The Roaring Season

M - non British race

Martini Maserati - Silverstone 1948 - Villoresi Matich Matra McLaren Gardos

M - Formula Junior & F3

Mallock Merlyn Monopole-Panhard MRC

M - Specials

Maserarri MC2 MER MG Bellvue Special

N/O - British road

Napier Nerus - Paul Madeley at the wheel. Paul, of Motorsport Fabrications, has done a lot of excellent work on my cars over the last few years. Noble Ogle

Ray, I'm surprised by the very few McLarens.

I'm usually only showing 1 per make Rhys, often the first that I haven't shown before. You could say the same about Coopers, or BMW's.

With over 50,000 in the pile, I'm just working through the alphabet and will do so again when I get to the Z's, especially as there's no Revival this year, where I'd normally take several thousand pics. Caister Museum was also on my itinerary and that would have yielded quite a few 'new' pics, especially of vintage and also steam powered vehicles.

Filed so far

Single seaters McLarens - 251 pics

Sports Racing McLarens - 176

Road car McLarens - 75

N/O - non-British

Nash Nissan NSU Oakland

" N " for Nash Metropolitan - there were two at Caffeine and Classics in June - one a recent import was for sale - Faded Red in Left Hand Drive.
The other a very tidy one in Teal over White/Ivory ..
Interesting - Ray Green photo of AE6481 and the photo on Carjam are of a Pink/Red over White but the description is this ;
" Year: 1958
Make: NASH
Model: NASH
Colour: Green
Second Colour: White
Body Style: Saloon
Plate: AE6481
Engine No: N/A
Chassis: 83031 "

ERC wrote:M - non-British road

Maserati
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Very intersting car. This is the Maserati 450S Costin Coupe, built for Le Mans 1956, and driven by Stirling Moss.
the car was designed by Franck Costin on a 450S chassis, for which he entirely redesigned the body, cockpit, ducting etc... The car was really complex and innovative, but with the short time left to Zagato for building it after Costin's design, the italians totally passed by the purposeful specificities of the design. Moreover, the full plexiglass roof originally planned was abandonned for Le Mans safety rules reasons.
When Costin arrived at Le Mans to discover the finnished car, Colin Chapman, with a big smile, suggested him to go have a look at his sieve, considering all the holes the italians had cut into the originally sleek body.
Moss came to Costin telling him the ductings for the radiator and for fresh air in the cockpit were bodged so hot air was now going into the carburettor intakes... Instead, Zagato put an airscoop which was too small, and far from the site of maximum air pressure.
The result was a car which was not even faster than a standard 450s Maserati.
We could go on and on about the mistakes made from the original design, like the windscreen wiper used which probably came for an average Fiat parked at the factory instead of a specially sourced aircraft one from De Havilland, the lack of underbody enclosure, or the fuel filler sticking up like a flag pole...
Still, the car was very fast, but only pulling 6200rpm instead of the 7000 expected.
Unfortunately, the 2 Maserati 450s entered finally retired because of a rear axle failure.

The car was later stripped of the internals and scrapped at the factory.
In 1958, an American bought the car, and restored it with Fantuzzi, to put it on the road. In spite of a lot of modifications, like an 25cm longer wheelbase, the car was used on the road, which must have been quite a beast with nearly 200mph.
Unfortunately, the original design of Franck Costin never had the chance to compete, which would have had a serious chance of winning at Le Mans.

N- British race

Napier Nemesis Nitus Bedford - should probably be in the specials - pic may have been published before

N/O - well, O anyway...

Oliroy OSCA

N/O FJ & F3

Nota OSCA

N/O - Specials

Northland Special Old Yeller II

PQR - British

Peel Railton Raymond Mays Reliant (road going?....)

Is the Isle of Man "British" Ray?

Good point Rhys!

"The Isle of Man is located in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The island is not part of the United Kingdom or European Union, but has the status of 'crown dependency', similar to Jersey and Guernsey, with an independent administration. Its inhabitants are British citizens."

Good enough for me and my filing system!

PQR - non- British

Packard Pagani Peugeot Plymouth Porsche

PQR - Race cars - British

I am only showing this is as John Stonard was a popular Curborough regular. Should I suppose, be classed as a special, but I'll refile it later. Piranha PRS Ralt Red Bull

PQR - non British race

Parnelli Penske Renault Rodin Pics disappeared yet again. Reloaded 1pm.

999,200 views - the Million is not far away, hope the system can cope !! with 7 digits
Cheers ERC

Roger