VSCC at Oulton Park

I took this photograph at Britten's chicane during a handicap race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

The leading silver car is the 1937 Riley 12/4 of Mike Gilbert and the green car behind it is the 1932 Frazer Nash TT Replica of Joshua Beebee. On the right is the Riley Kestrel 12/4 Special of Richard Iliffe and the following car is the 1927 Invicta High Chassis of Edward Harris.

1934 Riley Kestrel 12/4 Special

This car competed in a handicap race and a scratch race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It's Richard Iliffe's 1934 Riley Kestrel 12/4 Special which has a 4-cylinder inline 1,496cc engine based on the Riley Nine engine. The 12/4 engine continued to be used in Riley cars until 1955.

Guernsey Old Car Club

Yesterday I showed photographs of two Ferraris that I had taken at the Guernsey Classic Vehicle Show that was held at Saumarez Park on 16 June 2019. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Guernsey Old Car Club and Guernsey Post released a set of six stamps to mark the occasion, each stamp depicting a car belonging to one of the members of the club. All six cars depicted were at the Classic Vehicle Show and I took the opportunity to photograph each one.

1898 Delahaye Type 2, a twin-cylinder 2.2 litre 6hp vehicle.

The 1911 Delage Type X has a 2,983cc 4-cylinder inline engine and is one of four cars built by Louis Delage to take part in the 1911 Coupe des Voitures Légère race at Boulogne, one of the cars winning the event.

A 1936 Riley Kestrel 12/4 with a 1,496cc 4-cylinder inline engine based on the Riley 9 unit.

A 1952 Bentley Mk VI with a 4¼ litre 6-cylinder inline engine and was named the 'standard steel sports saloon', being the first Bentley to be given a body at the factory instead of the chassis being sent to a coachbuilder of the customer's choosing.

A 1956 Triumph TR3 with the 1,991cc 4-cylinder inline engine that also powered the Standard Vanguard. From 1959 there was also the option of a 2,138cc engine.

A 1966 Morris Minor Traveller with a 1,098cc 4-cylinder inline engine.

I would have thought that Guernsey Post would have given the owner of each of the cars a set of the stamps but I was told by the wife of the owner of one of the cars that they had not done so, which seems to me to be a little mean of Guernsey Post.

Rileys at Oulton Park (2)

Following my post of 17 January 2015 here are some more photographs taken in the paddock of the Rileys competing in the VSCC's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in July 2015.

John Reeve's 1928 Riley Brooklands

Robert Wardale's 1936 Riley Special

Durward Lawson's 1937 Riley Special

Tony Canny's 1935 Riley TT Sprite

Richard Iliffe's 1934 Riley Kestrel 12/4 Special

James Whitmore's 1936 Riley Special

John Collins' 1930 Riley Brooklands & Tim Kneller's 1933 Riley TT Sprite