NEW CLASS / SERIES; Historic Sports Sedans. formation meeting.20/04/13 ACC

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Indeed Powder, this car is still around. It is with FOGG Motorsport in Auckland having a very extensive, and I have no doubt expensive restoration. The car was in a very poor state when it arrived at Angus' workshop. Over its years of racing it had become very loose and floppy, with lots of English spot welds having broken away. The roll cage was a very basic affair and this has been attended to.

You tend to think, or maybe you don't, that these quality cars were well constructed in the factory, but think again. The sheer weight of all the components puts huge strain on the bodywork.....the front axle assembly weighs about as much as the Mini!!!!!Driven quietly around English roads they may have been alright, but in the rough and tumble of racing they didn't stand up. Of course attempts to lighten things over the years hasn't helped.

I had a look at the body after it had been stripped of all its components, and the number of small pressings that were spotted together to make up the complete shell defies belief. No wonder it fell to pieces!

Currently the car, with a new roll-frame is in Moselle Panel and Paint getting the panel-work done and painted. It will still be white, as it has always been in its racing days, but will be a much tighter and together machine when finished.