Maseratis

I photographed these four Maseratis at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994, but didn't record any details about the cars at the time.

This is a 1977 Maserati Merak, a car that was produced from 1972 to 1983 with a 3 litre V6 engine. The DVLA record now shows SCB 691 to be a 2015 Mercedes-Benz.

This car is a Maserati Khamsin which was produced between 1974 and 1982 with a 4.9 litre V8 engine. No DVLA record exists for MJ 1862.

The Maserati Mexico was produced between 1966 and 1972 with a V8 engine of either 4.2 or 4.7 litres. With the registration number ending with a 'K' it should be either a 1971 or 1972 model. Again the DVLA does not have a record of EKP 52K.

This is a 1971 Maserati Indy, introduced in 1969 as a replacement for the Maserati Sebring and available with a choice of V8 engines of 4.2, 4.7 or 4.9 litres capacity. According to the DVLA record this car has the 4.7 litre unit. Production of the Indy ended in 1975.

Austin 7

This is one of the cars taking part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1993, and it's pictured at the start of the run at the Village Hotel, Cheadle, Stockport.

It's an Austin 7 Tourer with a 4-cylinder inline 747cc engine, and the only information about it in the programme of the event is that it's a 1929 Austin Sports entered by a Mrs Hilda Moores of Denton, Manchester, presumably the lady in the passenger seat. I can't tell whether the registration number is JG 351 or JG 851, but the DVLA record doesn't recognise either of those numbers.

Brabham BT20

I photographed this car at the Donington Park museum in October 1989.

It's a 1966 Brabham BT20, raced by Brabham in the later part of the 1966 season and the early part of the 1967 season. It was powered by a 2,994cc V8 Repco engine and helped Jack Brabham win the 1966 World Championship and Denny Hulme to win it the following season. Two cars were built and this car is chassis F1-1-66.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a car I've seen at Oulton Park at two or three different meetings in one or other of the car parking areas around the circuit, and these photographs were taken at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting of May 2017.

It's a 1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GT with a 2,419cc V6 engine, 3,761 of which were produced between 1969 and 1974.

It replaced the 1,987cc V6 engined Ferrari Dino 206, and was itself replaced by the Ferrari 308 GTB.

On 19 January 2018 I showed three other photographs that I'd taken of the car at this meeting.

Maserati 300S

This car was driven by Willie Green in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It's the 1955 Maserati 300S of Richard Crump, with a 6-cylinder inline 2,993cc engine developed from the 2½ litre engine of the Maserati 250F Grand Prix car, but with a longer stroke. It appears to be chassis #3054.

On 23 December 2017 I showed a photograph of three examples of the 300S, including this car, at Silverstone in 1994.

Lotus 15

This car competed in the 1950s Sports Cars race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2007.

It's the 1958 Lotus 15 of Philip Walker. The Lotus 15 was a successor to the Lotus X, but was visually similar to, and developed from, the smaller Lotus Eleven, and was designed for the 4-cylinder inline Coventry Climax FPF engine which varied in capacity from 1½ to 2½ litres. Philip Walker's car had the 1,995cc engine.

I've previously shown photographs of the Lotus 15 on 28 May 2014 and 3 September 2017.

Morgan Aero 8 GT

This car took part in the Aston Martin GT Challenge race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It's Tom Andrew's 1999 Morgan Aero 8 GT which the programme of the event says has a 4,600cc engine, although the Aero 8 originally had a 4,400cc BMW V8 engine and changed to a 4.799cc V8 BMW unit in 2007.

Here's the car approaching Old Hall Corner during the morning qualifying session

These photographs show the Morgan above at Druids Corner, and below at Clay Hill during the race.