 1,970cc model. The DVLA record shows that it currently has no record of this car.

Thursday, 21 December 2023

1958 Plymouth Savoy

This was one of the cars I photographed at a car show in Hyde in June 2016.

It's a 1958 Third Generation Plymouth Savoy

The DVLA record says that it has a 5,000cc engine - presumably the 301 cu in V8

This is a note displayed in the windscreen of the car

Thursday, 14 September 2017

Classic Car Show Manchester

The 2017 Classic Car Show Manchester is due to be held at EventCity this coming weekend, and here are a few photographs taken at last year's show.

1957 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible

1956 Citroën Traction Avant

1981 Delorean DMC-12

1968 Morris Minor 1000

1957 Heinkel Kabine Microcar

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

All the photographs I took that day are in this Flickr album.

Sunday, 30 July 2017

Triumph

Here are the photographs I took of some of the Triumphs at the Footman James Classic Car Show at EventCity, Manchester in September 2016.

This is a 1948 1,776cc straight-4 Triumph Roadster, produced from 1946 to 1948

This is a 1937 Triumph Dolomite Special, but the only information I can find about this car is the DVLA record that says it has a 1,750cc engine. The 1930s Triumph was produced with three different engine sizes, and the nearest I can find to this is the 1,767cc engine of the 14/60 and 14/65.

A Michelotti bodied 1967 1,147cc straight-4 Triumph Herald 1200 Convertible, produced from 1961 to 1971.

A 1957 1,991cc straight-4 Triumph TR3. The original TR3 had a smaller central radiator grille and this version with the full width grille was unofficially known as a TR3A, but just badged as a TR3. This version was produced from 1957 to 1962.

Another Michelotti bodied car, a 1974 2,997cc V8 Triumph Stag. This is one of the MkII cars that were produced between 1974 and 1977.

This is one of the original Triumph TR3 models, made in the last year of the 1955 to 1957 production run and has the smaller central grille. It shares the 1,991cc straight-4 engine of the later 'TR3A'.

This is the first production model of the TR series of cars, the Triumph TR2 that was produced from 1953 to 1955 and used the same 1.991cc straight-4 engine of the later TR3. There was one prototype model built which differed from the production car, mainly at the rear end, to such an extent that the production model was called the TR2 and the prototype retrospectively named the TR1.

This is a 1966 2,138cc straight-4 Triumph TR4A, produced from 1965 to 1967. The Michelotti bodied car was externally little different from the TR4, but it had independent rear suspension instead of the Hotchkiss drive system of the earlier car.

A 1974 2,498cc straight-6 Triumph TR6 with Lucas fuel-injection, produced between 1968 and 1976. The body basically followed the same lines as the TR4 and TR5, but was restyled by the German firm of Karmann.

This is a 1982 1,998cc straight-4 Triumph TR7 Drop-head Coupe, designed by the chief stylist at British Leyland, Harris Mann. The cars were produced between 1975 and 1982 and this one bears the double bulge bonnet of the later cars that was designed to clear the carburettors of the V8 engined TR8 which had an identical body to the TR7.

Thursday, 6 July 2017

Volvo

Here are 3 Volvos that I photographed at the Footman James Classic Car Show at EventCity, Manchester in September 2016.

This is a 1957 Volvo PV444-08 that was imported from Sweden in 1985 by the owner of a Devon Volvo Dealership and used very little for the next 14 years. It is one of only four Volvo PV444-08’s known in Europe and the only example in the UK. PV444-08’s were produced for the USA Market only, but a few did escape onto the home (Swedish) market. These cars can be recognised by the fact that they are fitted with the sports B16B engine which has twin SU 1¼ carburettors.

This car, pictured in the car park outside the arena, is a 1972 Volvo P1800ES, a 2 litre fuel injection estate version of Volvo P1800.

This is one of the 120 Series Volvos, a 1968 Volvo 121, also known as the Volvo Amazon. It has a B18 badging on the grille, meaning that it is powered by the 1,778cc B18 engine.

Monday, 12 June 2017

Vauxhall

I've previously shown photographs I took of various cars at the Footman James Classic Car Show at EventCity, Manchester in September 2016, and here are photographs I took of some of the Vauxhalls there.

This is a 1966 Vauxhall Viva HA 90 Deluxe, one of the first series of Vivas produced between 1963 and 1966 and powered by a 1,057cc 4-cylinder engine. It's the actual car depicted on the Wikipedia article about the Viva HA.

This is a 1964 Vauxhall Cresta PB with the 2,651cc straight-six engine that had been used in the PA. The PB was produced between 1962 and 1965, and from October 1964 had the larger 3.293cc engine and a full-width grille incorporating the headlights.

This is a 1971 Vauxhall Firenza, which was a derivation of the Vauxhall Viva. The Firenza was produced from 1971 to 1975 originally with a 1,159cc 4-cylinder engine, but this car has the 1,256cc engine introduced in December 1971.

This is another Vauxhall Viva, this time with an estate car body, and it appears to be the HC version produced between 1970 and 1979.

This appears to be one of the few Vauxhall Viva HBs to have been given the Brabham tuning modification, and the Wikepedia article about the Viva says this about them:

This time, apart from the standard and 90 stages of tune, there was also, for a brief time, a Brabham SL/90 HB that was purported to have been developed with the aid of world racing champion Jack Brabham. Brabham models were marked out externally by distinctive lateral black stripes at the front of the bonnet that curved down the wings and then headed back to end in a taper at the front doors. This model is almost impossible to find today. This model and the Viva GT are the two most sought after models made. The Brabham model differed from the standard Viva SL/90 in having a different cam-shaft, uprated suspension with anti-roll bars, different exhaust manifolds, and a unique twin-carb manifold, as well as differing interior trim. The Viva GT had substantially different engine and running gear and interior from the standard Viva HB models. It was distinguished by having a black bonnet with twin louvres and being all-over white. Later GTs came in different colours.

There may be some doubt about this car though, as this site seems to question whether TMD 179F is a genuine 'Brabham' conversion.

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

American Fords

On !0 April 2017 I showed photographs of the British Fords that I'd taken at the Footman James Classic Car Show at EventCity, Manchester in September 2016, and here are the photographs that I took of the American Fords at that event.