Enjoy…
Allard J2 XBP; ran 6th at Le Mans in ’51; this and the sister car were driven by Sydney Allard, Frank Curtis and Zora Arkus Duntov.
Frazer Nash Le Mans Coupe; class winner 1953. In ’54 one of the drivers was Maurice Gatsonides. As in the accidental designer of the Gatso speed gun..!
Ferrari 330 P3 / 412; ran 1st overall in ’67.
2007 Porsche RS Spyder; class winner in ’08 & ’09.
1983 Kremer Porsche 956 101; 3rd overall in the same year, driven by Mario & Michael Andretti with Phillipe Aliot. A year later it would place 9th with amongst others, Tiff Needell behind the wheel.
Porsche RSR; 2nd in class and 6th overall, 1975.
Porsche 956 campaigned by BRUN Motorsports, the car ran in the following liveries: Liqui Moly, Gaggia, Advan, Schiesser, Warsteiner and Guffanti.
Finished 7th at the '84 Le Mans in Gaggia livery.
One of my favourite cars of the show. 1966 Ford GT40 MKII XGT-2. driven by Graham Hill & Brian Muir in that years Le Mans; retired with suspension problems.
1995 Porsche 993 GT; 6th in GT2 class in 1998.
David Piper’s Porsche 917; he was another pro driver that worked on the Le Mans film and supplied many of the cars. The car in his and Richard Attwood’s hands won the Kyalami 9 hour race in ’69.
Porsche 910 - Introduced in 1966, the Porsche 910 was a development of the 906 and found success at the Targa Florio and the Nurburgring 1000km. This particular example was the only one to race at the 1968 Le Mans.
1982 Rothmans Porsche 956. This is the actual Jochen Mass / Vern Schuppen car that came 2nd to the Derek Bell / Jackie Ickx car that year.
And then this came into view… forgive me as I took a fair few images of this beastie.
the Ecurie Ecosse racing Team transporter. A 2-axle double-deck car transporter capable of carrying three cars (one inside and two on top) together with a support crew, and with mobile workshop facilities.
The transporter was built by coachbuilders Alexander, of Falkirk, Scotland. Based on a Commer chassis it is powered by a three cylinder horizontally-opposed supercharged 2 stroke diesel engine, originally designed by Dornier as an aircraft engine.
And cooler than Walt Disney's cryogenically-frozen ballbag.
With an Austin Healey Sebring Sprite on the roof:
And a Tojeiro-Buick out the back.
Aw. #puts purse back in pocket#
I could do with one of these.
An old FIAT lorry? Scraping the barrel a bit aren’t you, meister? Look closer…
it’s a FIAT 170T, one of the transporters that the Ferrari F1 team used back in the Villeneuve / Scheckter days.
and now onto the 'civvie' stuff.
Hubba.
Apologies for the photographic indulgance; I always get Deity Syndrome around Miuras.
#fingers moustache grown for charity and thinks fondly of a certain 1980s TV show#
Unidentified Flying Object in view…
Bleedin’ tripping over F40s at this show.
Touring bodied Lancia Flaminia Coupé.
Get any closer and it will fly off.
This is another Miura, an SV. Pass the paper bag Reverend, I’m hyperventilating at this point.
The Vignale Maserati Mexico (Tipo 112) body was first used on a 5000GT chassis which an important Mexican customer had shipped to Italy for repair after crashing it. Thereafter the model became known as the Mexico. By coincidence, the Cooper-Maserati win in the Mexican Grand Prix occurred the following year. It has a 4.7 V8.
And there’s me without my chest wig & medallion.
Just what exactly is lurking under that engine cover?
Bless.
Ferrari 330 GTS:
Invicta’s best-known model, the low-slung S Type has 140bhp and was a genuine 100mph car. Multiple Monte Carlo Rally and Brooklands winners, only about 70 were ever built, and every one of them with custom coachwork. One of the most expensive British sports cars of its time; Invicta was effectively killed off in 1933 by the Depression.
I’ve probably got this wrong, but I think this is a Napier 60hp. Whatever the exact model, all stripped-down Edwardian racers look crazy-ape bonkers death traps. In a nice way.
The detailing on this car is exquisite:
Detail shots from the Alfa Tipo 33/3 from part one:
At this show, it’s more likely to be real than a replica…
“Well I’m not the world’s most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola, lo-lo-lo-lo Lola”*[/kinks]
Not entirely sure, but it’s probably a late 1920s Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes was a brand of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft; the first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company.
"Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future." From a poem by Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
Getting all classical on your ass.
The rears of cars I’d taken pics of on my first circuit round:
Another Edwardian monster; a 1907/16 Berliet-Curtiss. The Curtiss part of the name refers to the engine; a 1915 8.2 litre Curtiss OX-5 air-cooled V8. I heard this beast start up at The Uxbridge Autoshow earlier in the year and it turned me into a gibbering idiot;
And it’s driven on the road…
The same type of engine, to give you an idea of the noise:
Another original Cobra. The more the merrier.
Lister 7 litre:
I’ve never been to a show that had as many cars with appropriate number plates…
A Lotus Consul Cortina:
Loved the colour scheme on this XK120:
Not sure if this is a replica or not, but at this show it’s probably real, the interior swings it for me.
Nice Greenwood Daytona kit on this ‘vette:
I loved the general casualness of how the outer ring of cars was parked. Not many shows nowadays where you’d see a Type 2 parked next to a DB7 Zagato.
Another Lister. This one doesn’t run on mutton vindaloos though. [/Red Dwarf]
Vauxhall this then?
Unusual colour on this Oscar India, suits it though.
Another Aston…
And another Aston. Better than counting sheep. I shot loads of pics along this shaded road purely because the light filtering through the trees made for great photo opportunities.
BRISTOL 402 Drophead Coupe by Pinin Farina (as it was then):
Real…
Another real one…
Marcos fans attach bibs now:
And yes, that is what you think it is in the background. Oh yes.
Ladies and Gentleman, all rise for his weirdness Lord Mantis.
Not to be confused with the mantis XP racing car; the 2+2 Mantis, powered by an injected 2.5 litre Triumph TR6 engine, but the design was not well received and only 32 were sold.
Lucky baby.
This is the Rocket - designed by Gordon Murray (McLaren F1) and built by Chris Craft of the Light Car Company. Powered by a Yamaha 4Cyl bike engine with a bespoke gearbox made in the States.
There’s something I like about Bristols; I’ll have to own one, one day.
Bristol 404:
Bentley 4 1/2 litre and 8 litre.
The Rover P6 prototype. One of three cars built for the U.S. market. It’s debut at the ’63 Detroit motor show was not a success. This two-door car was, believe it or not, built to compete with the Ford Mustang but cost twice as much. It’s fitted with a Buick engine, which conflicts with the legend that the Rover U.S. boss J. Bruce McWilliams saw the engine at Mercury Marine in Jan ’64. Anyway, this car was bought from Gaydon in 1990 and restored. This is RV01 (the reg no.), RV02 & 3 are in the U.S.
So if you’re looking to two-door your P6, now you’ll know what it’ll look like!
Now where did I put my purse..?
BLMC motorsports fanboys, pull up a chair…
A recently recreated (not restored) BMC Competition Department transporter, based on a Morris FEK chassis. It involved lengthening the chassis and totally recreating the body. The guys latest project is restoring a 1970s Williams F1 transporter for Williams themselves.
AC Ace-Bristol:
Lancia Lambda, It was the first car to feature a load-bearing monocoque-type body, (but without a stressed roof).
It also pioneered the use of independent front suspension on it’s introduction in 1922; sliding pillar with coil springs, à la Morgan.
Stealth B6:
Pinin Farina bodied Ferrari 250 Europa GT Coupe. Only five were built with this bodywork.
Ferrari 250 TR59/60.
An identical car won the 1960 Le Mans with Paul Frère and Olivier Gendebien. It has a 3.0L V12.
Beautiful.
Ferrari 250 GT Lusso. Which colour ? take your pick…
Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB:
308 GTO? Shurley shome mishtake?
1958 A6G/2000 bodied by Zagato.
And after 697 pics taken and an enjoyable day, it was time to go. But not before seeing some of these beasts leaving the ‘stage door’ like Shakespearean actors after a masterpiece performance:
What a day…
