1931 MG C Type Montlhery

I took this photograph at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's the 1931 MG C Type Montlhery of Barry Foster which has a 747cc supercharged engine. The MG C Type was developed from a car designed for International speed record attempts and was based on the 847cc MG M Type with a supercharged engine reduced to 743cc to try to capture speed records in the under 750cc class H. In January 1931 Captain George Eyston succeeded in setting speed records for this class with several runs at the Montlhery race track in France at over 100mph and the subsequent production MG C-Type was given the tag 'Montlhery'. At this meeting it was driven by Barry Foster and Mike Dowley in the Pre-War Sports Car Race.

MG C-type Montlhery

These cars took part in the 2 hour long VSCC Team Relay Race for Pre-War Sports Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.

They are three 1931 MG C Type Montlhery Midgets, part of a four car team competing in the race. The MG C Type was developed from a car designed for International speed record attempts which was based on the 847cc MG M Type with a supercharged engine reduced to 743cc to try to capture speed records in the under 750cc class H. In January 1931 Captain George Eyston succeeded in setting speed records for this class with several runs at the Montlhery race track in France at over 100mph and the subsequent production MG C Type was given the tag 'Montlhery'. The silver car on the left, number 92 in the race, is that of Hamish McNinch and the programme of the event says it has a 847cc engine. In the middle, race number 91, is the 746cc car of Barry Foster, and on the right, race number 93, is Oliver Richardson's 750cc car.