1930 Aston Martin International

I took this photograph on Peter Street, at the junction with Mosley Street, at the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1975.

It’s a 1930 Aston Martin International and the programme of the event has this note about it:

 

‘164   Mr. R.M. Pickard, Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire.

            1930 Aston Martin International.

This car, bought new by John Cadbury, was driven by him in the first R.A.C. Rally held in 1932. Mr. Pickard usually enters his Veteran De Dion Bouton but this year has brought the one he uses for everyday transport as the De Dion is having a major rebuild.’

Aston Martin

Here are some of the Aston Martins not taking part in the racing that I photographed in the paddock at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015.

This is a line-up of cars belonging to members of the Aston Martin Owners Club

1972 Aston Martin DBS V8, with 5.3 litre V8 engine, produced from 1969 to 1972 as the DBS V8, and from 1972 to 1989 known simply as the Aston Martin V8.

1984 Aston Martin V8 Vantage, with 5.3 litre V8 engine. Several Aston Martins have used the 'Vantage' name, and this is the one produced from 1977 to 1989.

Here's another Vantage model this time the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S, introduced in 2005 and still in production. This one has a 5.9 litre V12 engine.

This is the Aston Martin DB Mk III, an evolution of the DB2/4 and initially named the DB2/4 Mk III. It has the 2.9 litre straight-6 Lagonda engine. Behind it is a 1931 Aston Martin International, originally with a 1½ litre engine but now fitted, I understand, with a 3 litre unit.

The Aston Martin DB6, produced from 1965 to 1970 with a 4 litre straight-6 engine.