1936 ERA R8C

This is a photograph I took in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1993.

It's the 1936 ERA R8C of Bruce Spollon with a supercharged 6-cylinder inline 1,988cc engine. The car was originally built for Earl Howe with a B-type chassis as R8B but was rebuilt to C-type specifications before the Second World War. It was drastically modified in the early post-war years with a D-type chassis and streamlined bodywork, but Bruce Spollon returned it to its pre-war specification after he had acquired the car in 1977.

1938 Alta and 1936 ERA

I took this photograph at Foulstons chicane during the Richard Seaman Historic Memorial Trophy Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1993.

Leading is Paul Jaye in David Baldock's 2 litre Alta followed by what I think is Bruce Spollon's 1936 2 litre ERA R8C. The car in the distance seems to be the ERA R12C of Bill Morris, driven that day by Tony Stephens.

1927 ERA Delage

This car competed in a Ten Lap Scratch Race for Pre-war Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in August 1996.

It's Bruce Spollon's 1927/37 1,988cc supercharged straight-6 ERA engined Delage, created by Rob Walker who installed an ERA engine in one of Albert Lory's 1927 Delage 15 S8 Grand Prix cars. The car competed in Historic racing events for many years until acquired by Peter Mullin for the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California in 2006.

1936 ERA R8C

This is one of nine ERAs that took part in the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophy Race for Historic Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in August 1992.

It's the 1936 ERA R8C of Bruce Spollon with a supercharged 6-cylinder inline 1,988cc engine. The car was originally built for Earl Howe with a B-type chassis as R8B but was rebuilt to C-type specifications before the Second World War. It was drastically modified in the early post-war years with a D-type chassis and streamlined bodywork, but Bruce Spollon returned it to its pre-war specification after he had acquired the car in 1977.

1936/37 ERA R8C

This car competed in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the VSCC's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1984.

It's the 1936/37 ERA R8C of Bruce Spollon with a 1,988cc supercharged 6-cylinder inline engine. The car was originally built for Earl Howe with a B-type chassis as R8B but was rebuilt to C-type specifications before the Second World War. It was drastically modified in the early post-war years with a D-type chassis and streamlined bodywork, but Bruce Spollon returned it to its pre-war specification after he had acquired the car in 1977.

The table below explains the difference between the ERA A, B and C Types, and there were also three different engines available with capacities of 1.1 litres, 1.5 litres and 2 litres.

Chassis	A type	B type	C type
Construction	channel section frame	channel section frame	box section frame
Wheelbase	96in.	96in.	96in.
Front Track	52.5in.	52.5in.	52.5in.
Rear Track	48in.	48in.	48in.
Height	44in.	44in.	44in.
Front suspension	semi-elliptic leaf and Hartford friction shock absorbers	semi-elliptic leaf and Hartford friction shock absorbers	Porsche type trailing arm with transverse torsion bars and Girling Luvax hydraulic shock absorbers
Front tyres	Dunlop 16in. x 5.25in.	Dunlop 16in. x 5.25in.	Dunlop 18in. x 5.25in.
Rear suspension
Rear tyres	Dunlop 16in. x 6.5in.	Dunlop 16in. x 6.5in.	Dunlop 16in. x 6.5in.
Brakes	Girling mechanical	Girling mechanical	Lockheed hydraulic
Transmission	Wilson four-speed pre-selector gearbox connected to bevel drive rear axle via a prop-shaft enclosed in a torque tube.
Weight (dry)	2016lb.	2016lb.	2016lb.

1937 ERA R8C

This is one of eight ERAs listed as competing in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the VSCC's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1981.

It's the ERA R8C of Bruce Spollon with a straight-6 supercharged 1,496cc engine. The car was originally built for Earl Howe with a B-type chassis as R8B but was rebuilt to C-type specifications before the Second World War. It was drastically modified in the early post-war years with a D-type chassis and streamlined bodywork, but Bruce Spollon returned it to its pre-war specification after he had acquired the car in 1977.

On 30 April 2017 I showed a photograph of this car at Oulton Park in 1987.

ERA Delage

This car competed in the Richard Seaman Historic Trophy race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Donington Park in May 2001.

It's Bruce Spollon's 1927/37 1,988cc supercharged straight-6 ERA engined Delage, created by Rob Walker who installed an ERA engine in one of Albert Lory's 1927 Delage 15 S8 Grand Prix cars. The car competed in Historic racing events for many years until acquired by Peter Mullin for the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California in 2006, and below is a photograph I took of it at Oulton Park in the 1950s.

ERA R8C

This car took part in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the VSCC's meeting at Oulton Park in July 1987.

It's Bruce Spollon's 2-litre supercharged 1936 ERA R8C, one of nine ERAs in the field. You can read about R8C and all the other ERA cars in this British Racing Motors website, and this ERA Club site.