1973 Opel GT

This car was displayed at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It's a 1973 Opel GT and has the larger 4-cylinder inline 1,897cc engine. Over 103,000 of the cars were produced between 1968 and 1973.

1960 Aston Martin DB4

This car took part in the AMOC Thoroughbred & Classic Sports Car Championship Race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1993.

It's the 1960 Aston Martin DB4 of Simon Draper .one of 1,185 that were produced between 1958 and 1963, together with 19 of the DB4GT Zagato models. The body of the DB4 was designed by Carrozzerie Touring of Milan and it had the 6-cylinder inline 3,670cc engine created by Tadek Marek, although according to the programme of the event Simon Draper's car has a 4½ litre engine.

1915 Hispano Suiza T30

This car is pictured in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester just before the start of the LAC's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1990.

It's a 1915 Hispano Suiza T30, and this is the only information given in the programme of the event:

1915 Hispano Suiza T30

Reg:  DS 7838  4 cylinder  30 hp

(B. Dearden-Briggs,  Mirfield,  Yorkshire)

1934 Alfa Romeo P3

This was one of the competitors in the Pre 1952 Grand Prix Cars Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.

It's Rodney Felton's 1934 Alfa Romeo P3 that was driven in the race by Sir John Venables-Llewelyn. The P3 was introduced in 1932 with a twin-supercharged 2,654cc straight-8 engine which by 1935 had been enlarged to 3,165cc. By then, with the exception of Tazio Nuvolari's victory in the German Grand Prix that year (with the engine further enlarged to 3,822cc), the car was unable to match the Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz cars. This car is chassis #50009 that was destroyed in an accident in 1949 but the remains were eventually reconstructed by Rodney Felton.

1960 Standard Companion

This is one of a variety of cars that were in the Pallot Museum in Jersey that we visited in May 2013.

It's a 1960 Standard Companion, an estate version of the Standard 10 with the same 4-cylinder inline 948cc engine. The Companion was produced between 1954 and 1961 when it was replaced by the Triumph Herald Estate.

1955 Jaguar D-Type

This car competed in the 1950's Sports Car Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1993.

It's David Pennell's 1955 Jaguar D-Type and has the later 3,781cc 6-cylinder inline XK6 engine. The DVLA show it as a 1955 car that was first registered in 1978 but I've not been able to ascertain the chassis number of this car after going through chassis details of all the Jaguar D-Types on the Coventry Racers website. It may well be a replica.

Friday's Ferrari

This is one of the then current range of cars displayed at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It’s the Ferrari 812 Superfast that replaced the Ferrari F12berlinetta and has a 6,496cc V12 engine which produces 800 PS.