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Showing posts with label Riley 12/4 Special. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riley 12/4 Special. Show all posts

Monday, 6 May 2019

Vauxhall Viper Special

This car competed in two scratch races at the VSCC's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies Race Meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.
It's the 1913/18 Vauxhall Viper Special of Tony Lees, and is pictured here at Britten's chicane during the first of those races. The car was built by David Biggins on a 1913 Vauxhall A-Type chassis and has a 1918 Wolseley Viper 11.8 litre V8 aero engine, which was a Hispano Suiza HS-8 unit built under licence by Wolseley Motors during World War I. The Vauxhall is being followed by the 1931 Invicta S Type of Trevor Swete and the 1935 Riley Nine 12/4 Special of Richard Brightman.

On 20 May 2013 I showed a photograph of this car in the paddock at Donington Park in 2006.

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Riley 12/4 Special

This car took part in two 5 lap handicap races and an 8 lap scratch race at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in June 2003.
It's Christopher Roden's 1934 Riley 12/4 Special with the Hugh Rose designed 4 cylinder 1,496cc 12/4 engine, based on the Riley Nine engine.