Matra MS670B

This car competed in the Invitation Class in the Pre-1972 Le Mans Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It's a 1974 Matra MS670B designed by Bernard Boyer and powered by a 2,999cc V12 engine. The 1973 and 1974 Le Mans 24 Hour races were both won by one of these cars driven by Henri Pescarolo and Gérard Larrousse, and the 1972 race was won by Henri Pescarolo and Graham Hill in an earlier version of the car. At this Silverstone meeting the car was entered for the race by Lucida International Ltd and driven by Abba Kogan.

Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint

This car took part in the HSCC/HRSR Alexander Forbes Historic Racing Saloon Championship Race at the HSCC's Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in June 2001.

It's Andrew Colley's 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint with what the programme of the event says is a 2,000cc engine, presumably the 1,962cc inline-4 twin cam unit that was fitted to the later 2000 GT Veloce. The car is pictured here at Lodge Corner during the race.

Friday's Ferrari

This car competed in two rounds of the Shell Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge series at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2004.

It's Erich Traber's 1954 Ferrari 250 Europa GT seen here in the pits during a practice session, and was driven in the race, according to the programme of the event, by Christian Traber. The car is chassis #0357GT and has the Aurelio Lampredi designed 2,953cc V12 engine that powered most of the 250 series of Ferraris.

On 21 October 2016 I showed a photograph of the car at Redgate corner during one of the races that it contested that day.

Dennis Horla

This vehicle was one of the entrants in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1996.

It's not listed in the programme of the event, but it's a 1954 Dennis Horla originally operated by KS Vacuum Tanker Hire of Chesterfield. The only information I have about it is the DVLA record which says the tax was last renewed on 1 March 2019 and it has a 3,770cc petrol engine.

Georges Roesch Talbots

I photographed this line-up of Talbots at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

The three green cars bear the number plates of the three Talbot 105s that took part in the 1934 Alpine Rally, each of the cars completing the rally without a single penalty point and thus winning a Coupe des Alpes, or Alpine Cup. The programme of the Silverstone meeting shows that number 72 was the 1934 Talbot 105 of Stephen Curtis and was driven in the two Pre-War Sports Car Races that weekend by Humphrey Avon and Tom Threlfall. Of the other two Talbot 105s one was entered by Stephen Curtis and driven by himself and David Morris, and the other entered by Peter Bradfield and driven by him and by another driver 'to be nominated'. Those cars were numbered 71 and 73, but the racing numbers can't be seen on the other two green cars in the photograph and I've not been able to positively identify which is which. BGH 21 and BGH 23 are largely original, but BGH 22 is a replica built after the original car bearing that number was exported to Australia. The white car at the far end, registered PL 2, is a 1930 Talbot 90, one of the team that finished in 3rd and 4th places in the 1930 Le Mans 24 Hour race. This car isn't listed in the Silverstone programme as taking part in the races there.

There's a Talbot Owners Club, whose website carries a report of the 1934 Alpine Rally.

Jaguar C-Type

This car is competing in the BRDC Historic Sportscar Championship race at the Historic Grand Prix Car Association's International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

Photographed at McLeans Corner, it's not shown in the programme of the event but it's a 1952 Jaguar C-Type and may have been owned at the time by Dave Lomas. Partly hidden behind the C-Type is the 1952 RGS Atalanta of Barry Wood with the Lola Mk1 of Anthony Galliers-Pratt bringing up the rear.

Morgans

These are two cars that took part in a Four Lap Handicap Race for Morgan 3 Wheelers at the VSCC's meeting at Oulton Park in August 1996. The race was run under an ACU Permit, and each car had to carry a passenger.

This is Ben Wildsmith's 1932 Morgan Super Aero with a 1,098cc JAP LTOWZ V-twin engine. His passenger was Paula Thorpe.

This is the 1927 Morgan Aero of John Minns, partnered by Michael Minns and has a 980cc JAP KTW(SV) V-twin engine.

There's a Morgan Three Wheeler Club for enthusiasts and owners of Morgan 3 Wheeler vehicles.

On 4 September 2013 I showed photographs of various Morgan 3 Wheelers that I'd taken at Oulton Park in 2002.