1930 Maserati 26M

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting in June 1970.

This is Lord Doune's 1930 Maserati 26M, chassis 2514, that was driven by Ray Fielding in the Richard Seaman Memorial Vintage Trophy Race. The programme of the event describes it as a Maserati 8C and says this about it:

'.....also in the third row is a most welcome dark horse in the form of a rare 1930 blown 8C 2½ litre Grand Prix Maserati. This car was brought over from Switzerland by Lord Doune, famous for his Scottish museum of Sports and racing cars and the Doune hill climb course, who has entered the car to be driven by Ray Fielding.'

1936 Maserati 6CM

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 1970.

It's the 1937 Maserati 6CM of Ray Fielding with a supercharged 6-cylinder inline 1,493cc engine. It is chassis 1540 and was at one time part of the Doune Motor Museum collection. The red car behind it is Lord Doune's 1930 Maserati 8C, chassis 2514, that was driven by Ray Fielding in the Richard Seaman Memorial Vintage Trophy Race. The programme of the event says this about the car:

'.....also in the third row is a most welcome dark horse in the form of a rare 1930 blown 8C 2½ litre Grand Prix Maserati. This car was brought over from Switzerland by Lord Doune, famous for his Scottish museum of Sports and racing cars and the Doune hill climb course, who has entered the car to be driven by Ray Fielding.'

Nardi Danese

I photographed this car at the Doune Motor Museum near Stirling on a holiday in Scotland in August 1996.

It's a 1947 Nardi Danese, the result of a collaboration between Enrico Nardi and Renato Danese and has a 1,089cc Fiat engine. The car was designed to be fitted with cycle wings so it could be used in sports car races as well as in single seater racing.

Maserati Tipo 26

This is one of the cars that took part in the Richard Seaman Memorial Vintage Trophy Race at the VSCC's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1971.

It's the 1930 Maserati Tipo 26M (chassis 2514) of Lord Doune and was driven in the race by Martin Grant Peterkin. The 26M was designed as a single-seater car (the 'M' standing for Monoposto) and thirteen examples were built, with a 2½ litre straight-8 engine. The car above appears to be one of the six which were made into the Tipo 26M Sport for endurance racing, taking part in such races as the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio. A note in the programme about this race at Oulton Park says:

'Lord Doune, from Perthshire, has entered the Bologna challenge, his beautiful 2.5 litre Maserati to be driven by Martin Grant Peterkin on leave from Redford Barracks, Edinburgh.'