1937 Austin 7 Ruby

This is one of the participants in a Vintage and Historic Vehicle Display & Run organised by the Saddleworth Museum in June 1987.

It's a 1937 Austin 7 Ruby saloon and has the 4-cylinder inline 747cc engine. It's the second version of the Ruby that was produced from 1936 to 1939.

1959 Lister Knobbly

This is a photograph I took at Britten's chicane during the Hawthorn International Trophy race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It's Barry Wood in his 1959 Lister Knobbly leading Tom Walker in his 1952 Allard J2X Le Mans. Brian Lister started producing sports cars in 1954 first with an MG engine and later with a Bristol engine, but he had the most success with the 1957 car which used the Jaguar D-type engine. The first version of this car was known at the time as a Lister-Jaguar, but after the 1959 car was given a smoother aerodynamic body designed by Frank Costin (and designed to use the Chevrolet Corvette powerplant) the more bulbous earlier car became known as the Lister Knobbly. Barry Wood's car has the 3,781cc version of the Jaguar XK6 engine and is chassis BHL117. The Allard J2X Le Mans was developed from the Allard J2 which had motor cycle style mudguards and the J2X was introduced to comply with 1952 FIA regulations which said that cars must have all-enveloping bodywork. Tom Walker's car has a 5,425cc Cadillac V8 engine.

Friday's Ferrari

This is one of the cars that took part in the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's Paul Pappalardo's 1967 Ferrari 412 P, also known as a P3/P4, which was a customer version of the Ferrari 330 P3. Both cars have a 3,967cc V12 engine, but the 330 P3 has Lucas fuel injection whilst the 412 P has six Weber carburettors - which gives it slightly less power than the fuel injection cars and made the private entries less likely to beat the works cars. Paul Pappalardo's car is chassis #0850 and was originally built for the Belgian Ecurie Francorchamps team. hence the yellow Belgian racing colour. Only two cars were originally built as 412 Ps, #0850 and #0854. Two cars were built as 330 P3s, #0844 and #0848, but were later converted to 412 P specification. The car was driven in the race by Gary Pearson.

1994 Williams FW16B

This is one of the several Williams Cars on display at the Donington Park Museum when I visited in September 2014.

It's a 1994 Williams FW16, the car with which Damon Hill finished in second place in the 1994 World Championship to Michael Schumacher's Benetton B194. The car was designed by Adrian Newey and has a 3,500cc Renault RS6 V10 engine. The previous year’s World Champion, Alain Prost, had retired at the end of the 1993 season so the number 1 (which was always given to the previous year’s Champion) wasn’t used and Ayrton Senna had moved to Williams from the McLaren team to take the number 2 car, so Damon Hill’s car was given the number 0. Ayrton Senna tragically lost his life in a crash in the early stages of the third race of the season, the San Marino Grand Prix, where Roland Ratzenberger had already suffered a fatal accident during practice. David Coulthard, and Nigel Mansell towards the end of the season, took over the number 2 Williams car and the three drivers managed to gain enough points for Williams to win the World Constructors’ Championship.

1927 Rover 9/20 Tourer

This was one of the exhibits at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It's a 1927 Rover 9/20 Tourer, a model that was produced from 1924 to 1927 and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,074cc engine. It is chassis 52980 and this history of the car was displayed with the vehicle:

1960 Lotus 20 & 1970 Brabham BT30

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008.

On the left is the David Grunberg's 1960 Lotus 20 which is a car built by Lotus for Formula Junior racing and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,098cc Ford Cosworth engine. The car on the right is the Formula 2 1970 Brabham BT30 of Lincoln Small which has a 1,600cc BMW engine. It is chassis BT30/16 and was originally purchased by Tom Wheatcroft for Derek Bell to drive in the 1970 European Formula 2 Championship, finishing the season in second place to Clay Reggazoni.

Ecurie Ecosse Commer TS3 Transporter

This vehicle was in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

This is the 1960 Ecurie Ecosse Commer TS3 Transporter, on top of which are a Jaguar C-Type, and a Jaguar D-Type that I can't identify. The Jaguar C-Type is chassis XKC042 and was provided new to Ecurie Ecosse in 1953.