Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2019 - Plateau C - Amilcars, Bugattis and so much more!

1924 Bugatti T35 1991cc GP car at speed on the Montlhéry banking.

Plateau C at VRM 2019 was a wonderful group of racing and sports cars covering much of the twenties and thirties.   It contained millions of Euros worth of Bugattis as well as other beatiful cars from Amilcar, Aston Martin, Alvis and others.   Having recently been to the Schlumf collection in Mulhouse, I really enjoyed seeing so many T13 Bugattis on this historic banked track.

BMW, Bugatti and Amilcar circle in close company.

A 1927/28 Amilcar C6 racing car.

Cars like this Amilcar C6 raced at Montlhéry in period.   In October 1926 at the Grand Prix du Salon meeting an Amilcar C6 driven by Arthur Duray (an American of Belgian parentage) won the 1,100cc event from a Salmson and a three-wheeler Sandford.  He averaged over 54 mph over the three heats that made up the event, held in very wet conditions.

Bugatti T13 powerplant.

Bugattis came to the fore after WW1 when racing commenced in 1921.  At the Voiturette race for 1,500cc cars at the Italian GP near Brescia the T13s took the first four places.  Thereafter there were known as Brescia Bugattis.

Another Bugatti T13 Brescia

A 1924 Alvis 200 Miles below an Amilcar C6

An Amilcar at speed on the famous banking.

Such a joy to see these pre-war cars motor around the Montlhéry banking.

A 1934 BMW 315/1 Sport making its run on Saturday afternoon.

An Amilcar being admired in the paddock

1936 Aston Martin 2 litre Speed Model.

Bugatti radiator cap.

1930 Bugatti T37

A Bugatti high on the banking.

1934 Riley Ulster Imp racing car.

1924 Alvis 200 Miles car

Alvis in their later years were more known for luxury cars rather than racing cars.  Howver, in 1923 an Alvis did win the important Junior Car Club 200 miles event at Brooklands at over 93mph with a modified 12/50 driven by C.M.Harvey    It was first win in this event for a British car.   For the 1924 event Alvis built a couple of specially built cars cars but they did not repeat their success.

A 1927 Lombard AL3 racing car.

An Alvis and a Riley circulate together.

1929 BNC 527 Montlhéry

Brescia Bugatti

1921 Bugatti T13 Brescia

Another view of the 1921 Bugatti T13

An Amilcar C6 about to overtake a 1922 Bugatti T13.

1926 1.1 litre Amilcar C6.

A Bugatti and a Riley in the paddock.

1925 Bugatti T13 short-chassis Brescia.  This car never raced and thus is in extremely original condition.  It has a L.Maron-Pot et cie body.

1937 Morgan 4-4 Sports

This Morgan 4-4 Chassis 259 took part in the Le Mans 24 Hour race in 1938 and 1939.   It finished thirteenth in 1938 and fifteenth the following year.

1928 Riley 9 Brooklands.

Riley and others in the paddock.

Another Amilcar C6

Another Brescia Bugatti

Two Bugattis on the banking.

Beautiful Bugatti

In the Bugatti tent.

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1921 Bugatti T13 Brescia