Peter Collins on his winning way in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July 1958. Photo: Grand Prix Library/Graham Gauld
Peter Collins Celebration begins June 10 in Worcester, UK
This year marks the 65th anniversary of the death of British racing driver Peter Collins in an accident during the 1958 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.
Collins was at the peak of his racing career and was a member of the Scuderia Ferrari team alongside his great friend Mike Hawthorn who was to go on to become Britain’s first Formula 1 Grand Prix World Champion. He was killed just two weeks after his famous victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone that year.
An exhibition celebrating Collins’ racing career will open on Saturday June 10 until January 2024 at the City Art Gallery and Museum in Worcester, England and admission will be free of charge.
What makes this special is that it will contain many items of memorabilia and photographs of Collins’ career owned by local businessman Christopher Price and given to him by Collins’ widow Louise Collins.
These include Collins’ familiar brown crash helmet, and items from his early days with Cooper 500 Formula 3 cars to his joining Scuderia Ferrari.
Further information on the opening and the items to be shown can be obtained directly from Chris Price at chris@bbprice.co.uk
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Last week’s Mystery Car revealed
Wassat? There, behind the Dauphine Devil…
I have to admit, I was puzzled. I couldn’t quite place the blue sedan hiding behind a in one of Jonathan Sharp’s photos of the Practical Classic event at Birmingham last week. So we asked Sharp to send another images of the car. And here it is….a Ford Consul. Never saw one in the U.S.
Last week’s mystery car reveals itself…
Headlight attraction
Restoration begins on this one off Pininfarina bodied Jaguar XJ 12.
Original Pininfarina photo. Note size of headlights.
This rare Pininfarina bodied 1973 Jaguar XJ 12 has recently surfaced in Finland and is being restored. But there remains a problem; after some front end damage, no one knows where the headlights came from…..can any of our readers help? Tell me at vack@cox.net
For more info click here https://www.trianglemotor.com/portfolio/jaguar-xj-12-pf-pininfarina-1973/
That mystery car was originally called a Ford Consul Corsair, but later just Ford Corsair. An uncle of mine who lived in Belfast in the 1960s had one, considered fairly posh at the time !
Probably old news, but the 2017 documentary Ferrari: Race To Immortality basically features Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn. Lots of racing footage, much of it in color. There is a DVD- I had to get mine from eBay, and the whole movie is available on YouTube. Not to be missed.