This three car set depicits the MGB used by the Lancashire Constabulary, they employed more than sixty MGB's of which forty were painted in white with the remainder painted in Black. Standard level drivers used the black cars whilst the white cars were reserved for advanced drivers. A couple of the white cars were later repainted with the lower half of the body finished in bright orange to help make the cars stand out in adverse weather conditions.

The A40 of 1947 was Austin's first mass market post-war car and marked the debut of a new 1200cc 40bhp OHV engine that was the direct ancestor of the familiar B-Series but which was very different in detail. The van version modelled here, was available from 1948 and was produced alongside it's pick-up cousin until the range was dropped in 1956 after 140,060 vans/pick-ups had been built.

Dertermined to stand out from the crowd, the experienced classic saloon car racer, Tony Lake set out to build something different. His self-prepared car is unique in the historic touring car fraternity and the spectators always gave a very positive reaction to seeing something completely different on the racetrack.

No other car has been quite such a sensation at launch as the Jaguar E-Type was at the Geneva show of 1961. Obviously the offspring of the companys recent Le Mans winning D-Type, in engineering, style and nomenclature, it offered 150mph performance for only £2098! The only British car to approach it in performance terms was the Aston Martin DB4 and that was almost double the price. The fact it was without doubt, one of the most beautiful cars ever designed was just a welcome bonus.

It is no exaggeration to say this model repersents the start of a legend, for XOO 262F is the first Escort to win an international rally. Over the Easter weekend of 1968, Roger Clark and Jim Porter convincingly won The Circuit of Ireland and demonstrated the potential of Ford's new small car.

The MkIII was launched with an overlap in its engine range. The base 1300 and 1600 models were fitted with the well established 57/68bhp pushrod engines, whilst the 1600GT/GXL models received the new belt driven Pinto OHC engine which in 1600cc form offered a useful 20bhp more but carried a weight penalty of 8.16kgs. The pushrod 1600 engine was dropped during the models first major revamp in 1973, although the 1300 survived into the MkIV range.

The TR7 design emerged victorious from the fracas; a front engined car that used many of the styling cues seen on the mid-engined ADO 21, after Harris Mann had been asked to sketch ideas for a new Triumph TR by managers at Longbridge. It was most definately a Triumph project although MG badged mock up models were made. This effectively left BL biggest sports car brand MG, with no new produt on the horizon this sealed their long term fate.

The J2 range of 15cwt vans and pick ups was designed by Morris but was very much a BMC product and was the corporations first unitary construction van. Launched in 1956 it continued in production until 1967 by which time over a 120,000 had been built. The J2 was originally fitted with the 1489cc version of BMC's B-Series engine, which was used in many different vehicles including the Austin Cambridge and MGA. In 1962 it gained the enlarged 1622cc engine, which was been fitted in the rest of the corporation's products, and a floor change gearbox. A diesel version using the same engine was also offered. In line with BMC's thinking in the late fifties, an Austin badged version of the J2 was made, which differed only grille shape, the Austin being plainer in style and more rectangular. The BMC J2 van that was announced in 1967, and produced until 1974 was actually a very heavily revised J2 under the skin.

In late 1979 Julius Thurgood puchased a venerable 1967 MGB Roadster that had been used as a racecar for most of its life. Fuelled by ambition to compete in long distance events, Julius teamed up with brothers Rae and Graham Davis to form the Moto-Build racing team in order to contest the inaugral 1980 Willhire 24 Hours at Snetterton. The rebuilt MG stood up well against modern machinery in this gruelling marathon, despite being sidlined with a broken differential in the early hours of the Sunday morning. The errant axle was rebuilt in the pits using parts from an A60 van retrieved from a local scrapyard. The team resumed the race to finish 16th overall, winning £200 in prize money for their efforts.

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Ford put a tremendous amount of effort into the 1967 Safari Rally, entering seven cars in total and spending a budget of £50,000 on the event. However the car developed alternator trouble during one of the stages and were unable to use all their lights, causing them to plunge headlong into a huge trench running across the track which finished their rally. The rally was won by the previous years winner Bert Shankland and Chris Rothwell in a Peugeot 404.

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The Series II Land Rover made it's appearance in 1958 it was available in two different wheelbases and a range of different body styles. The Series II production continued essentially unaltered until 1971.

The Merseyside Police was the only force in the UK to use both MkI and MkII sporting Escorts on it's traffic fleets. The MkI Mexico was used as an urban traffic car and to pursue stolen vehicles if they failed to stop. Merseyside relationship with Ford was so good that it even trialled the only four door Mexicos ever built

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Ivan Dutton's success in saloon car racing started in 1972, when he drove the Lyons Quick Brew Ford Escort to a class victory in the Britax Production Saloon Car Championship. Ivan followed the debut by both winning the 1973 Britax and Castrol production championships outright in his quick Escort. By 1974 Ivan had swapped to Capri's- winning the first ever Gp.1 race by beating Tony Lanfranchi and Tom Walkinshaws Works Capri's in a self prepared entry.