Lotus

There were several Lotuses in the field for the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship race at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2006 and here are photographs of two of them.

This is a 1982 Lotus 91 in the pit garage

The Lotus 91 driven by Dan Collins during a practice session followed by the 1977 Ensign N177 of John Crowson and the 1978 Williams FW06 of Tony Smith

Dan Collins again during the practice session

The 1976 Lotus 77 of Chris Locke, again during the practice session

Friday's Ferrari

The Ferrari & Maserati Festival of Racing at Donington Park in May 2003 featured a race billed as the 'Pirelli Maranello Ferrari Challenge'. You can read about the Ferrari Challenge Championship here and below are photographs of some of the Ferrari F355 Challenge models which took part in that race.

Entered and driven by Bo McCormick of London

Entered by Mike & Graham Reeder Performance & Specialist Cars and driven by Mike Reeder of Pewsley

Entered and driven by Les Charneca of Harrogate

Entered and driven by Mike Furness of St Albans

Entered by Mike & Graham Reeder Performance & Specialist Cars and driven by Graham Reeder of Pewsley

Talyllyn Railway

The Talyllyn Railway is one of many preserved narrow gauge railways in Wales and runs from Tywyn an the Cardigan coast about seven and a quarter miles inland to Nant Gwernol, and you can read all about the railway here. Below are some photographs taken at Wharf Station in Tywyn during a holiday in North Wales in August 1995.

Locomotive number 4 was built by Kerr Stuart in 1921 and is named 'Edward Thomas', but is seen here in the guise of 'Peter Sam', one of the 'Thomas the Tank Engine' series of locomotives. The 'Thomas and Friends' website says:

'Peter Sam is based on the Talyllyn Railway's Edward Thomas. Interestingly, Edward Thomas only donned the Giesl ejector funnel for a limited time, while Peter Sam has used his since its introduction.'

Locomotive number 1 was built by Fletcher Jennings in 1864 and is named 'Talyllyn'

'Talyllyn' is one of the line's two original locomotives

Locomotive number 7, 'Tom Rolt', seen here arriving from Nant Gwernol, was built at the Talyllyn's Pendre works in 1991

'Talyllyn' again, this time setting off for Nant Gwernol

'Tom Rolt' again - this locomotive was named after the author L.T.C.Rolt, who inspired the Talyllyn's preservation

'Tom Rolt' being made ready for its next journey

Guernsey Classic Vehicle Club Show 24 June 2012

Here's some more photographs that I took of the cars on display at the 2012 show. I didn't note any details of the cars at the time so I'm relying on my knowledge of older cars (with a little help from Google searches) to say what the cars are.

The right-hand car's an Austin 7 from the mid-1930s, but I'm not too sure about the one on the left. It's a Morris, probably a Major, from the early 1930s.

This is obviously a Rolls Royce and I think the Twenty was the only one made with the horizontal radiator slats. It dates from the mid 1920s.

It's difficult to differentiate between some of the T-type MGs but I think that this is a TA, produced between 1936 and 1939. Bad composition - the bouncy castle is behind the MG, not on top of the roof!

The Humber Sceptre was produced between 1963 and 1976 and this is a Mk2 which was in production from 1965 to 1967.

Another MG, this time a Y-type, although whether it's a YA or YB I can't tell. The YA was made between 1947 and 1951 and the YB from 1951 to 1953.

Friday's Ferrari

This is one of three Ferraris entered in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It's a Ferrari 750 Monza, entered and driven in the race by Paul Alexander, and this is what Wikipedia says about the Ferrari Monza:

750 Monza

1954 saw the introduction of a new four-cylinder sports racer, the 750 Monza. Sporting a three-litre version of the 500 Mondial's engine, the Monza was much more powerful, with 250 hp (186 kW) available, but barely heavier at 760 kg (1675 lb). The new-style body was penned by Pinin Farina and presaged the droop-nose look of the famed 250 GTO, but it was Scaglietti's 750 Monza, with its faired-in headrest suggesting the flowing Testa Rossa that drew attention.

Mike Hawthorn and Umberto Maglioli piloted their 750 Monza to victory at Monza on its very first race, giving the car its name. Although they were strong on the track, the Monza was unable to hold off the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR in 1955, allowing the Germans to seize the sports car championship that Ferrari claimed in 1954.

The serial number of this car is 0470MD.

Pallot Museum, Jersey - Other Steam-driven Vehicles

As well as the railway engines there are other steam-driven vehicles in the museum:

This is a 1904 Ransomes, Simms & Jefferies traction engine, and the Pallot Museum website has this to say about 'Dolly May' - named after the wife of Lyndon Charles 'Don' Pallot:

'This engine was brought over to Jersey soon after the Occupation, to be used for soil sterilization at La Valeuse Farm, St Brelade.  Fortunately, the ‘workings’ remained intact and eventually it was ‘put out to grass’.  It was only when the scrap man had been contacted on several occasions in the 1960’s and had failed to collect the machine that, in desperation, the owners got got in touch with the late Don Pallot, founder of the Steam Museum, and a deal was agreed for the sum of £12. 10 shillings.'

A 1922 Marshall Compound 12 ton roller and below is the information sheet about the machine:

A 1925 Marshall Compound 8 ton roller, with the information sheet below:

What this strange creature in a corner of the car park is I know not.

Bugatti

I've shown photographs of Bugattis a couple of times previously and this one is a 1928 Type 40 seen at the HSCC Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987.

The car didn't compete in any of the races, it was just parked in the paddock during the meeting.