Friday's Ferrari

This car was driven in the 'Coys of Kensington GT Race' at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993 by the owner Robin Lodge and Tony Merrick.

It's a 1951 Ferrari 340 America, designed, as the name suggests, for the American market. The serial number is 0082A and you can read the history of this car here.

Guernsey Classic Vehicle Club Show 24 June 2012

Here's the last of the photographs I took at the Guernsey Classic Vehicle Club Show in June last year. I've previously shown photographs on 19 Aug 2012, 9 Jan 2013 and 23 Sep 2013.

This is a 1934 Ford hot rod

A Hillman Minx Series III from the late 1950s or early 1960s - the '1990' sign appears to belong to the row of cars behind this one. You can read the story of the Hillman Minx here.

A Wolseley 1500, again from the late 1950s or early 1960s, and like the Hillman Minx (and several other cars at the show) a visitor from Jersey. You can read here about the Wolseley and its sister car the Riley One-Point-Five.

A 1952 Lincoln Cosmopolitan. If you'd like to own this car it was advertised for sale on 29 Oct 2013 by carandclassic.co.uk.

A Triumph Bonneville, but I wouldn't like to hazard a guess as to its year of manufacture

The board to the left of the car says it's a 1957 Austin Metropolitan, a car designed by Nash in the USA but built by the Austin Motor Company in England and marketed as a Nash and later also as a Hudson in the USA. I remember it from the 1950s as a Nash Metropolitan, probably from the 'Observer's Book of Cars'.

Grandson Edward

This is a photograph of our grandson Edward posted on her blog by my daughter-in-law in Guernsey to show what a messy eater he is, and it's just the latest in a series of similar photographs. In this respect he probably takes after his father.

25th March 1982

Friday's Ferrari

This is a 1967 Ferrari 166 Dino/246 Tasman seen in July 2000 at the Coy's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone. It's apparently chassis number 010 and a rather incomplete history of the car is here. The theme for the meeting in 2000 was '50 years of Formula One' and the Ferrari is shown above on display alongside the 1971 Lotus 56B gas turbine engined car and the 1976 McLaren M23.

The car was driven in a track demonstration by Dudley Mason-Styrron and is seen here leaving the pit lane for a practice run.

Speedway: Belle Vue Aces v Newport (2 August 1975)

An Inter League Cup match at Belle Vue.

Heat 1: Soren Sjosten (red), Paul Tyrer (blue) & Phil Herne (yellow/black)

Heat 2: Russ Hodgson (blue), Geoff Pusey (red), Brian Woodward (white) & the right leg of Arthur Browning

Heat 3: Phil Crump (yellow/black), Chris Morton (red) & Bob Coles (white)

Heat 5: Phil Herne

Match Result: Belle Vue Aces 50 Newport 28

Ayrton Senna

This is the front cover of the programme for the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in June 2003 which included a tribute to the late Ayrton Senna, and in particular commemorating his win in the European Grand Prix at Donington Park ten years earlier in 1993.

There was a display of some of the cars which he drove including the ones pictured below.

This is the Toleman TG184 raced by Senna in 1984

The Lotus 99T which he drove in 1987

The McLaren MP4/8 with which he won the 1993 European Grand Prix

Friday's Ferrari

Today's car is a 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder as seen at the Christies International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992. The car wasn't competing but was amongst the Ferraris parked in the paddock at this Ferrari-themed meeting. It's chassis number 0518M - you can read a full history of the car here, and below is a brief history of its early life from www.finecars.cc:

0518M was a 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder, it was sold to Jacques Swaters, B, he finished the GP Dakar in 5th position, Roger Laurent drove the Monza to a 3rd position in the Voitures de Serie, Spa, but crashed heavily in the GP Bari, during the repair time the Monza received a larger grill and larger side air outlets, in Tourist Trophy Dundrod Jacques Swaters & Johnny Claes finished 13th. In 1956 Andre Pilette crashed in the GP Agadir and 0518M was rebodied in 1956 style cars (500 TR). In 1956 André Pilette; Rousselle, Changy and Milhoux drove the yellow Monza, the following races, GP Porto (6th), GP Rouen (10th), GP Sweden (dnf) and 1000km Paris, Monthlery (4th OA, 4th IC), then it was sold to the USA.