Page 3 Racing Cars & Circuits

More period photographs taken in 1950/1951

[1950s Motor Racing Page 1 2 3 Le Mans 1950]

A miscellaneous bunch of photos now....

Frazer Nash. Unidentified track and car - perhaps a Frazer Nash? Hubert confirms my suspicions - it is a Frazer-Nash Mille Miglia from 1953.		Mystery sportscar. Curious looking special - aluminium bodied by the looks of it? can anyone identify 301 PD ?		Talbot (Darraque) sportscar. Thanks to Jean-Marie, who tells me that this is a French Talbot T150C built in Surrenes near Paris.		Lagonda DHC. LLP 144 is still registered in the UK, down as being fitted with the 2580cc straight six engine.		Marauder. Few of the Rover P4-based Marauder sports cars were built
Healey? This looks like a Healey, taking part in an autotest of some kind.		Healey? The Healey seen in action at this low-key event.		Healey? The same car photographed out on the road, viewed from high up (from a hotel window?).

These now confirmed as the Ramsgate Speed Trials, Western Undercliff, Ramsgate, probably 1951.

Triangle Flying Saucer of Ted Lloyd-Jones, V12 Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine.		Sprint special. A tidy little racing car with transverse leaf (Austin?) front suspension.		ERA Delage Several historic cars here, with the ERA Delage nearest the camera, alongside Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica WMC181.		Alta Special. A very tidy special receives a push in the paddock area, perhaps the Norris special based on the IFS ?		Delage. The Delage, readied for action in this sprint event in 1950.
BMW 328. A 328 and Norris Special single seater line up together.		Aston DB2. Complete with BRDC label on the front wing, this DB2 Aston looks to be competing.		Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica. This F-N, WMC 181, was delivered in January 1951 to Sid Greene. Later in '51, Moss would win the British Empire Trophy in it.		Alta 1100. Thanks to Michael who confirmed that this is an Alta. Car registration DPJ929, chassis 25R1S.

And now for something very muddy, off-road trialling, 1950s style ....

Trials car. The wheels suggest this energetically driven special is Ford Pop based.		Trials car. The same car (NHM 100 or NHW 100), a little further up the deeply muddy course.		Dellow. Ford-based Dellow Mk1 HWP 935 screaming up the trials course, rear tyres deflated for extra grip.		Ford trials car. One of many Ford sidevalve trials car used in the 1950s.		Trials car. Note the articulation of the independent front suspension here.
Austin 7? trials car. Possibly based on Austin 7 running gear, note child in back (extra weight) and deflated tyres (grip).		Ford trials car. Another Ford, MKE 346, tackles the hill, passenger bouncing energetically!		Trials. A very neat little car seen here getting grubby.		Trials car. This little car is really flying, passenger holds on tightly!