• In-period Grand Prix racing history • Resident in South Africa for most of its life • Exhaustively researched history • Restored in the 1980s • Present ownership since 2008 • Extensively campaigned "In the competition world, it was decided that the Brooklands Nine had reached the peak of its development and so the Imp chassis was fitted with a doorless lightweight body, of boat-tail style, rather shorter than the Brooklands and not quite as low, since the chassis did not feature the sharp gooseneck of the earlier car.

Here then, was the Ulster Imp." – David G Styles, As Old as the Industry, Riley 1898 – 1969.

Right from the start it was obvious that the 9hp Riley engine possessed enormous potential as a competition unit, and at Brooklands J G Parry-Thomas and Reid Railton were the first to demonstrate just how good it was.

The success of their racer led to a production version, the Speed Model, which soon became known as the Brooklands Nine.

Six-cylinder Brooklands and MPH models...