Lagonda Rapier

You can always rely on seeing a few Lagonda Rapiers at any VSCC meeting and I photographed these three at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2011 where they took part in some of the Handicap and Scratch races.

This is the 1934 car of Julian Grimwade with what the programme of the event says is a 1,460cc engine, though the original Lagonda Rapier had a 1.1 litre unit.

This is Douglas Martin's 1935 model, and this has a 1,086cc engine.

This is the 1935 Eccles Rapier Special of Tim Metcalfe, built by Roy Eccles, and has a 1,087cc supercharged engine.

Brooke ERA

This car was entered in the Historic Seaman & Flockhart Trophies Race for Pre-1961 Front-Engined Racing Cars at the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies race meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.

It's Tim Metcalfe's 1936 Brooke ERA, which is basically a Riley Imp with a 1½ litre supercharged ERA engine, and you can read the history of this car here.