Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992 where there was a special display of Ferraris in the paddock numbered 1 to 32, and a page in the programme of the event gave details of each of the cars.

This is a 1965 Ferrari 330 P2, and the note in the programme about this car reads as follows:

'23      330 P2

Mid-engined V12; 4 litres; 410bhp at 8200rpm; twin ohc

per bank; all round independent suspension by double

wishbones/coil springs. Intended for use by the works

team, their first appearance in racing was at Daytona

Continental, February 1965. In line with what had

happened in 1964 a 3.3 litre 275P2 version was also

available. Both models were used to gain the prototype

championships for Ferrari that year.'

The car then belonged to David Piper (and still does) and is chassis #0836.

BAe Avro RJ

 This is one of the aircraft I photographed at the Woodford Air Show in June 1994.

It's a BAe Avro RJ in the livery of Air Malta, and the brochure of the event says this about it:

'Another BAe product is the Avro International RJ Avroliner, a development of the BAe 146 with new engines, flight deck and cabin layouts. Built here at Woodford with recent deliveries to Turkey, China, the USA and Switzerland, its continuing success is attracting interest from the world's airlines.'

1918 Straker Squire

This was one of the competitors in the Richard Seaman Memorial Vintage Trophy race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1981.

It's Adrian Liddell at Lodge Corner in his 1918 Straker Squire which has a 6-cylinder inline 3,921cc engine and was raced at Brooklands by Bertie Kensington Moir. A note in the programme says this about the car:

'There is absolutely no excuse (presuming it starts, of course) for not noticing Adrian Liddel's 1918 Straker Squire, for this ex-Brooklands car has been painted with black and white dazzle paint, such as it wore at Brooklands, surely supplied to Adrian by the same firm which made the blue and green Gordon tartan paint applied to the Arrol-Johnston cars which took part in the 1912 Coupe de l'Auto race at Dieppe.'

1977 Wolf WR1

I took this photograph on a visit to the Donington Park Museum in May 1989.

Walter Wolf was a Canadian who became a Formula One constructor in 1976 by buying the assets of the Hesketh team when it withdrew from F1. The first car designed and built by the team led by Harvey Postlethwaite was the WR1 which, driven by Jody Scheckter, won its first race in Argentina then went on to win the Monaco and Canadian Grands Prix, finishing second to Niki Lauda in the Drivers' World Championship and fourth in the World Constructors' Championship. It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV 2,993cc V8 engine.

1972 Triumph

These motorcycles took part in the Mike Hailwood Memorial Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

Number 17 is the 750cc Triumph of Alan Windsor, and the number 9 is shown in the programme of the event as Gary Nixon's 750cc Windsor Triumph Triple. Gary Nixon won the AMA Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968 riding for the Triumph factory racing team, and the programme has this note about him:

'One of Hailwood's best racing friends, American Gary Nixon, has travelled from Maryland to keep faith with the memory of the 'Oxford Flyer' who rode under the banner of Ecurie Sportive. Gary has long waited to meet Mike's son David Hailwood, now 27, and has come to ride a 750cc Triumph Triple in the Mike Hailwood Trophy race for Formula 750 machines. Still racing in American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association events, Nixon is no slouch and will be hoping to take home the Mike Hailwood Memorial Trophy donated by Mike's wife Pauline. Twice a National USA Champion Gary 'spent time' with Mike and the two became very close. Mike Hailwood would have loved this Silverstone Historic Festival and in meeting David, Gary will fulfil a 20 year long wish.'

1928 Ford Model A

This car took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's annual Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in May1992 and is seen here in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester making its way to the start line.

It's a 1928 Ford Model A, and the only information about it in the programme of the event is that it was entered by Peter C. O'Callaghan of Wrea Green, Preston. The Model A was a replacement for the Ford Model T which had been in production from 1908 to 1927. It had a 4-cylinder inline 3,294cc engine, although Ford UK used a 2,043cc engine for the European market as some European countries taxed cars according to the engine size. Production of the Model A lasted from 1927 till 1931. The DVLA record says that the capacity of this car's engine is 1,801cc

1954 Frazer Nash Sebring

I took this photograph in one of the car parks at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1975.

It's a 1954 Frazer Nash Sebring only three of which were built and which, as with most of the post-war Frazer Nash cars, has the 6-cylinder inline 1,971cc Bristol engine. This car is chassis 421/200/207 and was driven in the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hour race by Cecil Vard and Dick Odium, but retired from the race with engine problems after 6 hours.