A special section at Chelsea AutoLegends will celebrate the great "privateer" teams and their patrons.
The glorious achievements of Ecurie Ecosse – which twice bettered the Jaguar works team to take Le Mans victory in 1956 and '57 – will be marked with a Le Mans-themed feature,
Cars on display will include a D-type – the sister car to the Le Mans winner – plus the Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite and the Cooper T57 raced by the team at the 24 Hours in 1961.
There’ll also be the 1962 Tojeiro-Jaguar and, bringing the story more up to date, the Group 2 Ecosse-Ford from 1982. The original team disbanded in 1971, but in the 1980s a group of Scottish enthusiasts led by Hugh McCaig revived the name. Of course, the famous twin-axle Commer Ecurie Ecosse Transporter will be there, too.
Also taking centre stage on 4 September will be Alan Mann Racing – the distinctive red and gold colour having adorned a range of Lotus racers, but also everything from a Ford Falcon to a GT40.
For the Surrey racing stable, the touring cars will be represented by the Ford Lotus-Cortina used by Sir John Whitmore to win the 1965 European Touring Car Championship, as well as his 1965 Ford Mustang and a Mk1 Escort from the 1968 British Saloon Car Championship.
