1929 Rolls Royce Phantom Sedanca de Ville

This was one of the entrants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1993 starting at the Village Hotel in Cheadle, Stockport.

I couldn't get a programme at this event, but this is a 1929 Rolls Royce Phantom Sedanca de Ville with bodywork by Hooper & Co coachbuilders. The registration number is GJ 7791 and it should have a 7,668cc 6-cylinder inline engine. The Phantom (or Phantom 1 as it is sometimes called to distinguish it from the later Phantom models) was produced between 1925 and 1931 at the Rolls Royce factories in Derby, England, and in Springfield Massachusetts in the USA. The wheels and tyres would lead one to imagine that this is one of the American models. The 20 Ghost Club was inaugurated in 1949 to ensure the preservation of pre-1940 Rolls Royce cars and their website has details of all the Rolls Royce models of that period.

1976 Brabham BT45

I took this photograph at the Donington Park museum in March 1996.

Car number 7 is the 1976 Brabham BT45 that was driven mainly by Carlos Pace and Carlos Reutemann in the 1976 season. The car was designed by Gordon Murray and had a longitudinally mounted 2,995cc flat-12 Alfa Romeo 115-12 engine. Neither driver managed a podium finish with Carlos Pace having three points scoring places - two fourths and a sixth with seven retirements in the sixteen races. Carlos Reutemann's only points scoring finish was a fourth place, and nine retirements in the twelve races in which he competed.
The number 8 car on the left is the 1975 Brabham BT44, also designed by Gordon Murray, and was powered by the 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine. Carlos Reutemann and Carlos Pace drove the car in the 1975 season, Reutemann winning the German Grand Prix  and Pace the Brazilian Grand Prix.
On the right is the 1979 Brabham BT48, another Gordon Murray car, with a 2,991cc Alfa Romeo 1260 V12 engine designed by Carlo Chiti. The car was driven by Niki Lauda and Nelson Piquet in the 1979 season, but out of the 25 starts between them there were 19 retirements, mainly caused by engine failure. Lauda managed a fourth and a sixth place finish while Piquet had fourth, seventh, eighth and twelfth place finishes.

Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car in the paddock taking part in a Ferrari Owners' Club Concours d'Elegance event at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione of Stuart Passey, chassis #2209GT. This is the competition version of the Ferrari 250 GT, one of 74 built by Scaglietti, with an aluminium alloy body and the Colombo designed 2,953cc V12 engine. The car was originally sold to Ardilio Tavoni, apparently an agent for Jo Schlesser who a few days after the purchase drove the car to third place in the 1,000km of Montlhery partnered by André Simon. 

1934 Austin Seven Replica Racer

This car took part in one of the races at the VSCC's Boulogne and Hawthorn Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 2006.

It's Peter Relph's 1934 Austin Seven Replica Side Valve Racer and has a supercharged 748cc 4-cylinder inline engine.

1970 Brabham BT33

This car competed in the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre 1978 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's the 1970 Brabham BT33 of Duncan Dayton designed by Ron Tauranac and has a 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine. The BT33 was driven by Jack Brabham and Rolf Stommelen in the 1970 season, Jack Brabham winning the South African Grand Prix, and with two second places and a third place he finished in sixth place in the World Drivers' Championship. Rolf Stommelen had a third place and three fifth place finishes to end up in eleventh place in the Championship. Duncan Dayton's car is chassis is BT33/1 and was driven by Rolf Stommelen that season.

1987 Mazda 757

I took this photograph at the Old Hairpin during practice for the Group C/GTP Sports Car race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2007.

It's the 1987 Mazda 757 of Jim Loftis, and the programme of the event had this note about the car;

'Highly experienced racer Jim Loftis – from Arlington, Virginia, USA – will be at the wheel of the Mazdaspeed GTP Prototype 757 that was 15th overall and a class winner at the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours. Loftis started racing in 1984 and has competed in the Daytona 24 Hours, Sebring 12 Hours and at Watkins Glen. He also owns a 1991 Ford Cosworth Spice and a 1985 Porsche 944 GTR. Designed by Nigel Stroud, the 757 has a Mazda triple-rotor engine displacing 654cc per rotor and is good for 480bhp at 8500rpm.'

1937 Maserati 6C

This is one of the cars I photographed during a visit to the Doune Motor Museum when on a family holiday in Scotland in August 1996.

I have the brochure from the museum and that has photographs and details of several of the cars in the collection, but the only mention of this Maserati is in a list of all the vehicles in the collection. I've not been able to ascertain the chassis number of the car, but the board in front of it gives the following information:

'Maserati 6C 1937

In the mid 1930’s the Maserati brothers were
among the first to build single seater racing
cars on a semi-production basis. The 6C was
one of these of which 24 were built between
1936 and 1939. They were usually in direct
competition with the ERA and achieved
numerous successes mainly on the continent.
The engine is six cylinders, 1493 cc and
super-charged, giving 195 bhp at 8700 rpm.
Though not outstandingly fast they proved to
be quick and reliable.'

The museum closed in November 1998.