1953 Connaught A-Type

This car took part in the Richard Seaman Historic Trophy race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1963 at a time when cars designed 12 years or more earlier were designated as Historic Cars.

It's the 1953 Connaught A-Type of John Horton, chassis AL10, which has a 4-cylinder inline engine based on the 1,767cc Lea Francis engine with the capacity increased to 1,960cc in line with the then current Formula 2 regulations.

1948 Fordson 7V Tipper Truck

This was one of the vehicles that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It's a 1948 Fordson 7V Tipper Truck, a model that was produced from 1937 to 1949. Originally powered by a Ford V8 engine but a 6-cylinder inline Perkins diesel engine was available as an option from 1948. The DVLA record shown that this vehicle is currently taxed up to the end of January 2024.

Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in the Maserati UK Race for Pre-1961 Grand Prix Cars at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's the 1952 Ferrari 625 of David Vine, a car that was originally a Formula Two Ferrari 500 with a 4-cylinder inline 1,984cc engine designed by Aurelio Lampredi, and competed in World Championship races in 1952 and 1953 when they were run to Formula 2 regulations. It was an Ecurie Francorchamps car, chassis 0208F, and after being in an accident at the end of 1953 it was rebuilt as a 625 with a lengthened chassis and a 2,498cc version of the Lampredi engine to contest the 2½ litre Formula One starting in 1954. At the same time it was given a new chassis number, 0540. In 1955 it was acquired by Alfonso de Portago who competed in a couple of non-World Championship Grands Prix then was injured in a crash during practice for the International Trophy Race at Silverstone and then sold the car. It then passed through various hands before ending up with David Vine in 1998.

1929 Bentley Speed Six

This is a photograph I took in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1961.

It's a 1929 Bentley Speed Six with a 6-cylinder inline 6½ litre engine. 544 of these vehicles were produced between 1926 and 1930 and this one is chassis number BA2584, engine number BA2581 and is fitted with four-seated touring body by Hunt.

1950 MG TD

I took this photograph at the Northern Classic Car Show at Belle Vue, Manchester in September 1983.

It's a 1950 MG TD and has the 4-cylinder inline 1,250cc XPAG engine. The MG T-Type started with the TA in 1936 and ended with the TF which was produced from 1953 to 1955. The T-Type was superseded by the MGA.

1954 Maserati 250F

This was one if the competitors in the HGPCA Pre '61 Grand Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

It’s the 1955 Maserati 250F of Jeffrey Pattinson and has a 6-cylinder inline 2,490cc engine. The chassis number is 2508 and it was originally owned and raced by Stirling Moss.

Mike Hawthorn

This is a photo my brother took in the paddock at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in September 1955.

It's Mike Hawthorn who drove one of Ferrari's recently acquired Lancia D50s in the Gold Cup race, finishing in second place to Stirling Moss in his Maserati 250F. Mike Hawthorn had won the Le Mans 24 Hour race earlier that year following the dreadful accident when Pierre Levegh and 83 spectators were killed when his Mercedes Benz 300SLR crashed into the crowd in the grandstand opposite the pits after colliding with Lance Macklin's Austin Healey 100S. In 1958 Mike Hawthorn won the World Drivers' Championship despite only winning one race out of the 10 contested but finished in second place in 5 races, whilst Stirling Moss won 4 races but only finished in second place in the Championship - the only other points he won were for a solitary second place. At this Gold Cup meeting Mike Hawthorn's team mate Eugenio Castellotti finished in seventh place and my brother took a photo of his car returning to the paddock after the race with the nose of Mike Hawthorn's car showing just behind it.