Anyone know where this car is?

[Chris Read]

Dave, Vercoe says the Wrightson became the Jason but that does not rule out a sister car, although I doubt if they made two of them in the Wrightson's workshop as I thought they would be onto them after the first one! Well spotted on the exhaust as if I remember 100E on the L and Herald on the R. Chris Read-Arrowtown.

[Oldfart]

Dave, Vercoe says the Wrightson became the Jason but that does not rule out a sister car, although I doubt if they made two of them in the Wrightson's workshop as I thought they would be onto them after the first one! Well spotted on the exhaust as if I remember 100E on the L and Herald on the R. Chris Read-Arrowtown.

Much as Vercoes book is a great effort, and a useful reference, I would be cautious about taking too much credence. A number of people offered corrections of misinformation for the second edition which was not used
I do admire the efforts made, it's a heap better than nothing though

[David McKinney]

Dave, Vercoe says the Wrightson became the Jason but that does not rule out a sister car, although I doubt if they made two of them in the Wrightson's workshop as I thought they would be onto them after the first one! Well spotted on the exhaust as if I remember 100E on the L and Herald on the R. Chris Read-Arrowtown.

In the Under 1600 libre race at the 1963 GP meeting, L Bateman was entrant and driver of the Jason while the Wrightson was entered in the same race by K Bateman, driver Morrie Hogan, who had also driven it the year before

[Gavin Bateman]

Hi,
This car was built by my Grandfather & my uncle Kevin. Dad (Errol) brought it to Weliington when he came to university and used it as his transport. The engine was an E93A Ford fitted with a rechambered & copper coated head (which we still have). Kevin did the bodywork.
It is interesting about the exhaust as my mother who has never had a drivers licence has a scar on her leg from it, which would imply that at some stage it did swap sides. The Herald swap wasn't done till after it was sold.
The chassis was a tubular spaceframe with large diameter lower members. Suspension at the front was a split Ford 10 beam and a Ford 10 rear end.
As with a lot of cars, Vercoes book is incorrect as the Jason was the next car that Kevin started to build but as far as I know it was sold before it was finished to road standards. It was more along Lotus 7 lines.
Morrie still talks about the car and complains that it was sold. L Bateman is Lyndon Bateman, another one of the brothers. (There were 4 Bateman boys)