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Thursday, 6 February 2025

1963 Lotus 22

This car competed in The Lenham Storage Formula Junior Championship race at the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987.
It's Brian Horwood's 1963 Lotus 22 with what the programme of the event says is a 1,000cc engine. The Lotus 22 was developed from the Lotus 20 and was primarily intended for Formula Junior racing, 77 cars being produced between 1962 and 1965.

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

2006 Jaguar S-Type

I took these photographs in April 2023 in the grounds of Tameside Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne.
It's a Jaguar S-Type, a car which was produced from 1999 to 2007.
There was a choice of 4 different V6 engine sizes for the petrol-driven cars....
….and a twin-turbo V6 diesel engine of 2,720cc, as in this car.

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

1954 Maserati 250F

I took this photograph at Luffield corner during the Corporate Jets Historic Grand Prix Car Race at the Christie’s International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.
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.

Monday, 3 February 2025

1957 Austin Healey 100/6

This car took part in The HSCC Pre '60 Historic Sports Car Championship race at the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1986.
It's Peter Riley's 1957 Austin Healey 100/6 with what the programme of the event says was a 2,912cc engine - presumably the one that powered the Austin Healey 3000.  The Austin Healey 100/6 was a replacement for the Austin Healey 100 (or 100/4) and was  produced from 1956 to 1959. It had a six-cylinder inline engine with a capacity of 2,639cc. 

Sunday, 2 February 2025

1930 Aston Martin International

I took this photograph on Peter Street, at the junction with Mosley Street, at the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1975.
It’s a 1930 Aston Martin International and the programme of the event has this note about it:
 
164   Mr. R.M. Pickard, Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire.
            1930 Aston Martin International.
This car, bought new by John Cadbury, was driven by him in the first R.A.C. Rally held in 1932. Mr. Pickard usually enters his Veteran De Dion Bouton but this year has brought the one he uses for everyday transport as the De Dion is having a major rebuild.’


Saturday, 1 February 2025

1933 Alvis Special

This car competed in one of the handicap races at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1984.
It's Robert Dean's Alvis Special, based on a 1933 Alvis Speed 20 and the programme of the event says that it had a 2,369cc engine. The Speed 20 was produced from 1932 to 1936 and 1,165 were made in that period.