Classic and Competition Car January 2014 by Simon Wright

Classic and Competition Car January 2014

VSCC Winter Driving Tests

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Our Team. Simon Wright - Editor. Simon has been photographing and reporting on motor races for many years. Served an engineering apprenticeship many years ago. Big fan of the Porsche 917

Contents Page 3 News. Page 18 H&H Christmas Gala Chateau Impney Speed celebration. Page 24 H&H Auction - Chateau Impney.

Pete Austin. Pete is the man for Historic racing, with an extensive archive of black and white images covering the last few decades of motorsport in Britain. Very keen on BRM.

Page 27 VSCC Winter Driving Tests. Page 32 Classic Car of the Month 1911 White G-A Touring Car. Page 35 Archive Photo of the month. Page 36 Midland Breakfast Club, Cosford. Front Cover. Dougal Cawley enjoying himself in a 1929 GN Ford - Piglet, at the VSCC Winter Driving Tests ÂŠ Pete Austin Check out our new updated WEB site at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com regularly for additional photo galleries, wall papers and other additional content and join our Facebook Group Classic and Competition Car. All content is copyright classicandcompetitioncar.com unless otherwise stated. All photographs are copyright the original photographer and cannot be used for commercial purposes unless by prior approval of the original copyright holder. We try to ensure accurate and truthful reporting but if you spot an error, please contact us and will we verify and correct accordingly. We do not organise any events which are mentioned and we are not responsible if the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip.

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Mick Herring Mick's first love is GT racing, including Historic, especially the Lola T70. Has an extensive knowledge of all things GT.

Janet Wright. Janet has been taking photographs for many years, and is also very skilled in video. She likes Aston Martins Page

Editorial. At this time of year, there is not much motorsport taking place in the UK. The occasional Trial, Driving test and Rally for the fans sturdy enough to face the cold weather all day, but for most enthusiasts there are still the car meets, often taking place at local pubs, where you can pop out for an hour or so, see some fantastic cars and chat with fellow enthusiasts, before heading back to the warm in doors. The one major event to look forward to in January is the annual Autosport Racing Car Show at the NEC near ÂŠ Janet Wright Birmingham. Hall after hall of Mallory Park saved. racing and rally cars, drivers, The Leicestershire circuit has new operators. Real Motorsport Limited has been formed by Stuart celebrities and the live action hall Hicken and Eddie Roberts, both well known in the motorcycle racing world, to run the circuit on a to keep us going before the day to day basis. Eddie, a former motorbike racer who in a 20 year career competed in the TT and season starts again in earnest. Grand Prix racing, owns Complog, a retail operation selling motorcycle tyres and supplies tyres to the British Superbike Championship. Stuart also has a bike racing background, competing in the late 1960s before managing racing teams before setting up his own Hawk Racing squad. Stuart's career also included several years at Mallory Park. After the previous Mallory Park operators went into administration after problems with contravening agreed noise regulations, the new company has taken advice from Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council regarding noise issues and the local community. They will now begin work to get the circuit into shape ready for racing in the Spring. Unfortunately it is unlikely that any car championship races will take place at Mallory in 2014 as championship calendars and venues were already in place before news of the circuit being saved was announced. Hopefully some non championship race meetings will take place at Mallory during this year. For further information, contact Mallory ÂŠ Simon Wright Park on 01455 842931 Page 3 January 2014 Classic and Competition car

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Skoda welcomes Rally Champions to factory.

Honda Yuasa racing will be back in the 2014 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship using the new Honda Civic Tourer, the only estate car on the grid, for usual drivers Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden.

2014 Blancpain GT Series Calendar: April 12th – 13th : Monza, Italy (endurance) April 18th – 21st : Coupes de Pâques, Nogaro, France (sprint) May 17th – 18th : Brands Hatch, Great Britain (sprint) May 24th – 25th : Silverstone, Great Britain (endurance) July 4th – 6th : Zandvoort , the Netherlands (sprint) July 23rd – 27th : Total 24 Hours of Spa, Belgium (endurance) August 22nd – 24th : Slovakia Ring, Slovakia* (sprint) September 5th – 7th : Algarve, Portugal (sprint) September 19th – 21st : Nürburgring 1000, Germany (endurance) October 10th – 12th : Zolder, Belgium (sprint) November 1st – 2nd : Baku World Challenge, Azerbaijan **(sprint)

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After one of its most successful seasons in motorsport in Skoda's 112 year motorsport history, FIA European Rally champions Jan Kopecky (CZ) /Pavel Dresler (CZ), FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Champions Gaurav Gill (IND) / Glenn Macneall (NZ) and APRC runners up Esapekka Lappi (FIN) /Janne Ferm (FIN) were given a heroes' welcome when they visited the Skoda factory in Mlada Boleslav along with their winning car the Skoda Fabia Super 2000 which also won the manufacturers' championship in the Asia Pacific championship. The 270 bhp four wheel drive rally car was responsible for a total of three continental and six national titles around the World in 2013 including the FIA Codasur South American Rally championship and the Paraguay National championship with Gustavo Saba (PY) /Victor Aguilera (PY) and National titles in Austria (Raimund Baumschlager), Italy (Scandola), Bulgaria (Dimitar IIiev), Jordan (Marouf Abu Samra) and Portugal (Ricardo Moura). Finally Skoda Auto Germany due Sepp Wiegand (D) /Frank Christian (D) won the Rally Monte Carlo (WRC-2) UNITED AUTOSPORTS enter BTCC Top GT team United Autosports are entering the British Touring Car Championship with a pair of Toyota Avensis Touring cars, driven by James Cole and Glynn Geddie. United Autosport have been granted two TOCA BTCC licenses under the new regulations set out by the organisation. James drove in the 2013 BTCC championship and Glynn won the European Supercar Challenge Championship with United Autosports in 2013.

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Bentley Boys back racing in Britain The Avon Tyres British GT Championship will welcome Bentley back to the grids of Britain in 2014. The Generation Bentley Racing Customer team were the first to buy one of the new 600bhp 4 litre twin turbo V8 Bentley Continental GT3 cars developed by Malcom Wilson's M-Sport team. The car will be driven by James Appleby and Steve Tandy.

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Bentley return to International Racing. The 13th December 2013 saw the all new Bentley Continental GT3 make its international race debut at the Gulf 12 Hours of Abu Dhabi, driven by Guy Smith (Le Mans winner in the Bentley Speed 8), Steven Kane and Andy Meyrick. Run by M-Sport, the car held 3rd place for the first six hours but in the second half of the race it got involved in a battle with the Ferrari 458 GT3 of Kessel Racing. Then at the very end after damage to the underfloor, the car had to cruise to the finish line to take 4th place, an impressive debut for the car. The team are now looking forward to the 2014 Blancpain series which starts in April at Monza in Italy. January 2014

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Autosport Show tribute to Surtees. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of his F1 World championship and the motorsport career of John Surtees, the only man to be World Champion on 2 and 4 wheels, his championship winning Ferrari 158 from 1964 will be lead car on a special display. The car is on a rare trip away from its American home in the George Barber Museum at Barber Motorsport Park in Birmingham, Alabama where it is part of a dedicated Surtees section. There will be other cars and bikes on show to high-light the career of this very talented driver and engineer including a Surtees TS7, his first F1 car from 1970, and the CanAm Lola T70 sports car which he drove to win the inaugural Can-Am series in America in 1966.

Brighton Speed Trial under Threat. One of the oldest motoring events in the UK, the first Brighton Speed Trial took place on Madeira Drive, Brighton in 1905. However, the future of the event is in doubt after the death of a competitor in 2012. The Organisers have not yet had approval from Brighton and Hove City Council for their application to run the event in 2014. The Council admits to having concerns over safety and has to weigh up the options before making a decision. More than 8,500 people, including Sir Stirling Moss, have signed a petition on the councils web site, calling for the event to be saved. A decision should be made by the council's Economic Development and Culture Committee at a meeting on January 23rd. For more information visit www.brighton-hove.gov.uk and search for e-petitions

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Audi Tackle DTM with 3 champions for 2014. Timo Scheider (2008 & 2009) and Mattias Ekstrom (2004 & 2007) will drive along side current champion Mike Rockenfeller in the Audi DTM team in 2014 to defend the title for the manufacturer. Dave Newsham will race AmDtuning.com's newly acquired NGTC Ford Focus in the 2014 championship - http://bit.ly/1aR7tmW

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Autosport International Show 9th - 12th January 2014 Europe's largest motorsport show returns to the National Exhibition Centre, near Birmingham, England between the 9th and 12th January 2014. The first two days are trade only days, then the public days are the Saturday and Sunday 11th and 12th. Almost 80,000 visitors attended the 2013 show and this years show promises to be equally attractive with top Grand Prix drivers like John Surtees, Martin Brundle and new Sauber driver Adrian Sutil being joined by nine times Le Mans winner and current World Endurance champion Tom Kristensen and his team mate, three times Le Mans winner Allan McNish. BTCC Champion Andrew Jordan and former champions Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal will also be in attendance along with a display of BTCC cars headed by Jordan's championship winning Honda Civic. There will be full Formula 1 grid with cars representing the entire 2013 field led by the Red Bull RB9 as driven by World Champion Sebastian Vettle and a special rally display to celebrate the 70th edition of Wales Rally GB in 2014.

Performance Car Show. Run in conjunction with the Autosport International Show, the Performance Car Show will host the most stunning high performance cars and supercars on the road. It will also have the unveiling of the new Vauxhall VXR8 GTS and the Abarth 595 50th Anniversary edition. The latest cars from Aston Martin, Audi, Ferrari, Jaguar, McLaren and Porsche will also be on show. © Janet Wright

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Classic F3 to race in to the Silverstone Classic.

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The Silverstone Classic continues to grow and for the first time, the 2014 will add two Classic F3 races to the timetable, allowing fans to see the cars from the seventies and early eighties when Formula 3 was the proving ground for future World Champions, like Senna, Prost, Piquet and Mansell. The HSCC hope to assemble the largest grid ever of classic F3 cars for the event including some cars from Europe.

New Clio Cup cars for 2014. Supporting the BTCC again in 2014, the Renault UK Clio Cup this year features the latest generation 1.6 litre turbo charged racing Clio. Organisers have confirmed that there are already 15 of the new cars ready to race in the championship. Former race winner Lee Pattison is the latest driver to purchase a new car and he joins the like of Masters Cup regular Finlay Crocker who was the first competitor to take delivery of one of the new cars. Reigning title winning squad Team Pyro have already taken delivery of 5 cars for this season, while Scuderia Vittoria, now SV Racing, have secured two of the 2014 machines. Classic and Competition Car Facebook Group

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Race Retro. Taking place at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry over the weekend of the 21st to the 23rd February 2014, this years event will celebrate 50 years of McLaren with a display of cars headed up by the McLaren M23 of 1974 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi and a McLaren M8 CanAm 7 litre sports car. There will also be a tribute to the rallying success of the MG Metro 6R4 which celebrates 30 years since it first competed in the World Rally Championship. As well as a static display, there should also be a MG Metro 6R4 taking part in the live action rally stage demonstration on both Saturday and Sunday. Visit www.raceretro.com for further information Page 8

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Alan McNish

The reigning World Endurance Champion, Alan McNish has announced his retirement from International racing just a few days before his 44th birthday. Alan started his career 32 years ago in Karting and after moving in to car racing was recognised with a McLaren/Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award. In 1988 he was Formula Vauxhall Lotus champion and in 1989 he finished runner up to David Brabham in the British Formula 3 championship. Tipped as a future Grand Prix driver, he tested for both McLaren and Benetton while racing in Formula 3000 between 1990 and 1992. In his first season he finished 4th overall in the championship driving the Dams Lola Mugen Honda, winning the 2nd round, The International Trophy at Silverstone. He also won the 8th round at Brands Hatch. In 1992 he switched to the 3001 International Reynard Mugen Honda 92D where his best result was 3rd in Germany. He returned to Formula 3000 in 1995 after a Grand Prix drive never materialised. He joined Paul Stewart racing to drive a Reynard Ford Cosworth where he proved to be fast with a couple of Pole positions, but his best result was 2nd in France and a 3rd in Britain, leaving him 7th overall in the championship. His single seater ÂŠ Simon Wright career appeared to stall in 1996 and he switched to sports cars driving for Porsche in the 911 GT1 in 1997. This was to prove to be his perfect sport. He won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1998 for Porsche in the 911 GT1 partnered with Laurent Aiello and Stephane Ortelli. In 2000 he drove for Audi North America in the American Le Mans Series, where he won six races, at Sears Point, Mosport, Portland, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca and Adelaide in Australia, driving with Rinaldo Capello, and they took the championship. He drove for Toyota at Le Mans in 1999, and this gave him his route in to Grand McNish at Silverstone at the wheel of the Toyota Grand Prix Car in 2002

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Prix. When Toyota decided to tackle Formula 1, they needed a development driver for 2001 and Alan was the obvious choice as he had driven for them at Le Mans. He impressed the team and was given the race seat for 2002 alongside Mika Salo. The new team was not as competitive as they had hoped and Alan failed to score a single point during the season and both drivers were replaced at the end of the year. In 2003 Alan was test driver for the Renault Grand Prix team and did some TV work for ITV. In 2004 he returned to sports car racing, driving for Audi and won the Sebring 12 Hours race at the wheel of an Audi R8, driving with Frank Biela and Pierre Kaffer. This was the start of a long and successful career with Audi, where he also drove in the DTM in 2005 at the wheel of an Audi A4 DTM. In 2006 he again won the Sebring 12 hours, this time in the new Audi R10 TDI diesel, sharing with Rinaldo Capello and Tom Kristensen. He also won at Reliant Park, Mid-Ohio, Lime Rock, Portland, Mosport Canada, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca sharing with Capello and they were crowned American Le Mans Champions 2008. He continued this winning by also taking the 2007 American Le Mans series title driving with Rinaldo Capello in an Audi R10 diesel. They won at St. Petersburg, Long Beach,Reliant Park,Miller,Lime Rock,, Road America, Mosport, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca. His second Le Mans win came in 2008 driving with Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello in the Audi R10 Tdi diesel. He completed his hat trick of 3 wins at Le Mans in 2013, where he won sharing with Tom Kristensen and Loic Duval in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro Hybrid diesel. He also won the World Endurance Championship with Kristensen and Duval in 2013 after winning the Silverstone 6 ÂŠ Simon Wright hours, the Le Mans 24 Hours, and the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. Alan is one of the most successful Audi sports car drivers with 29 victories, 18 Pole positions, 17 fastest race laps and four titles in an eleven year career with the German firm. He is also the only driver to have driven all the sports cars ever made in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm including the Audi R8R to the R8, R10 TDI, R15 TDI, R18 TDI and the R18 ultra through to the R18 e-tron quattro, and while Alan may no longer be racing for Audi, he will continue to be associated with Audi Sport and the Audi brand and contribute his knowledge to the team. 2013 World Endurance Champion in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro

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Philippe Favre 11th December 1961 to 6th December 2013. Swiss racing driver Philippe Favre, aged 51, died as a result of a skiing accident in France at the beginning of December. He started racing in Formula Ford in France in 1984 after a short Karting career, then came over to Britain to continue in Formula Ford for the 1985 season. In 1986 he finished runner up in both the RAC FF1600 championship and the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, driving for the Manadient Van Diemen team. In 1987 he progressed to the British Formula 3 championship and won a race for the Reynard R+D at Donington Park. After a second season in Formula 3 in 1988, he switched to Formula 3000 with the GA Motorsport Lola squad where he claimed Pole position and finished 2nd in his first event, but never recaptured that form during the rest of a truncated season. He continued in F3000 with part seasons in Japan in 1990 and then briefly raced in the Indy Lights series in America. After no real success in single seaters he was signed for the Kremer Racing Honda sports car team and competed at Le Mans in 1994 and 1995 at the wheel of a Honda NSX GT car, then he switched to a factory run Venturi 600LM in the BPR Global Endurance GT series. He made a return to top line sports car racing in 2000 with Lister in the FIA GT Championship, claiming podiums at the Hungaroring and Brno. He also raced in the FIA Sports Car Championship and the Le Mans Endurance series in 2003-2005 together with Christophe Ricard in a Lucchini SR2. He subsequently built a track day company in 2002, helping to train various drivers including current endurance driver Henri Moser. To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences. ÂŠ Simon Wright

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2004 Lucchini SR2 with Christophe Ricard

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Webber tests Porsche LMP1. After getting permission from Red Bull, Mark Webber was able to test the new Porsche LMP1 with its high performance hybrid drive at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve near Portimao in Portugal before Christmas. He officially joins the team on the 1st January 2014 to join former Le Mans winners Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas, and Neel Jani. Porsche will field two LMP1 prototype race cars in the sports car World Endurance Championship (WEC) which starts in April at Silverstone, with the Le Mans 24 hours race being the high-light of the season. The regulations stipulate that manufacturers run hybrid vehicles in the top class for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP1), so Porsche is using a 4 cylinder petrol engine with direct injection and two energy recuperation systems. The recovered energy is stored in a battery until used by the driver. A powerful electric motor then provides additional drive to the front axle. However, the WEC rules limit the amount of fuel as well as the electrical energy available to the driver each lap. Porsche is convinced that the development of such highly efficient drive systems will have a positive influence on the development of production sports cars

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Delta Wing to sue Nissan. Delta Wing has filed a lawsuit against former designer Ben Bowlby and its former engine supplier Nissan against the new Nissan ZEOD project. Bowlby was chief designer on the Delta Wing project and is now working on the ZEOD project which has unveiled a radical race car design, which appears to be very similar to the Delta Wing. Don Panoz claims that those involved in the ZEOD project have used confidential information that the designer had from his Delta Wing designs. The ZEOD has been given the nod as the Garage 56 eligible car for the 2014 Daytona 24 Hours race, a program for new designs and concepts to take part in the race in a nonpoints paying manner. Part of Bowlby's contract with both Chip Ganassi Racing, who is the owner of the Delta Wing LLC, was that any designs he created for the racing team and its subsidiaries would remain with the team under its intellectual copyrights, even after his departure.

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Mercedes Benz S Class - Luxury Car of the Year.

The 1000 Mile Trial

Open to cars manufactured before 1940, the 1000 mile Trial will recreate the epic classic car rally across the United Kingdom that was first run in 1900. The event is being organised by the Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation (HERO) in partnership with the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) between the 12th and 19th July 2014. The aim is to follow the original route as much as possible, though some of the original roads have disappeared or have been upgraded to major trunk roads. The event will include regularities and tests, including hill climbs and will also visit several stately homes. It will start and finish at Woodcote Park, where eighty cars will tackle the first test, a hill climb from the RAC's Woodcote Park clubhouse, up the Club's Captain's drive, towards Epsom Downs. The most northern part of the route will be Edinburgh in Scotland where the crews will enjoy a centre piece dinner on board the Royal Yacht Britannia. On the return leg back from Scotland, the crews will cross the Yorkshire moors and will tackle the Harewood hill climb course. On the final day as they return The new Mercedes Benz S Class has scooped the Luxury Car of the Year to Woodcote Park, they will be joined for the last 100 miles by the Veteran award at the CarBuyer Car of the year Awards. Car Run for a spectacular finish in front of the Woodcote Park clubhouse. As in previous generations, the new S Class is at the forefront of technology Some important entries already received include a 1932 Rolls Royce in refinement, safety and efficiency. One of the new features is seats which Phantom II which is coming from the Caramulo Museum in Portugal, and an can mimic a hot stone massage as well as having heated arm rests. The original interior can be illuminated with a choice of seven different LED colours. 1929 Another option is Magic Body Control where the car is fitted with a system Bugatti which can read the road ahead and adapt the damper settings accordingly Type 37A to mask even the worst potholes. that was The S Class remains a once firm favourite in the UK, owned by with more being Tazio registered in six of the Nuvolari, last eight years than any the other luxury car. Two new famous engine options are also Italian available, the S 300 racing Jonathan Turners Bentley 3 litres car from BlueTEC Hybrid and the driver. 1925 with Ben Cussons(RAC) in the front innovative S 500 Plug-in and Guy Loverage (Guild of Motoring Hybrid due to be Writers and Tomas de Vargas (HERO) in the back at the launch of the event introduced later this year.

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Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4 The successor to the iconic Lamborghini Gallardo, which sold over 14,000 cars and has been the most successful Lamborghini ever, is the new Huracan which uses innovative technology to give absolute performance. As with all Lamborghini models, the name is derived from the name of a fighting Bull Huracan of the Spanish Conte de la Patilla breed. He was known for his outstanding courage and strong sense of attack. New technology is used throughout the design with full LED headlights as well as full LED use or all night illumination. The interior is dominated by a 12.3 inch full colour TFT instrument panel which delivers all car information to the driver, including navigation maps and infotainment functions. The rest of the interior is finished in Nappa leather. The chassis is a hybrid arrangement of carbon fibre and aluminium elements. This gives the car an overall weight of just 1,422 kg dry. The new 5.2 litre V10 engine develops 610 bhp to give a top speed of 325 km/h or over 200 mph with acceleration of just 2.3 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. It uses the new IDS direct and indirect fuel injection system which are smartly combined to give more power with lower fuel consumption. Also thanks to the stop & start technology the combined fuel consumption figure is 12.5 litres per 100 kms. The power is transmitted through a seven speed dual clutch transmission and a fully electronic four wheel drive system. There are three different driving modes Strada, Sport and Corsa which vary from traction oriented on the road to extreme performance on the race track, all selectable from a switch on the steering wheel. Stopping power is provided by carbonceramic brakes to give improved performance. ÂŠ Simon Wright

Oulton Park BTCC 2014

Rounds 10, 11 and 12 of the 2014 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship will take place on the Oulton Park International circuit and not on the Island layout as in recent seasons.

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Citroen take on Racing and rallying in 2014 Citroen is taking on two FIA World Championships in 2014 as it contests the FIA World Rally Championship and the FIA World Touring Car Championship. Their season starts on January 14th at Monte Carlo as Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle and Mads Ostberg/Jonas Andersson will compete in the Citroen Total Abu Dhabi backed Citroen DS3 WRC in the World Rally Championship. At certain events they will be backed up by Khalid Al Qassimi/Chris Patterson, but their main objective is the Middle East Rally championship. With 93 wins and 8 manufacturers World Championships behind them, Citroen must be considered a strong force in the World Rally Championship. The new challenge for Citroen is the World Touring Car Championship with the new Citroen C-Elysee WTCC. They are entering a three car team driven by 9 times World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb, 4 times World Touring Car Champion and current champion Yvan Muller and 3 times Argentinian national touring car champion Jose-Maria Lopez. The season starts on April 5th in Marrakech. Muller has won a total of 37 World Touring Car Championship races out of 182 and Lopez has won 1 out of 2 while Loeb has not competed in the World Touring Car Championship but has won 78 Rallies out of 167.

Rolls Royce celebrate in modern way. Rolls Royce have chosen a very modern way of celebrating an extraordinary year. They have used Pinterest, the pinboard-style photo sharing web site, to highlight 50 high points for Rolls Royce during 2013. Visitors to the site will be able to view images and films to celebrate a land mark year for the company which began with celebrations for a decade of production at the home of Rolls Royce and the announcement of record annual sales, the highest in the history of the company. In March they launched the Wraith at the Geneva International Motor Show, the most powerful and dynamic car in their history. Other highlights included FAB 1 supporting Breast Cancer Care. To explore an extraordinary year for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, click here or visit: https://www.pinterest.com/rollsroycecars/50-highlights-2013/

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Aston Martin and Daimler join forces. Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd and Daimler AG have signed an agreement for a significant technical partnership between Aston Martin, Daimler and Mercedes-AMG GmbH, a 100% subsidiary and high performance brand of German automotive corporation Daimler AG. The agreement will allow Mercedes-AMG and Aston Martin to develop bespoke V8 engines supporting Aston Martin's launch of a next generation of cars that will incorporate cutting edge technology, combining high performance with fuel efficiency. In return, Daimler will receive up to 5% non voting shares in Aston Martin without cash consideration in several steps following the progress of the technical partnership. At the same time the company will receive an observer status on the Aston Martin Holdings board. Daimler joins Aston Martin's existing shareholder body which includes Primewagon, Adeem Investment and Investindustrial. Aston Martin will continue to build all of its sports cars at Gaydon. ÂŠ Janet Wright

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Audi unveil new Audi R18 e-tron quattro with laser lights at Ingolstadt. The new LMP1 sports car which will contest the Le Mans 24 Hours and the FIA World endurance championship has another new innovation for 2014. The car will operate with Laser light for the first time. By using this new lighting technology, Audi is setting another milestone at Le mans, which will eventually filter down to the Audi production models on the road. The innovative laser light complements the main LED headlights of the new Audi R18 e-tron quattro. A blue laser beam backlights a yellow phosphorus crystal lens through which the light beam is then emitted. This new light source provides even more homogenous lighting of the road. Audi declined to reveal any other technical innovations at this time in the face of stiff competition in 2014 from Porsche as well as Toyota. Audi will run two of the cars in the FIA World Endurance championship but for Le Mans, the team will race three cars. The driver line up will be announced at a later date. January 2014

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Beaulieu announces motoring events calendar for 2014. Below are a selection of events from this years calendar. 5th May 2014 Simply Ford A gathering of Fords of all ages.

17th-18th May Spring Autojumble 1000 stands of motoring parts 25th-26th May Truck Mania Displays and truck activities. 8th June National Mini Cooper Register Rally 1000+ Mini display. 15th June Custom & Hot Rod Festival 22nd June Simply Porsche 29th June Simply Alfa Romeo 6th July Austin 750 Rally Up to 300 750s on display. 11th-13th July Simca Matra Talbot Rally. 20th July The German Show - for all German cars VW, BMW etc 27th July Simply Vauxhall. 3rd August Simply Japanese - All Japanese cars 9th August XREC Rally - for Jaguar XK8/XKR 10th August Simply Land Rover 16th-17th August T4 Rally 24th August Simply Classics and Sports Cars 25th August Supercar showdown 6th-7th September International Autojumble 9th November Simply Smart

New MINI John Cooper Works Concept. Welcome to the next generation of the elite sports model of the MINI. The new model follows the innovative sporty nature in time honoured John Cooper style with bespoke aerodynamic features, 18 inch John Cooper Works light alloy wheels in a newly developed design, and exclusive paintwork in bright highways grey and familiar MINI red colour accents. The superb handling that is synonymous with the Mini is enhanced thanks to the high performance powertrain and chassis technology and the cars aerodynamically optimised exterior features ensure the agile and sure footed handling that gives the MINI the go-kart feel. There has also been weight saving over previous sporty models which improves performance. Large air intakes on the front along with LED headlights help distinguish the new model, along with side skirts and a rear apron with flaps and a diffuser element, plus a roof spoiler and additional body components designed to channel air efficiently around the Cpillars help to optimise the aerodynamic balance at high speed.

More details at events@beaulieu.co.uk

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H&H Christmas Gala - Chateau Impney Speed Celebration. Wednesday 4th December 2013. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin. Situated near Droitwich in Worcestershire, right next to the M5 junction 5, Chateau Impney is a grand hotel built in classic French chateau style in 1875 and set in 110 acres of picturesque parkland. Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the venue was also host to the Chateau Impney Speed Trials, many of which were organised by the Hagley & District Light Car Club. These events saw many famous cars and drivers compete up the 550 yard course along the twisty drive and in the grounds of the hotel. The first event in 1957 was won by David Good driving an ERA R1B in a time of 24.64 seconds. There are now plans to run a hill climb revival event at the Austin Healey and MG TF parked outside the H&H Christmas Gala venue in 2015 with a new course, twice the length of the original course, and a free speed celebration event was held on 4th December 2013 to recall the glory days of Chateau Impney as a competition venue. Classic and Sports Car magazine in conjunction with H&H Classic Auctions and the Chateau Impney hotel © Pete Austin organised an exhibition of historic vehicles which had competed at the venue in the past. H&H also held an auction the same day to help generate interest in the event. One of the cars in the auction was a Smith F2 single seater racing car, which was also known as the Mason Master Special, that had competed twice at Chateau Impney during the 10 years of the Speed Trials. This rare car was one of only two built by Gerald G Smith and was ordered new in 1957 by Jack Perkins who christened it the Mason Master Special, after the Mason Master Drill which he had invented. The car competed at Chateau Impney in both 1959 and 1960. The sister car was driven by Alan Stacey in period, and he managed a 2nd place finish at Brands Hatch against Coopers and Lotus 12s. The Smith F2 was a Smith F2 Single seater sold for £37,855 in the H&H Auction

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forward thinking design using a Coventry Climax FWB engine, rear mounted sequential gearbox, alfin brake drums all round, inboard on the rear, and an all alloy body. The car sold in the auction for £37,855. The exhibition hall featured a dozen or so cars that had competed at Chateau Impney in the past. The ERA C-Type R8C was one of three C Types converted from the original B Types built in the 1930s. Of the original 20 cars built by ERA, 18 still survive today along with 2 facsimiles built later. Various ERA cars competed at Chateau Impney, including Bill Moss in R5B in 1957, Tommy Norton in R4D in 1958 and 59, Alan Cottam in R1B in 1959 and Jim Berry on several occasions in an ERA Special. This ERA was owned by Earl Howe and was converted from B-Type to C-Type in 1938. The BRM P48 was © Pete Austin driven in the 1963 Chateau Impney Sprint on the 29th ERA R8C 1938 September 1963 by Tony Griffith, who defeated Hill Climb Champions David Good and Tony Marsh to win the event outright. He entered again the following year to break the long standing course record of Reg Phillips with the new record Best Time of Day (BTD) of 22.07 seconds which is still © Janet Wright the current sprint course record. The BRM P48 model was built by the Owen Racing Organisation between 1959 and 1960, during which BRM P48 - 1960 time 7 were built and 4 still survive. This particular car was raced by Jo Bonnier in the 1960 Formula 1 championship, by Graham Hill in the 1961 Inter Continental Series and later by Tony Marsh in the British Hill Climb Championship, breaking course records at Prescott, Shelsley Walsh and Wiscombe Park in 1963. The Jaguar XK120 was one of the Coventry manufacturers most graceful Jaguar XK120 Page 19 January 2014 Classic and Competition car

designs. This car was manufactured on the 10th November 1950 and was bought by Lewis Johnson Tracey of Solihull who actively raced the car in all types of events. The car took part in the first International RAC Rally in 1951 and the 5th in 1955, the International Rallye Soleil Cannes in 1952 and 1955 and the MCC National Rally in 1956. It was part of the team that finished 2nd in the 750 Motor Club Six Hour Relay in 1952 and at the 1953 Sunbac Race Meeting it managed a 5th, 4th and 1st position finish. Tracey won the over 2700cc Sports Car Class at Chateau Impney in 1957 with a time of 29.21 seconds. © Simon Wright The Caesar Special appeared at Chateau Impney between 1957 and 1960 driven by Doc Taylor. He competed in the Racing Cars Formula Libre over 2 cylinder class. This unique car is still competing today at VSCC Hill climb meetings driven by its current driver Paul Martin. The Fairley Climax Special was originally a Cooper 500 which was developed in to a Hill climb special by Reg Phillips over a 7 year period. It has a methanol fuelled, Supercharged Climax engine bolted in to a light weight single seater body, making it a highly competitive package in British Hill climbing in the early 1960s. Reg Phillips ran the car for the first time at Chateau Impney in 1957 and finished 3rd in the Racing Cars Formula Libre over 2 cylinder class Caesar Special behind Tony Marsh and Jim Berry. In 1961 he set a new outright course record at Chateau Impney in a time of 22.08 seconds, which was only beaten in 1964 by Tony Griffith's Formula 1 BRM P48 by 1/100th of a second. The car is currently undergoing a © Pete Austin thorough overhaul. The Bugatti T51 is one of the most iconic pre-war racing cars ever built. Frank Wall competed in a T51 at the 1958 Chateau Impney event in the Sports Racing Car Class over 2000cc. This car is fitted © Simon Wright with a pre-selector gearbox Farley Climax Special which provides almost instantaneous gear changes, an advantage on short course sprint and Bugatti T51 - 1933 Page 20 January 2014 Classic and Competition car

Hill climb events. This was one of the three works cars in 1933 and was raced by Achille Varzi in the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix and it was the first car to claim pole position for the race based on Practice © Pete Austin times rather than ballot. Other competition cars on display in the exhibition hall included the ex Phil Scragg HMWBBC Local news team were interested in the HMW-Jaguar Lotus 15 - Dizzy Addicott Jaguar, a Morgan three wheeler, a Frazer Nash and a Lotus 15 Buick and a Lotus Elite. As well as the competition car exhibition and the Auction, owners had been encouraged to arrive in Classic and Vintage cars and a separate car park outside the Regent Centre was available for their cars to be displayed. Quite a number of interesting vehicles arrived for display including an immaculate 1925 Wolseley AC8. Slightly more modern were a pair of Austin A40 saloons built just © Janet Wright © Simon Wright up the road at Longbridge and a Standard Vanguard Estate from Coventry. There were also cars built further afield, including a beautiful Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona in yellow. Morgan 3 wheeler and Farley Climax Special on display We look forward to seeing the venue in action again, and wish them success in their plans to revive the event for 2015. 1925 Wolseley AC8 Page 21 January 2014 Classic and Competition car

A pair of local built Austin A40 saloons arrive © Simon Wright

Ford Model T saloon

4 1/2 litre Bentley 4 door sports saloon from the 1940s

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Chevrolet Convertible © Simon Wright

Peerless GT 2 litre

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H & H Auction at Chateau Impney. Held in the Regent centre, the auction contained an interesting selection of classic cars including a single seater racing car which had competed at the Chateau Impney Speed events in the past. The 1957 Smith Formula 2 car was sold for © Pete Austin £37,855. Some of the more unusual cars such as a 1939 Hotchkiss Monte Carlo 680 Decouvrable saloon and a 1970 Ford GT40 MkIII Evocation failed to sell. Sports cars seemed popular 1974 Triumph Stag £2,938 with a wide variety of prices. A 1937 MG VA Tourer fetched £28,560 while a later 1948 HTG 1500 sold for £43,680 and a 1959 MG A 1600 Coupe sold for £15,960. At the other end of the © Janet Wright scale, a 1974 1939 Hotchkiss Monte Carlo 680 Decouvrable - Not Sold Triumph Stag in yellow sold for just £2,938 but a 1967 Triumph Spitfire MkII reached £15,680 while a superb 1961 Daimler Dart SP250 sold for £22,035 and a fantastic white 1956 Jaguar XK140 Fixed Head Coupe sold for £44,800. A 1951 Aston Martin DB2 failed to sell, but a 1937 Aston Martin 2 litre 15/98 Four Seater Tourer sold for a huge £89,600. There were several cars parked outside that were in the sale, but had definitely seen better days. One of the tattiest cars on display was an unusual 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud by James Young, one of only 24 built with the James Young body. The all alloy body and personalised interiors commanded a fifty percent premium over the standard factory produced cars. This car originally appeared at the 1955 Earls Court Motor Show with a two tone titanium grey paint job with off white leather

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Lotus Europa - Not Sold Jaguar XK140 FHC £44,800 Lotus Elan +2 £7,910

upholstery. This car once belonged to pop © Simon Wright star Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics who had it painted with a flowering rose motif. After Dave Stewart relocated to Los Angeles, the car has stood idle in a field under a tarpaulin for many years, and it showed. Although the alloy bodywork remains generally corrosion free, the paintwork has lifted in many areas, especially the roof. No attempt had been made to start the engine. Even in this very sorry looking state, the car sold for £11,480. Another barn find, a 1975 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV sold for £9,184 but a 1977 Daimler 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud by James Young £11,480 Sovereign 4.2 which is in need of restoration sold for just £825. A 1989 Jaguar XJS 4.0 Lister, the only 4.0 Lister ever built, and in need of bodywork restoration, failed to sell. The highest price on the day, went for a recently restored 1939 Lagonda V12 Drophead Coupe which sold for £201,600. Around 200 of this model were originally produced, less than 100 are thought to have survived to the present day.

1919 Armstrong Siddeley 30hp Open Drive Limousine £16,800

1955 Austin Healey 100 £50,850 HRG 1500 £43,680 1974 E-Type Jaguar V12 £48,160

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1951 Aston Martin DB2 - Not Sold © Pete Austin

Top Selling 1939 Lagonda V12 Drophead Coupe sold for £201,600 © Simon Wright

1989 Jaguar XJ-S 4.0 Lister - Not sold

1968 Triumph TR250 Not Sold

1926 Morris Cowley Bullnose Tourer £15,400

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VSCC Winter Driving Tests 2013. By Pete Austin

St. George’s Barracks near Bicester was once again the venue for the VSCC Winter Driving Tests held on Saturday, December 7th. This is the final event of the season and the last chance for competitors to accrue points towards the many of the club’s aggregate trophies. 54 drivers took part over 12 tests during the day on a dry and mainly sunny day. In addition to displaying driving skills on manoeuvring their vintage vehicles around the obstacles and through rough ground a good memory is also required as some of the tests were quite lengthy and complex in their nature. A regular at this event, Edmund Burgess brought his Bugatti © Pete Austin

Edmund Burgess - 1924 Bugatti T13 Brescia

all the way from Suffolk, now looking immaculate again after its inversion at Prescott earlier in the year. An interesting car was the 1914 Marlborough driven by Harry Fraser, the restoration of which featured in the November issue of ‘The Automobile’ magazine.

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Dougal Cawley was his customary exuberant self in his GN Ford Piglet despite a lack of reverse due to a mechanical problem and regular VSCC photographer Mark Ballard found himself at the other end of a camera lens in his well driven Frazer Nash Falcon TT Replica. Italian exotica was represented by the Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 ably driven by Alex Pilkington and flying the flag for Brooklands was museum director Allan Winn in his Bentley 3 Litre Tourer. The entry was as ever very varied with everything from Austin 7’s to Frazer Nash/BMW sports cars. January 2014

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Paul Weston - 1928 Austin 7 Chummy

Harry Frazer - 1914 Marlborough

Alan Winn - 1929 Bentley 3 litre Tourer

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Paul Compton - 1934 Wolseley Aerees Special

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Mark Ballard - 1931 Frazer Nash Falcon TT Replica

Richard Marsh - 1930 Austin 7

Rachel Bolton-King - 1932 MG M Type Midget

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Winter Driving Tests Provisional Awards 7th December 2013. Class 2 Touring Cars 2 Clive Hamilton-Gould Citroen A Tourer 6 James Potter Alvis TG 12-50 C&E Sports 5 William Leith Austin 7 Chummy 7 Richard Wadman Austin 7 Chummy 720 Tim Kneller Riley Monaco Mk V 24 Angus Frost Austin 7 saloon 31 Harry Fraser Marlborough 8/10 HP 26 Neil Thorp Singer 9 sports coupe 12 Simon Bowyer Lea Francis P Type 10 Paul Weston Austin 7 Chummy 18 Miss Annabel Jones Austin 7 16 Daniel Stanton-Wright Humber 8/18

1327cc 1645cc 747cc 747cc 1089cc 747cc 1145cc 972cc 1500cc 747cc 747cc 985cc

1920 1927 1927 1928 1930 1932 1914 1934 1928 1928 1929 1924

774 points 823 points 836 points 840 points 913 points 946 points 953 points 964 points 971 points 978 points 990 points 991 points

1st in class. 1st in class. 1st in class. 1st in class. 2nd in class. 2nd in class. 2nd in class. 2nd in class. 3rd in class. 3rd in class. 3rd in class. 3rd in class

Class 3 Standard Sports Cars 30 Edmund Burgess Bugatti T13 Brescia 35 Mark Ballard Frazer Nash Falcon TT Rep 34 Miss Alex Pilkington Alfa Romeo 6C 1750

1496cc 1496cc 1750cc

1924 1931 1930

704 points 730 points 908 points

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1934 1930 1930 1930 1938 1935 1937

838 points 852 points 888 points 909 points 914 points 929 points 948 points

1st in class. 1st in class. 2nd in class. 2nd in class. 3rd in class. 3rd in class. 3rd in class

Class 4 Modified Sports Cars 54 Paul Compton Wolseley Aerees Special 1410cc 50 David Leigh Frazer Nash Interceptor 1496cc 48 Robert Marsh Austin 7 747cc 49 Matt Johnston Austin 7 Ulster 747cc 59 Anthony Costigan Frazer Nash BMW 327/80 DHC 1997cc 55 Guy Lachlan Bentley 3 1/2 3500cc 58 Matt Garfitt Frazer Nash BMW 319/55 Sports 1911cc

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Classic Car of the Month By Simon Wright. 1911 White G-A Touring Car. Built in America by the White Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The company was formerly a manufacturer of sewing machines originally from Boston Massachusetts that was formed in 1858. In 1866 they moved to Cleveland and in 1898 Thomas H White purchased a Locomobile steam car. He found the boiler to be unreliable, so his son Rollin set out to improve the design. He came up with a form of water tube steam generation consisting of a series of stacked coils. His unique feature was that the coils were all joined at the top to allow water to only flow when pumped which controlled the steam generation. He also pulled the steam from the lowest coil, nearest the fire which allowed for control of the steam temperature. this was critical as the White Steamer operated with superheated steam to take advantage of the steams properties at higher temperatures. He patented this design. By 1900 they had built their first 50 steam cars. They switched to building petrol driven vehicles, slowly phasing ÂŠ Simon Wright out the Steam cars by 1911, when around 10,000 had been built, more than the better ÂŠ Janet Wright known Stanley. The first petrol model was shown at the 1908 Motor Show in England in December. They built petrol powered cars until 1918, using the Delahaye designed engine under license, after which they switched to manufacturing trucks. They continued building commercial vehicles for 69 years until they were taken over by Volvo in 1987, creating the White GMC brand. Eventually, the White name was dropped completely.

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The White GA was powered by a Delahaye designed monoblock L-head 4 cylinder 3.7 litre engine producing 30 brake horse power, fitted with a four speed gearbox, with 4th gear acting as overdrive. It has a leather cone clutch. The engine is a total loss system where the sump holds very little oil and the engine is drip fed oil from tubes fitted on the bulk head inside the car. Solid front axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs and a live © Simon Wright rear axle with threequarter elliptic leaf springs on the rear, with two wheel mechanical drum brakes. Wheelbase is 110 inches. The side lights are lit by paraffin and the head lights were originally acetylene. The car was capable of between 35 to © Simon Wright

40 miles per hour, flat out. The right hand drive model version was only built in 1910 and is very rare today.

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin.

This year sees the reappearance of turbocharged cars in Formula 1 although power outputs will be nothing like those experienced in the previous turbo era between 1977 and 1988. To illustrate this period I have selected a shot of Riccardo Patrese in his Brabham BT50 BMWat Brands Hatch in 1982.

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Midlands Breakfast Club, Cosford Air Museum 15th December 2013 By Simon Wright. A great turn out for this popular venue saw the Breakfast club return to Cosford just before Christmas. The club meeting is open for people who have a passion for cars, whether its sports, performance, retro or classic and this variety showed in the entry. Various car clubs parked together, but these open meetings also allow the individual owners to turn up and show their pride and joy to fellow enthusiasts. There were various types of vehicles on display. There were quite a few rally replica cars on show, including 4 Vauxhall VXR line up by the Dornier exhibit Audi and 2 Lancia models, several Ferrari and Porsche high performance sports cars and several classics such as a Triumph GT6, a TVR Tasmin 420SE and an original Lotus Elan. There were also the unusual, including a Jaguar pick up truck and a pristine Peugeot 304 convertible plus a Lola T70 MkII Spyder replica road car. In the high performance modern car selection there were loads of © Simon Wright

Triumph GT6

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new Mini Coopers plus various Vauxhall VXR models including a couple of Moranos, plus the regular Ford Focus and Fiesta models. It was nice to see a couple of older Ford Escorts parked together, a Mk1 and a Mk2.

Audi Rally replica line up

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It might have been a cold morning, but the atmosphere was definitely warm and friendly and after viewing the cars, there were the aircraft displays in the museum hangers, all free for the public to enter, including the impressive Cold War exhibit including a Vulcan Bomber and a Lightning fighter from the 60s

Top Left: Vauxhall VX220 and Lotus Elan Top Right Ford GT40 replica Bottom left Ford line up outside Cold War museum and bottom right Ultima Can Am

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Jaguar pickup

TVR Tasmin and Nimrod aircraft

Ferrari duo F430 and California

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Above: Subaru line up. Top Right: Peugeot 304 convertible Right: Ford Escort Mk2 and Mk1 line up in front of Nimrod aircraft. Far Right: Lancia Beta Coupe Rally car.

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