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.

Aston Martin Le Mans

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 1961.

I don't appear to have made a note about it at the time, but it appears to be an Aston Martin Le Mans from the early 1930s, several of which competed at this meeting. That was a 1½ litre car, a successor to the Aston Martin International and named the 'Le Mans' after the International's success at the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The registration number AML 230 now belongs to a 1994 Porsche.

1933 Aston Martin Le Mans

This was one of the competitors in the Pre-War/50s Sports Car Race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2002.

It's David Taylor's 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans which has a 1,495cc 4-cylinder inline engine. The Aston Martin Le Mans was produced between 1932 and 1933 with either 2 or 4 seat body and 130 cars were built in total.

Aston Martin

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in September 1993.

It's a 1930's Aston Martin, either an Ulster or a Le Mans, but without a race number of registration plate I've not been able to identify it. The lack of a registration plate means it was possibly competing that day and the race numbers had not yet been applied, and the only red 1930s Aston Martin shown in the programme of the event is the 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans of Nick Mason, driven at this meeting by Chloe Mason. 

Aston Martin Le Mans

This is one of the competitors in the Pre-1959 Aston Martin Race at the Aston Martin Owners' Club's meeting at Oulton Park in September 1986.

It's the 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans of Tony Armstrong and it was competing in the Pre-War 1½ litre class. The Aston Martin Le Mans was a successor to the International model and had a 1493cc 4-cylinder single overhead camshaft engine. It had either a short or long wheelbase (102 or 120 in) and a two-seater (as here) or 4-seater body. I've shown photographs of the Aston Martin Le Mans previously, on 4 September 2016, 15 November 2016 and 28 January 2017.

Aston Martin Le Mans

This car appeared at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1993.

It's Robert Taylor's 1933 1½ litre Aston Martin Le Mans, and on 15 November 2016 I showed the same car at the 2011 Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park.

Aston Martin Le Mans

This car took part in the 2 hour long VSCC Team Relay Race for Pre-war Sports Cars at the SeeRed & Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.

It's Christopher Scott Mackirdy's 1½ litre 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans, The Le Mans was produced between 1932 and 1933 with either 2 or 4 seat body and 130 cars were built in total.

Aston Martin Le Mans

This car was in the Concours line-up at the VSCC's meeting at Oulton Park in August 1996.

It's the 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans of M.S.Potts, named the 'Le Mans' after the success of the Aston Martin International in finishing in 5th, 11th and 12th positions in the 1931 24 Hour race.