1976 Lancia Fulvia Coupé 3

This car took part in the HSCC 70's Road Sports Championship race at the HSCC's Summer Race meeting at Oulton Park in July 1995.

It's the 1976 Lancia Fulvia Coupé 3 of Dave Edwards and has a 1,298cc V4 engine driving the front wheels. The Lancia Fulvia was produced from 1963 to 1976 and was the last car to be introduced by Lancia before the company was taken over by Fiat in 1969.

Jaguar XJ220-C

This car competed in the Invitation Class in the 2 hour long British Empire Trophy race for Group C Endurance cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's the 1993 Jaguar XJ220-C of AJL Racing that was driven in the race by Gerry Wainwright and Alan Lloyd. The Jaguar XJ220 was produced from 1992 to 1994 with a 3,498cc twin-turbocharged V6 engine, and in 1993 a racing version, the XJ220-C was introduced to compete in FISA GT Racing. Three of the cars competed in the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hour race, one of them finishing first in the GT category but was later disqualified for running without catalytic converters. The other two cars failed to finish the race. In 1995 two cars were entered but both dropped out before the halfway mark.

Maserati 8CM

Maserati was the featured marque at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005 and this is one of several cars that were displayed in the Paddock Suite at the meeting.

It's a 1933 Maserati 8CM, one of 19 cars that were produced between 1933 and 1935, and has a 2,991cc supercharged straight 8 engine. Tazio Nuvolari drove one of these cars to win the 1933 Belgium Grand Prix. This particular car appears to be the one which was owned by Chris Drake and so should be chassis #3006.

Jaguar D-Type

I photographed this car at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1993 where it was listed in the programme as taking part in just one race - the Historic Car Championship which was race number 7.

It's the 1955 Jaguar D-Type of Paul Burdell, chassis XKD512 with the 3.8 litre version of the straight-6 engine and is bearing the number 88 that it was allocated in race 7 - but note that the number 8's are not identical

This is a photograph I took at Foulston's chicane during race number 2, the HSCC Classic Sports Car Championship race bearing the number 8 which it had presumably been allocated as a late entrant in that race.

Later in the day it showed the race number 88 for race number 7, but with identical number 8's. I can only assume that it was wearing the odd '8' on the first photograph because it was on its way to or from the scrutineering bay where it would presumably have to show the numbers it was to wear in the two races, and the odd '8' was a temporary one that could be removed for the benefit of the scrutineers.

1991 Jordan 191

This car was part of a display at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000 marking 50 years of Formula One racing.

It's a 1991 Jordan 191, Eddie Jordan's first effort as a Grand Prix constructor, and was powered by a 3,494cc Ford Cosworth V8 engine. The drivers for that season were Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot, but when Gachot was unable to compete in the last six races Michael Schumacher made his Formula One debut in the Belgian Grand Prix, Roberto Moreno drove in the next two, and Alex Zanardi took the last three. The fourth place finishes of Andrea de Cesaris in Canada and Mexico were the best results for Jordan that season. At this Silverstone event John Watson drove the car in track demonstration runs.

On 2 August 2015 I showed photographs of John Watson taking to the circuit on one of these demonstration runs.

Friday's Ferrari

This car competed in two rounds of the Shell Historic Ferrari-Maserati Challenge series at the VSCC's meeting at Donington Park in June 2003.

It's a 1972 Ferrari 712 Can Am, chassis #1010, and is powered by the biggest engine that Ferrari has ever produced, a V12 unit of 6,860cc. It started off life in 1970 as a Ferrari 512S with a 4,994cc V12 engine, but was converted to 712 specifications in 1971 and was used in Can Am racing by the NART team in 1972. It was owned at the time of this Donington Park meeting by Carlos Monteverde and was driven that day by David Franklin. This photograph was taken in the pit lane during a practice session.

Leyland Beaver TSC9

This was one of the entrants in the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1998.

It's a 1934 Leyland Beaver TSC9 and was entered in the run by C.J. (Chris) Gardner of Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, but there's no other information about it in the programme of the event. The website of The Leyland Society says this about the vehicle though:

'1934 Beaver TSC9 Reg. ABP 481 Chassis No. 5244 Engine: Leyland 5.7 Ltr 4 cyl Diesel Gearbox: Leyland 4 speed manual 
An example of an early Leyland Beaver, this vehicle has been restored to represent the large number of Leylands operated by the famous haulage company W. H. Bowker Ltd. When the Bowker vehicles were nationalised by the Road Haulage Executive in 1949, the company fleet was 85 strong, the majority of them being Leylands. ABP 481 was acquired by W. H. Bowker Ltd in 1998 and has been the subject of an extensive restoration to return it to the livery used by the Company in the period immediately before the company was nationalised.'

On 16 February 2017 I showed a photograph of this and another W,H.Bowker vehicle (the Atkinson Silver Knight behind the Leyland here)  at this 1998 Rally.