'Gumdrop'

When our children were little I remember a series of children's books by Val Biro about a 'magic' 1926 Austin Heavy 12/4 Clifton Tourer which went by the name of 'Gumdrop'. Here is a photograph of a 1925 Austin Heavy 12/4 Clifton Tourer which I took at the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in May 1987.

The programme of the event says this about the car:

81         1925 Austin Clifton Tourer'
             Reg: KM 630 4 cylinder 12hp
             (Driver: P.M. Greenwood, Manchester)
This car is owned by Lockwood and Greenwood Ltd., of Audenshaw, Manchester. It had one owner from new until 1968, and since then has undergone comprehensive restoration by the present owners.

Lockwood and Greenwood Ltd is a firm of car dealers who used to specialise in British Leyland (later Rover Group) models, which included Austin.

Friday's Ferrari

Two cars here today seen together at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995. They are two examples of the Ferrari 250TR (Testa Rossa), a 1958 and a 1959 model.

Number 8 is the 1958 model, serial number 0718TR, entered by Brandon Wang, and number 11 is the 1959 model belonging to Paul Pappalardo, serial number 0774TR.

McLaren

Another car in the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship race at the SeeRed meeting at Doningon Park in September 2006 was this 1981 McLaren MP4/1.

It was driven in the race by Dean Lanzante and he's seen here returning to the pits after a practice run

The car is here seen at Redgate corner during the practice session followed by the 1978 Tyrrell 008 of Andrea Bahlsen

Aston Martin DB3

The featured marque at the 1995 Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995 was Aston Martin, with the Aston Martin Owners' Club celebrating its Diamond Jubilee in that year. Amongst the many Aston Martins at the meeting was this 1952 DB3.

It's chassis number is DB3/4 and it was a works car in 1952/53 after which it was road-equipped and registered as 151 BMH.

Friday's Ferrari

Amongst the cars that Talacrest displayed at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting in July 1995 at Silverstone was this 1955 Ferrari 750S Monza. Behind it you can see one of the 1975 Ferrari 312T F1 cars. The 750S was very close to the fence you can see in front of it, so I had to use a wide-angle lens on the camera.

This car is serial number 0520M and you can see its history here.

More Bugattis at Donington Park

More photographs of Bugattis at Donington Park, this time from the SeeRed meeting in September 2005.

1931 Bugatti Type 51

Bonhams auctioneers brought along a few cars and this one is a 1928 Bugatti Type 35B

Another Bonhams Bugatti, this one described as a 1935 Type 59/50B

This is a 1934 Bugatti Type 59

And this last one is a 1939 Bugatti Type 59 recreation

Pallot Museum, Jersey - More Tractors

Two more tractors from the Pallot Museum at Jersey:

A 1936 International W12

An International Farmall F14