1966 Riley Kestrel 1100

This is one of the cars that were displayed at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It's a 1966 Riley Kestrel 1100, the ADO16 model originally launched by BMC in 1962 as the Morris 1100, which was later joined by the Austin, MG, Morris, Riley, Vanden Plas and Wolseley 1100s - the Riley Kestrel being the only one that to be given a name. It has a 4-cylinder inline transversely mounted 1,098cc engine driving the front wheels.

1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ

This was one of the competitors in the HSCC Historic Road Sports Championship race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008.

It's the 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ (or Sprint Zagato) of James Wiseman which was one of 217 produced between 1959 and 1962 and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,290cc engine.

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.

Although the car has Maurice Trintignant's name on the side it is not the Ferrari 625 with which he won the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix.

1902 James and Browne Tonneau

This was one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1973.

It's the 1902 James and Browne Tonneau of the City and Guilds Motor Club and was a regular competitor in the early years of this run. The James and Browne cars were produced between 1896 and 1910 and only two cars are known to have survived. The programme of the event had this information about the car:

14 Professor H. Ford, City & Guilds College, London, S.W.7.

(Driver Mr. P Wilkins).

1902 James and Browne Tonneau, 2,460 c.c.

Named "Boanerges" after the Old Testament sons of thunder, the rare James and Browne four-seater is the mascot of the City & Guilds Motor Club. The London-built car with its twin-cylinder 9 h.p. engine is painted in the livery colours of the City of London and has taken part in the Lord Mayor's Show on several occasions.

1958 Lotus Eleven Le Mans

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2005.

It's a 1958 Lotus Eleven Le Mans, chassis 344, which was driven in the 90 minute Gentlemen Drivers GT and Sports Endurance Race by Guy Peeters and Vincent Decoux and has a 1,498cc engine. The Lotus Eleven was primarily designed to compete in the 1,100cc class of racing, but competed with a variety of engines ranging from 750cc to 1,500cc. The Lotus Eleven Le Mans differed from the standard Lotus Eleven in that it had a wider chassis frame in order to provide Le Mans regulation-width seats, and cockpit and footwell minimum dimensions, but the overall width of the bodywork was no different to the standard car.

2001 Jaguar R2

This is one of the cars I photographed at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

Ford had taken over the Stewart Racing Team after the 1999 season and the resulting cars from 2000 to 2004  were badged as Jaguars, none of which were particularly successful. The team was taken over by the Red Bull Racing Team in 2005. This car is the 2001 Jaguar R2 which was powered by a 2,998cc V10 Cosworth CR-3 engine. It was driven for the whole of that season by Eddie Irvine with Luciano Burti driving the second car in the first four races and Pedro de la Rosa taking over that car for the remainder of the season. Eddie Irvine posted the best result for the team with a third place in the Monaco Grand Prix.

1958 Lister Monza Jaguar

This car competed in the Magneti Marelli UK Race for Pre-1961 Grand Prix and Cars at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It's the 1958 Lister Monza Jaguar of Ric Weiland with a 6-cylinder inline 3,781cc Jaguar engine that was built for Ecurie Ecosse to run in the Race of Two Worlds at Monza. The Race of Two Worlds was conceived as an annual exhibition event to be run on the banked oval at Monza and contested by two teams of cars from the USA (USAC cars as in the Indianapolis 500 race) and from Europe (F1 World Championship cars). Because of safety concerns and costs (and a lack of enthusiasm amongst the European F1 teams) the event only lasted for two years, 1957 and 1958, being won by the American cars on both occasions. Ecurie Ecosse entered a team of three Jaguar D-types in the 1957 race, and in 1958 two Jaguar D-types and this single seat Lister Jaguar built especially for the race and consequently known as the Lister Jaguar Monzanapolis. The aluminium body of the car was unpainted for the race, but at some time since then was painted this Ecurie Ecosse blue. It has more recently been returned to the original unpainted finish.