Hersham and Walton Motors (HWM)

HWM was a racing team owned by George Abecassis and John Heath who ran a team of Formula 2 cars between 1950 and 1952, competing in several Grand Prix races. It was the car which introduced Stirling Moss to Grand Prix racing, finishing 8th in the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix and retiring from the same event in 1952. The car is pictured here at the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophy meeting at Donington Park in May 2001. The race programme says this about the car:

'......HWM lead the way with their Alta powered cars and it is pleasing to see a car (4) entered by Mike Harting who now runs HW Motors the original manufacturer. The original owners, John Heath and George Abecassis ran a team, which toured the Continent, living off starting money. To get a real feel of what these teams endured for their sport you should read Alf Francis Racing Mechanic.'

Friday's Ferrari

Today's car is a Ferrari 500 Mondial pictured at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 2001. The Mondial was outwardly similar to the 750 Monza, but had a smaller 4 cylinder 2 litre engine and was produced from early 1954 to August 1955. This is one of the later models and is painted in the American racing colours. I've found a site here which features this particular car, serial number 0454MD, and which has this to say about it:

0454MD was a Ferrari 500 Mondial Series I Spyder with Scaglietti coachwork, delivered to US citizen Bob Said. Bob raced the Mondial in Europe. The car was sold to American Tony Palmer-Morewood, he raced it in the States and in Venezuela. 

The car was in the Ferrari Owners Club area and the photograph below shows several other Ferraris which were on display that day.

Crich Tramway Museum

These photographs were taken on a visit to Crich Tramway Museum on 9 August 1994.

Number 45 is a 1903 Southampton tram, and the purple tram is a 1953 model from Leeds

Number 399 is a 1925 Leeds tram and number 40 is a Blackpool tram of the same year

Another shot of the 1925 Leeds tram number 399

Another shot of the 1925 Blackpool tram number 40

The tram sheds

Two Blackpool trams, a 1927 model (number 166) and number 2 is from 1898

A Blackpool tram loco

Friday's Ferrari

This car was in the Ferrari Owners Club area at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995. I didn't take any details of the car at the time, but it seems to be a 1950 Ferrari 166 Le Mans Berlinetta.

Note April 2015: This car appears to be a 1950 Ferrari 166 MM, serial number 0060M.

Aston Martin DB3S

Here are photographs of three different Aston Martin (or Astin Martin as Jeremy Clarkson would say) DB3S models at the Aston Martin Owners Club Autumn Historic Car Races at Oulton Park in September 1993.

The 1956 DB3S of Hubert Fabri in the paddock

The same car during Race 3 at Foulston's Chicane

Tony Smith's 1955 DB3S (No. 80) and Simon Draper's 1954 model (63 EMU)

The same two cars at Foulston's Chicane. Both cars have the front-end bodywork modifications which were made to the works cars in 1956 prior to the introduction of the DBR1.

Silverstone

Silverstone was originally a World War 2 RAF bomber station and, appropriately, on the day of the British Grand Prix each year it becomes the busiest airport in the UK, and on at least one occasion, in 1999, the busiest airport in the world. The major historic car meetings usually attract a few aircraft visitors, and below are some I've photographed at the Coys International Historic meetings.

A Spitfire at the 1996 meeting

This is the 1997 meeting and something's telling me it's a Harvard, but it may be telling me wrongly

This P51 Mustang was at the 1999 meeting

A 1929 De Havilland DH60M Gypsy Moth in 2001

On some occasions there have been tethered Hot Air Balloons in which one could have a low-level ascent on payment of a suitable fee. The ones below are pictured in 1993.

A search reveals that 'Aircraft' G-BUVT (the balloon on the left) was made by Thunder and Colt Ltd, and is a Colt 77A model made in 1993. Number of Seats: N/A and Number of Engines: 0. The 'Aircraft' on the right apparently has the registration number G-LOAN, was made by Cameron Balloons Ltd, and is a Cameron N-77 model. It also, unsurprisingly, has an unspecified number of seats and no engine. It's operated by the Newbury Building Society.

Flying displays usually feature during these meetings and below is a photograph of the Red Arrows taken in 1999.

Friday's Ferrari

Today's car is a 1952 Ferrari 225 Sport Spider, serial number 0198ET, with bodywork by Vignale, shown above at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in 1996. Wikipedia says this about the 225:

'A predecessor to the 250 line was the 225 S introduced at the 1952 Giro di Sicilia. Two of the two-seat prototypes were built, an open barchetta and closed coupe both by Vignale. Seven 225 S cars were entered at the Mille Miglia, but these were overshadowed by their larger-engined 250 S brother.Although not as heralded as the 250 line, the 225 did play one unique historical role: A 225 S tested at Imola was the first Ferrari to drive on that course.'

The history of this particular car is shown here.