Riley related Postcards

Riley car postcards 
I own most of these postcards, others I have seen on the internet and have downloaded a copy.

Below - 90th birthday merchandise from the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, their online magazine available here :-  RACV magazine. 
 
The race, according to Dr Birmingham's book was "The principal event of the Australian motor racing calendar was the 200 Miles Grand Prix over a circuit on Phillip Island, off the Victoria Coast.  For the 1933 race there were 16 competitors.  Towards the end of the race, with only 25 miles to go, the lead was taken by (Bill) W. Thompson, the previous year's winner (driving a Bugatti), in his Riley 9 Brooklands.  He put in a lap at 77.2 mph to hold off the Bugatti challenge and finally won at 73.6 mph.  Only 6 cars finished."
 
For more information on Phillip Island look here -  Phillip Island and the Australian Grand Prix look here -  Australian Grand Prix 

Below   -    left 190812/18    -   Middle Riley 1909   -    Right 1923 10.8 2 seater

Below   -   BMC Red Elf   -   Middle - BMC Riley Blue Elf MKII   -   Right - BMC Blue Elf 

Below   -   Left   -   1934 Lynx, postcard printed by E. T. W. Dennis & sons   -   Riley 4/68 postcard   -   1929 Dantry special, reg. plate is Western Australia, "Out of the mist series"

Below - ​1934 Imp from France - Centre - same imp as left, different location, No.4 from a set of 14 printed by J. Arthur Dixon, 1934 Imp -  Right 1934 Imp

Left - Riley Pathfinder, 2.5 ltr sports saloon postcard from 1953,  Middle -  Factory issued? Riley Pathfinder postcard,   Right - On the back it says :- 101 b.h.p from the six-cylinder, 2.6 litre twin carburetter engine

Left - limited edition postcard of 1,000 by Noel Tatt Ltd.   Riley 9 Monaco 1927 at Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum near Lewis, East Sussex.                             Middle - Riley 1.5 postcard,                                      Right - Riley RM postcard            

Left - RM postcard from 1952   -  Middle   -   from Totnes motor museum, A 1937 Lynx Sprite   -   Right RM 1 point 5

Left   -   1904 Tri-Car   -   Middle   -   1904 Tricar   -   Right   -   9 HP Riley​

Below   -   Freddie Dixon or Cyril Paul at the 24 hour Le Mans 1934 driving a MPH   -   Middle   -   Freddie Dixon, not on a Riley though   -   Right   -   Mrs Montague Johnson at the 1933 Monte Carlo Rally in a Riley Gamecock​

Below   -   1908 12/18   -   Middle   -   The 1st Riley car (featuring Tintin )   -   Right   -   Brooklands

Below   -   ​1300 BMC Kestrel   -   Middle   -   1936 Sprite   -   Right   -   the same 1936 Riley Sprite as the one on the left

Below  - Left -  German collectors card   -   Centre   -  Sprite   -  Right   -   Lynx

Below  -   Left -  957 1.5  -  Centre -  ​pre-printed postcard, blank on the reverse for a message to the sales dept   -  Right   -  Just a Riley logo on a postcard

Below   -   Left  -  RMA   -   Centre RMC 2.5   -   Right   -   1.5 at Monte Carlo 1999

 Below   -  Piet Olyslager, well know motoring manual author did these Riley/ERA postcards, for more of Piet's illustrations look at the Sunday Times/Spar books shown on my other page Piet Olyslager Riley

Below are the backs of the 3 postcards above.

​Below - Left, BMC Cowley issued card, penciled on the back "1897 Riley",  Right, "1907 9HP"