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THE BIG PICTURE Idyllic light bathes the Pacific-fronted fairway at the 1957 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, which nearly didn’t happen due to a wave of antipathy after the death of Ernie McAfee at the Del Monte Forest circuit the year before. Early events featured new cars as well as ‘antiques’, with overall winners dominated by Jaguars. Here Ralph Boster’s Morris Minor, complete with whitewalls, competes with a Vauxhall Victor in the under-$2500 class. Best in Show was a 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III (see Books, p37). MW 8 Classic & Sports Car June 2022

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Contents NEWS SWEDE DREAMS 108 The big picture 8 Famed co-driver Gunnar Palm is reunited 79th Goodwood Members’ Meeting 14 News & events 20 with his Spa-Sofia-Liège Saab 96 Sport Sport 25 Lost & found 28 TOP 10 RALLY FLOPS 116 Not every old stager was an instant success, as this sad selection proves REVIEWS ROLLS-ROYCE VS CADILLAC 122 Motoring art Nigel Harniman 34 A battle as old as the industry is revived Books 37 Models 41 by a pair of glamorous ’60s drop-tops Garage gear 42 MINI-GO-ROUND 130 Recounting the scarcely believable story COMMENT of an unusually well-travelled Morris Mick Walsh From the cockpit 47 RAY MALLOCK 136 Simon Taylor Full throttle 49 Martin Buckley Backfire 51 Driver, engineer and team boss: living Letters 53 Next month 55 life at the sharp end of motorsport WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO 142 Martin Buckley meets a man for whom FEATURES E-type perfection became an obsession RACERS FOR THE ROAD 82 LIVING WITH CLASSICS Aaron McKay tries to pick a winner from Our classics 152 Your classic Citroën DS21 Pallas 159 the purest examples of the BMW M3 Also in my garage 161 The specialist 162 bloodline across four generations MASERATI IN MINIATURE 92 Mick Walsh hits the road in the brilliant BUYING AND SELLING little Osca MT4, a giant-killing sports-racer The marketplace 167 Buyer’s guide Military Jeeps 172 BELSIZE MATTERS 100 Classified picks from 181 Future classic Ferrari Roma 210 Remembering one of the oft-forgotten pioneers of British motor manufacturing 172 ‘The M3 was motoring magic for an audience bored with supercars: a practical slice of racing pedigree’ 82 June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 13

79TH GOODWOOD MEMBERS’ MEETING SPEED ICONS STAR IN SUSSEX Le Mans Porsches and V10-era F1 cars punctuated heated historic racing at Goodwood’s glorious Members’ Meeting WORDS LIZZIE POPE PHOTOGRAPHY JAMES MANN Formula One cars shrieked with V10 nostalgia around Goodwood’s high-speed circuit With a return to its springtime Auto Artists for Ukraine was also 14 Classic & Sports Car June 2022 slot, the 9-10 April 79th Members’ at Goodwood, a charitable effort Meeting opened Goodwood’s 2022 founded by artists Reverend Adam season. And while the blue skies, Gompertz (Motoring art, August sunshine and daffodils were signs of 2016) and Jonny Ambrose (March positivity, they’re also the colours 2019), who have teamed up with of the Ukrainian flag, ever-present others to make and sell artworks as the Duke of Richmond sought to to raise money for the British Red support the war-torn country. The Cross and the Disasters Emergency flag of Ukraine was flying along Committee – and it has hit £45,000 the pitlane and affixed to every to date. “The generosity has been racer as a stylish show of solidarity, amazing,” said Gompertz, “we alongside a fundraising appeal. never thought we’d raise this much.”

Front grid positions were maintained in Sopwith Cup. Below: Keen/Minshaw E-type led Graham Hill Trophy The amber evening light gave THE C&SC TEAM’S 79MM FAVOURITES an evocative aura to Saturday’s Porsche 956 and 962 demonstration 1958 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1966 LOLA-CHEVROLET T70 SPYDER Unlike the three-day Revival, Television host and lifelong VW fan Drew Pritchard I’d been looking forward to the Surtees Trophy, with its extensive set-dressing and revelled in the power of the freshly rebuilt engine and Sunday’s grid for 1960-’66 sports-prototypes off-track sideshows, the Members’ in his ’58 Bug. After a few years of ironing out the didn’t disappoint. Rob Hall had been the class of Meeting is more about the racing technical glitches associated with a highly strung the field all weekend, and he quickly dispatched the the results of which led to five- 1300cc flat-four, it was great to see him charging front row of GT40s for the lead in Andrew Wareing’s time Le Mans winner Emanuele through the Sopwith Cup field. Powersliding out of 1965 McLaren-Chevrolet M1A. But Oliver Bryant is Pirro’s Torbolton lifting the public- the chicane on every lap, he converted a 15th grid always fast at Goodwood, particularly in a T70. As school-style House Shield. position into a creditable sixth at the chequered the lead trio approached the backmarkers, Bryant There were also two evocative flag. Excitedly bouncing out of the car afterwards, first passed Mark Shaw’s second-placed McLaren, demonstration parades, one teasing his beaming smile was evidence he won’t forget then danced through the traffic to take leader Hall the eyes, the other more the ears. this Goodwood experience any time soon. DC – and the spoils. Brilliant race, sensational car. AC The latter, a set of Formula One cars from the 1989-2005 ‘V10 era’ (not all of which were V10s), sent some spine-tingling multi-cylinder howls across the track. From David Brabham in the Jordan-Hart 194 he raced against in 1994, via Steve Griffiths in his Jordan-Peugeot 195, which was running for the first time since the 1995 F1 season, to Bruno Senna in a 1991 McLaren-Honda MP4/6 of the type his uncle Ayrton raced to his final drivers’ title, there was no shortage of smiles. It was probably just as well they didn’t rival the tyre smoke and shredded rubber of the drift demonstration. June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 15

79TH GOODWOOD MEMBERS’ MEETING Marking 40 years since the Incredibly, nine of these Group C September 2020) led the group on through Fordwater and on the introduction of Porsche’s 956 and machines were provided by Henry Saturday in Pearman’s chassis 008. straights, and you can really feel 962, which triumphed seven times Pearman, and the line-up included “What a privilege – when Henry the power when the turbos hit.” at Le Mans, Saturday’s rapid chassis 956-001, 956-002 and called, it took me about half a twilight parade transported many 956-004, the Rothmans works cars second to say ‘yes’,” he said. “I was Driving two more of Pearman’s trackside to La Sarthe as, lights that locked out the podium on the peeking in the mirror and saw the cars, the former John Fitzpatrick ablaze, the racers took to the model’s Le Mans debut in 1982. lights blinking behind me, and it Racing 956 on the Saturday and Tarmac for the first of two runs. was just epic. I got into top gear a factory Rothmans 956 on the Calum Lockie (Paddock profile, Sunday, was Marino Franchitti. 1958 SAAB 93 GT 750 1935 FRAZER NASH MONOPOSTO 1958 BENTLEY S1 CONTINENTAL A perfect demonstration of the brilliant variety in Dedicated to pre-war chain-drive Frazer Nash Bentley announced its expanded Heritage the Sopwith Cup, where huge Jaguar MkVIIs faced cars, the AFP Fane Trophy field was led out of Collection at the Members’ Meeting. Of the tiny Austin A35s, was the inclusion of this 1958 the assembly area by marque legend Dick Smith, now 35-strong set, a 10-car showcase graced Saab 93. Its 750cc two-stroke engine, modified to with the front row featuring Fred Wakeman in Goodwood and I was fortunate enough to be GT 750 specification with twin carburettors, buzzed a 1929 Super Sports sandwiched between the given the keys to the S1 Continental Flying Spur around the track, but unfortunately an ignition Monopostos of Martin Stretton and polesitter to get it to the event. The near-silent refinement problem stifled its attempts to chase the pack. Patrick Blakeney-Edwards (above). It was close of its straight-six was out of this world, wafting Running mostly on two of its three cylinders, driver from the off, with Nick Swift in a sideways ‘Owlet’ us along sun-kissed rural Sussex roads with Myles Poulton still managed to bring the car home, engaged in a great battle with Andrew Hall’s Super effortless ease. From the comfortable, gently somewhat spluttering over the line. Bonnet up in Sports and Theo Hall’s TT Rep. Blakeney-Edwards patinated seats to the well-damped controls, the paddock, it attracted plenty of admiration. AM won, less than a second ahead of Stretton. JM we definitely arrived at Goodwood in style. LP 16 Classic & Sports Car June 2022

Graham Hill Trophy grid included Porsche 904 and Shapecraft Elan (left) Thunderous group for Charles Rainford’s Lenham GT (on left) took the the Gerry Marshall Weslake Cup after an entertaining A-series battle races produced the usual thrills – and Brooks tribute race included glorious the odd spill – across Porsche 550 (above) two competitions but was appropriately won by a Lotus “It was life-affirming,” said the GT Eleven (above right) ace. “When I was about seven, my brother and I got a Scalextric set and the Skoal Bandit was my car. To get to drive your childhood toy is something incredibly special. “The turbo boost and wastegate were completely addictive. As the run went on, the world around shrunk into darkness and the car’s headlights picked out more of the world through the windscreen. I could imagine being at Le Mans.” “The Skoal Bandit 956 was life-affirming,” said Marino Franchitti. “To get to drive your childhood Scalextric toy is incredibly special” Racing got under way with Saturday afternoon’s epic Gerry Marshall Trophy. Despite a safety car coming out after Brabham’s Rover SD1 was hit from behind when going into the pits, victory never looked in doubt for the Jack Tetley/Alex Buncombe Chevy Camaro, which won by more than 18 secs from the Andy Priaulx/Fred Shepherd Ford Mustang Boss 302. Next up was a new race, the Robert Brooks Trophy, christened in memory of the driver, auctioneer

79TH GOODWOOD MEMBERS’ MEETING Clockwise from main: valuable Varzi Trophy set with Bugattis and Talbot; Nash takes to the grass in single-marque AFP Fane Trophy; Ford GT40s storm away in Surtees Trophy and Goodwood supporter who snatched Surtees Trophy spoils ‘Rowan Atkinson’s 79MM RACE passed away last August (Obituaries, from Rob Hall (McLaren M1A) third in the Sopwith WINNERS November 2021). Andrew Kirkaldy after a terrific battle. Cup aboard a much- delivered a sterling performance in fettled Jaguar MkVII GERRY MARSHALL TROPHY his Lotus Eleven: after qualifying Another new race was the AFP was the best result Jack Tetley/Alex Buncombe 15th, he fought through to beat Fane Trophy, to mark the centenary in his four-decade Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 polesitter James Bellinger (Lola- of Frazer Nash, appropriately won Goodwood career’ Climax Mk1) by 8.9 secs. by Patrick Blakeney-Edwards ROBERT BROOKS TROPHY (Paddock profile, June 2021) in From top: the Rainfords’ Andrew Kirkaldy Lotus Eleven Charles Rainford’s screaming Alfred Fane’s twin-supercharged diminutive Nash Metropolitan Lenham GT was Sunday’s first Monoposto. “That car has been diced with Rowan Atkinson’s WESLAKE CUP winner, in the Weslake Cup for my childhood dream since I sat in it vast Jaguar MkVII; Lotus Charles Rainford Lenham GT A-series-engined cars. He returned at the Donington Collection when Elan 26R in the paddock for the Sopwith Cup in father I was six,” said Blakeney-Edwards, SOPWITH CUP Shaun’s Nash Metropolitan where “so to own it now is a privilege.” James Colburn he started from pole, but had to Standard Vanguard Six settle for second behind a dominant It became a two-part race after James Colburn (Paddock profile, an accident for Paul Waine in his DEREK BELL CUP November 2021), with Rowan ‘Elektron Nash’ brought out the Andrew Hibberd Atkinson’s third in a much-fettled red flag. The Frazer Nash Car Brabham-Ford BT18 Jaguar MkVII being the best result Club later released a statement in his four-decade racing career. saying that Waine had broken his GRAHAM HILL TROPHY sternum and several ribs, and was Jon Minshaw/Phil Keen Andrew Hibberd claimed his being cared for in hospital. Jaguar E-type ‘Semi-Lightweight’ third Derek Bell Cup win for 1964- 1970 1-litre F3 cars, and having And so to the final trio of races, SURTEES TROPHY won the Graham Hill Trophy the starting with another victory for Oliver Bryant previous time it ran, Phil Keen did Blakeney-Edwards, this time in an Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder so again, this time with teammate Alfa 8C in the Varzi Trophy. The Jon Minshaw, ahead of Franchitti Peter Collins Trophy win was AFP FANE TROPHY and Nicky Pastorelli, despite it James Thorpe’s first at Goodwood Patrick Blakeney-Edwards being the former’s first time in the – “I can retire now!” he quipped. Frazer Nash Monoposto Ferrari 250GTO/64. Later, Oliver Then Tetley closed the meeting Bryant didn’t even know it was the how he’d started, scooping honours VARZI TROPHY final lap when his Lola T70 Spyder in the reverse-grid Gerry Marshall Patrick Blakeney-Edwards Sprint in commanding style. Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Monza PETER COLLINS TROPHY James Thorpe Lister-Jaguar ‘Flat-Iron’ GERRY MARSHALL SPRINT Jack Tetley Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 18 Classic & Sports Car June 2022

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NEWS & EVENTS Royal Hospital Chelsea gave a suitably imposing backdrop to Salon Privé’s new London fixture PRIVÉ RETURNS TO THE CAPITAL Salon Privé added an extra event to Bentley 3 Litre and BMW 3.0 CSL Glorious 8-litre Barnato-Hassan Bentley Also on display was Stefano its annual calendar this year, at the lead the Concours de Vente parade Martinoli’s recently completed Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, Alfa Romeo 12C prototype, the from 21-23 April. More than 20 replacement was styled by ex-MIG 81-year-old Alfa-Ferrari-Porsche high-end dealers presented their engineer Zdislaw Marzewski – collaboration recreated from finest on the groomed lawns that yours today for £800,000. surviving photographs and records, front the 17th-century hospice. complete with a patinated body. At the top of the lawn, several A trio of Ferraris brought by manufacturers revealed all-new All entrants in the ‘Concours de Furlonger Specialist Cars included models including Morgan’s Super 3, Vente’ were for sale, and routinely the light-blue 365GTB/4 Daytona Charge Car’s ‘1967’ all-electric paraded through the centre of the that was the very first supplied to Mustang and the ‘Healey by Caton’ grounds for the crowds to see. The the UK. Beside it sat the 1934 from Coventry firm Envisage. results were announced after Barnato-Hassan Bentley, former C&SC went to press, with the Prix Brooklands Outer Circuit Class B d’Honneur presented in the Royal record-holder at 142.6mph, on Hospital’s Great Hall. offer with Vintage Bentley. The event successfully echoed One of three 1965 TVR Tridents the atmosphere of Privé’s summer was displayed by DT Vintage, Blenheim Palace flagship, but even while another Ford V8-powered the Royal Hospital’s comparatively British prototype, the 1963 AC modest grounds had a few empty MA200, was on show with DK patches of grass that could be used Engineering. The stillborn Ace for curated displays in the future. PLANES, TRAINS AND THREE-WHEELER AUTOMOBILES More than 20 Morgan three-wheelers gathered history, culminating in a visit to the Lightning T5 Skegness Water Leisure Park was a at Lincolnshire’s historic transport hub for a meet currently being restored at Skegness Airfield. diverse celebration of all things British,” alongside a mid-restoration English Electric The airfield also hosts the Lincolnshire Coast said John Chappell of the LCLR. “The fact Lightning on 5 April. Organiser Ian Brett of the Light Railway, a narrow-gauge line descended that they were doing this in open-top, Morgan Three-Wheeler Club was an engineer unheated, low-slung vehicles seemed who worked on the Lightning, and he gave from the trench railways of World War One. to be extremely brave of them, bearing clubmates a tour of Lincolnshire’s aviation “The coming together of the Morgans, in mind the British spring weather!” the Lightning and the LCLR at the 20 Classic & Sports Car June 2022

Winners included Rolls-Royce Phantom and, right, best of show Studebaker President DEEPANJAN SARKAR FIRST T-SERIES REVIVED Classics join the party in Bengal Bentley apprentices have restarted the rebuild of the first T-series, The port of Kolkata, India, marked reputed to be one of two left in the Kumar to the owner of a c1913 with the car’s engine now running its 151st anniversary in style on world and in the ownership of the Stoewer C1, thought to be one for the first time in 15 years. Once 9 April with a Vintage & Classic same family from new. An unusual of just five survivors. restored, the car will join Bentley’s Car Carnival. The event was Mercedes 130H, the only surviving Heritage Collection. The job is originally put together to celebrate example of the nine imported into The Moment family brought expected to take 18 months. the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port India, took the Best Presentation of Rolls-Royce Phantom III chassis Trust’s 150th birthday, but had to a Pre-War Car up to 2500cc award, 3CP-100, which was ordered new ART OF THE AUTOMOBILE be postponed due to the pandemic. while the Chairman’s Trophy was for the Governor of Bombay, Sir handed over by SPMPT chair Vinit Roger Lumley, and carried off a The Guggenheim in Bilbao is A curation team led by Amitava trophy for the European category. hosting an exhibition exploring Saha assembled a selection of 50 SPMPT chair Kumar with c1913 Stoewer A pretty Singer Nine won the Best the connection between cars and vehicles – 42 cars and eight ’bikes – Presentation Under 10hp award. art until 18 September. Curated covering the history of motoring in by Norman Foster, the collection India, judged by a team including Other machines of note included includes the architect’s Dymaxion Chennai-based collector Partha a single-family-owned Studebaker replica and a 1952 Pegaso Z-102 Banik, and author and FIVA vice Erskine, a couple of MG TCs and Cúpula. See guggenheim-bilbao.eus president Gautam Sen. a Magnette, two Buick Supers and a Mercury coupe, while the Indian- The Champion’s Trophy was built Triumph Herald and Morris awarded to a 1928 Studebaker Minor ‘lowlight’ Tourer brought President 8 State Limousine (FA), back memories for visitors. EASTERN NEW YEAR COOPER REUNION PROMISE IN SPRING Sixty Minis new and old attended the first public tour of the historic Iconic Japanese classics will be Rescheduled from its New Cooper Car Co garage in Surbiton celebrated in a new class at the Year’s Day slot, the Brooklands on 9 April. Still a car showroom, London Concours, held at the Easter Classic Gathering over now for a Porsche specialist, the Honourable Artillery Company the April bank holiday weekend building welcomed Mini Coopers from 28-30 June. Cars confirmed drew a whopping 5000 people for a display and talks given by for the display include a Toyota and more than 1000 cars. past Cooper employees. 2000GT, Honda NSX-R, Subaru Impreza 22B and Lexus LFA. Fresh from its starring role MIDLANDS MUSTANG MEET on TV in Secrets of the Transport Rodger Dudding will be this Museum, the historic site had a The 58th anniversary of the Ford year’s featured collector, bringing vibrancy and bustle that harked Mustang’s launch was celebrated along one of his 26 Aston Martin back to its pre-war heyday: even by pony cars of all ages at Caffeine Lagondas as well as his AC 428 arriving early meant parking & Machine near Stratford-upon- Frua coupé and the sole AC 378 high up on the old banking, with Avon on 16 April. Ford UK brought GT Zagato, as shown at the competition rife for prime spots a 1965 Fastback from its heritage 2012 Geneva Salon. near the Clubhouse. Everywhere you looked, there were classics wedged collection, while fans showed up in in among the planes and buildings that pepper the former aerodrome. a Mach 1, Shelby GT and more. C&SC readers can get two The diversity of cars on show made the event a joy for both owners tickets for the price of one by and the public alike: humble 1960s Minis rubbed shoulders with June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 21 using the code ‘LC22CSC’ at priceless ’30s Bentleys, and boxy ’50s Fords got cosy with sleek ’90s londonconcours.co.uk Lamborghinis. Traders, food stalls and live music all contributed to the relaxed atmosphere, while the hangars and displays were open to all comers so visitors could walk among the 115 years of aviation, motoring and motorsport history that make Brooklands such a special place. A permanent extra date in the diary is currently being considered, such was the interest and support from the classic community. If it gets approved, this could well become one of the essential events of the year.

NEWS & EVENTS Feudpedraattioen Bentley Some time ago, we wrote about workers’ a 1953 Bristol KSW 5G ECW wheels Open Top Double Decker bus (News & events, February 2021). Taking a break from putting Clockwise from main: Continental R belongs to Bentley’s head of brand comms; first- All buses are recognised by their together brand-new cars, Bentley response team leader Steve Hampton’s Ford hot rod; Pyms Lane ‘campus’ hosted meet registrations, but WNO 481 is employees met up to reveal their better known as Paul McCartney’s own classics on 26 March, holding attended the event as judges, and degree apprentice at Bentley, said: Wings Over Europe tour bus. the first employee car meet at the crowned Louis Tyson Supreme “I’m definitely more into my classic redeveloped Crewe site. Champion for his Citroën Méhari, cars than the modern ones. There This year marks the 50th while also giving Christoph are obviously so many fantastic cars anniversary of WNO 481 being COVID-19 had prevented the Hohmann’s Bentley Continental R around now, but there are just the centrepiece of McCartney’s Pyms Lane Motor Club, a private a Designer’s Choice award. so many more interesting stories to first major tour after leaving The group for Bentley employees, from be heard about a car if it has been Beatles. In the summer of 1972, holding any events for the past two James Millington, TVR 350i around for a long time.” the bus carried Paul, wife Linda, years, but more than 50 vehicles ‘wedge’ owner and powertrain children Heather, Mary and Stella, turned out for the meet, including plus band members, on a rock a Plymouth Road Runner, Mk1 Volkswagen Golf GTI and one of ’n’ roll family adventure to 25 the 30 Rochdale Olympics built. concerts in 25 cities across nine European countries, racking up Three of Bentley’s design team more than 7500 miles. Obituary At the time this was a major achievement for a 20-year-old BILL SADLER 1931-2022 seaside special double-decker, and earned it the title ‘Legend Few could match Canadian Bill Sadler for of Rock & Road.’ The spectacular innovative design. Whether he was creating artwork, inspired by The Beatles’ racing cars, light aircraft – including Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow unmanned aerial vehicles – or advanced Submarine, was painted by Neil electronics, this remarkable Canuck was Dean, Georgina Dean and world- a true renaissance man. His first ventures renowned psychedelic artist on track were in a Hillman Minx. After Geoffrey Cleghorn. driving the little saloon all the way from Canada to Mexico with buddies, aged 17, Tom Jennings, who bought the he modified the car with Ford flathead V8 bus and has been orchestrating power and regularly outgunned Triumph its restoration, has been keeping TRs and Jaguar XKs on the circuit. Other adventures included a 1953 honeymoon tour around Europe in a new Federation members updated MG TD, but Sadler grew frustrated by English cars and set about building his first Special. on the trials and tribulations of this large-scale project. The good On a return to England in 1957 with his Chevy V8-powered Mk2 sports-racer, Sadler worked with John Tojeiro news is that work is on target, and and competed at local events including Goodwood and the Brighton Speed Trials. “It was the first time the British WNO 481 will take centre stage had seen a sports-racer powered by a small-block and it caused quite a stir,” he later recalled. on the FBHVC stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show in November. In America, Sadler’s racers were regular front-runners against better-funded teams including Lance Reventlow’s Scarabs, but luck was often against him. As well as sports-racers, including the first mid-engined Chevy V8 Special, DAVID WHALE Sadler produced go-karts and single-seaters for both Formula Junior and Formule Libre. Frustrated by cars, he took FBHVC CHAIRMAN a degree in electrical engineering and later started designing his own aircraft for production. In 1982 his Ultralight won the Grand Champion Award at the Oshkosh air show. Despite battling cancer, Sadler remained hugely active The FBHVC lobbies in Westminster and beyond. until his death on 5 April, and even into his 80s continued to race a historic Formula Junior in American events. MW Call Emma Balaam on 01708 223111, email [email protected] or see www.fbhvc.co.uk 22 Classic & Sports Car June 2022



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SPORT LAKES RALLY KEEPS IT IN THE FAMILY Perfect conditions welcomed the Clockwise: Blakeney- The Frazer Nash-BMW 328 of 73 crews to the Lake District for Edwards’ Frazer Nash; Martin Hunt and James Galliver Rally the Globe’s first Generations Goodwin/Agarwal Rally from 25-27 March. The Bentley Super Sports; topped the pre-war podium concept was simple: each crew Hardwicks’ Alfa GT had to consist of two different Andrew and Erica Laing (Datsun generations, preferably from the Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 of Manuel 240Z). The Laings tied with father- same family. As a result, it was Dubs and Luca Arrigucci led day and-son Stephen and Alexander a chance for many to get their first one in the classic category Chick (Austin-Healey 3000). taste of historic rallying, and the youngest participant was 13-year- GERARD BROWN It was close, then, heading into old James Blakeney-Edwards, the 207.7-mile day two in the competing with dad Patrick in North Pennines and Yorkshire. a Frazer Nash TT Replica. It began with a steep drive up and over The Struggle, between The rally comprised two Ambleside and Kirkstone Pass, separate contests, both running into the first regularity, followed concurrently: one for pre-war cars by a test near Shap. By the end of and the other for those defined as the day, Martin Hunt and James ‘classics’. Day one was a 108-mile Galliver (1937 Frazer Nash-BMW route, after which father-and-son 328) held a 4 secs advantage over Bertie and Edward van Houtte led Goodwin/Agarwal in the pre-war in a 1938 Frazer Nash-BMW 328 class, while the Chicks had pushed with only 2 secs of penalties, just Dubs/Arrigucci to second in the 5 secs clear of Graham Goodwin classic group, and father-and-son and Mitali Agarwal (Bentley Super Paul and Matt Heal (MGB GT) Sports) and Theo Hunt with his had worked their way up to third. mother Olivia (Frazer Nash TT Replica), who were joint second in And so into the short, 81.1-mile the race for pre-war spoils. final day, when it was all to play for. The pre-war podium was an It was very tight in the classic all-Frazer Nash affair: Hunt/ category, too, with each of the top Galliver won by 14 secs, with Rory crews split by a second. Stepfather Henderson and his mother Diana and stepson Manuel Dubs and second, and Theo and Olivia Hunt Luca Arrigucci were just in front third. Given the rally’s title, it was with a 1975 Toyota Land Cruiser apt to have three members of the FJ40, from two father/daughter same family in the top three. crews: Jo Roberts and Arthur Crooks (Triumph TR4), and The Chicks maintained their lead to claim classic honours, with Dubs/Arrigucci slipping to third, and the daughter-and-father duo of Olivia and Stephen Hardwick (1971 Alfa Romeo Giulia GT) grabbing the runner-up spot. June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 25

SPORT HSCC stars battle for Brands honours Mini Cooper ‘S’ and Lotus Cortina vie for The Historic Sports Car Club kick- Historic Road Sports spoils in his Historic Touring Car win. Below: winning started its 2022 action at Brands AC Cobra, just holding off Frazer Kivlochan Cobra chases down Lotus Elan Hatch’s Indy circuit on 2-3 April. Gibney in a Lotus Elan S1. It wasn’t to be for Charles Barter It was a four-way battle in the in the opening 70s Road Sports first Historic Touring Car contest, race. He set the early pace aboard with Mike Gardiner taking his his Datsun 240Z until sidelined Lotus Cortina to victory after 21 by a misfire, leaving Jeremy Clark laps, but in the second race he had (Lotus Elan S4) to take over. The to settle for second behind Bill Lotus withstood endless pressure Sollis’ Morris Mini Cooper ‘S’. from Kevin Kivlochan’s Morgan Plus 8 (Paddock profile, July 2021), Rory Smith (Ralt RT4) did the until it crept wide at Graham Hill Classic Formula 3 with Formula Bend on the final lap, allowing Atlantic double in commanding Kivlochan to sneak the win. style, with Benn Simms (Reynard SF77) also a two-time winner, in In the rematch, Barter started Historic Formula Ford 2000. Chris from the back and Kivlochan went Drake (Terrier Mk4 Series 1) and off to bring out a red flag, before Michael O’Brien (Brabham BT6) retaking pole then the lead and took the front- and rear-engined finally retiring. Barter stormed Formula Junior spoils respectively, through to win by 0.559 secs from and John Harrison (Mallock Mk21) Clark. Kivlochan returned to take won both Classic Clubmans races. PAUL LAWRENCE MASTERS HISTORIC RACING Winning Paddock profile formulae JOHN FACK There were two Masters Historic Racing meetings from Car Cannon 1-3 April, held at Laguna Seca Series in California and the Espíritu Historic de Montjuïc event at the Circuit Sporting Trials de Barcelona-Catalunya. Association In the former there were two double winners: in Formula Atlantic Plus, polesitter Danny Baker won in his Ralt “I started in sporting trials back RT1 (above, car 70), with relentless pressure from runner-up Wade Carter (March 76B); and Jim Devenport took in 1969, aged 18, but I only found both Endurance Legends USA events with his Oreca 03 LMP2, from Stephen Romak’s Pescarolo Morgan. success when my twin brother and I bought a Cannon and rebuilt In Spain there was another Endurance Legends race, this one split by a red flag, with Christophe d’Ansembourg it, with much help from our other taking the chequer in his Lola-Aston Martin DBR1/2. There was also a pair of Racing Legends contests for 1966- brother. I won my first national ’85 Formula One cars and Steve Hartley (McLaren MP4/1) won the first from pole, chased by Mike Cantillon’s round in 1974, my first BTRDA Williams FW07C. In the second race, beset by rain, Lukas Halusa overtook Cantillon to claim his first overall F1 Gold Star in ’84, and I’ve been victory in his newly acquired Williams FW08. Early leader d’Ansembourg (Williams FW07C) spun out on the doing trials ever since, both with damp track and when Cantillon, too, was struggling for grip, Halusa seized the opportunity to take victory. the HSTA and with the VSCC in my Ford Model A Special. HAT-TRICK HERO “Beating the post-historic Christchurch’s Deane Buist won the Otago Classic Rally on Kincraft last year in my historic New Zealand’s South Island on 9-10 April. Driving a replica Cannon at Gale Hall was a of Toyota’s Group B Celica Twin Cam, Buist’s win was his highlight. I race with the VSCC, third in the event, following previous victories in a Ford too, and I think the Grand Prix Escort RS 1800 and a Volkswagen Golf GTI. de Monaco Historique in an Alfa Romeo 8C Monza would be my He was challenged for much of the rally by Jeff Judd in dream ticket – maybe one day!” an Escort RS 1800, but when Judd’s car ground to a halt three stages from home, Buist took the win ahead of John Silcock in a Group B Mazda RX-7, and Shane Murland in his Escort. New Zealand drifting star ‘Fanga’ Dan Woolhouse finished an impressive eighth in yet another Escort. GEOFF RIDDER CHARLIE WOODING 26 Classic & Sports Car June 2022



LOST & FOUND SWISS RACER Unique Sauter after REDISCOVERED discovery by Fredi Circuit racing has long been banned Bernoise, which still exists, only to Vollenweider, missing in Switzerland, but during the ’50s buy it back again later that year. its original Abarth Kurt Sauter of Basel did manage to The previous owner acquired the engine and gearbox build and sell a number of Porsche- car after buying his house from and DKW-powered racing cars. a car collector who’d died during a Clockwise from above: the In 1963 he came up with a series of historic motorsport event in 2014.” Sauter-Abarth when raced three ultra-low, spaceframe-chassis by Walter Egger at Salom sports-racers, one of them using Vollenweider intends to restore Payerne in May 1963; the 1000cc engine from an Abarth the Swiss racer sympathetically. complex tubular chassis; Bialbero. This special car was “It needs minor cosmetic work, but stylish racer as found thought to be long lost, but it turns the car should show its history,” he out that it had been in storage in an says. “Finding an original Abarth old farmhouse in the Emmental unit will be difficult and expensive, region for around 50 years. so I may put in an Autobianchi Abarth A112 engine until I track When Fredi Vollenweider heard down something more suitable.” rumours that an abandoned Sauter had been spotted, it didn’t take him long to track it down. “After making a few phone calls, I got through to the current owner,” says Vollenweider. “He said, ‘Yes, the car is here, but without its Abarth engine and gearbox – and, yes, it was the only Sauter-Abarth made.’” In October 2021, Vollenweider saw the car for the first time and found it to be virtually untouched since the late 1960s. Having bought the Sauter, Vollenweider set about investigating its racing history, and unearthed historic photos and even film footage from 1963: “The first owner was a local driver, Walter Egger, from Olten. In 1964 he sold the car to the founder of Ecurie 28 Classic & Sports Car June 2022

COMPILED BYMICHAEL WARE Hacker prepares to extract the stripped Allard Clipper body. Inset: stylish period sales brochure The spindly chassis of the rare three-wheeler, as found by Geoff Hacker Rare baby Allard to be restored Allard is best remembered for cost you could have it fitted with in Middlesex in 1953, but the first a garage owner from Stroud big-engined trials and sports cars, a dicky seat. The shapely body was owner’s details are not known. By trading as HW Motors. There is a but rather less well-known is the produced by aircraft engineering the 1970s it was in a Kent-based photograph of the Clipper under Allard Clipper, a small car created firm Hordern-Richmond, using collection of Allards put together brambles in Miles’ yard, before it for the burgeoning microcar the then-new material glassfibre. by John Thurston, and when that was bought by the father of Allard market of the early ’50s. The Clipper was not a success, was dispersed six cars plus the collector Jeremy Bennett. suffering from transmission trouble Clipper were bought by Ken Miles, A decade ago it was acquired by According to Mike Knapman and overheating, and only 20 were of the Allard Owners’ Club, the made before Gottlieb moved on to an American enthusiast, origins of this model lie with David work with Powerdrive and Coronet who kept it in the dry but Gottlieb, who turned to three- on their microcar projects. did little to it then sold it wheelers after several motoring recently to Hacker, who is failures. His car had a single front Just three examples are known already making plans for wheel, with a 346cc Villiers engine to survive: one is in Germany, and its restoration. The car is driving one of the rear wheels. The a restored car is in the Hammond almost complete and came roadster body had a bench seat and Collection in Kent. The third is with spares including two was said to sit three, with a single now owned by Geoffrey Hacker, engines, but the dashboard door on the passenger side. There the Florida-based collector of instruments and original was a boot at the rear, and at extra specials. It was registered 527 DMF An early Clipper at body builder Hordern-Richmond hardtop were missing. LIGHTLY USED COMMERCIAL TARGETING AN EARLY DART Most commercial vehicles lead From top: simple dash; Cowley wears hard lives, covering high mileages, original signwriting; as found in 1994 The 54th right-hand-drive Daimler SP250 was supplied new by Spinks of but a 1951 Morris Cowley 11/2-ton Bournemouth and registered 671 CLJ. The first owner is not known, but van on offer with Andrew Hardy early in the car’s life it was being used regularly by an engineer working for Classics of County Durham bucks Vickers-Armstrongs at RAF Hurn, Bournemouth. He is known to have used that trend with just 4866 miles the Dart to collect his newborn daughter from hospital, before it was taken on the clock. The early history off the road 48 years ago and put away in a garage. of the van is sparse, having been supplied new by Stewart & Arden, Late last year, Richard Bromell of Charterhouse Auctioneers received registered JUM 705 and bought a call from a client saying that her father had passed away, leaving an old by a Mrs Beregi of Holland Park, sports car in the garage. “Having arranged a convenient time, I was not London. Early in life it was liveried disappointed when the doors were opened,” says Bromell. “The Dart was for wine importer Silverdrive, stored in the dry, and was covered in a film of dust and dirt. The fan had been Maigens & Panichelli, but a few years later it was in storage in removed and the radiator was missing, a Kensington Mews, where it sat so we couldn’t turn over the engine.” until the property was bought by builder Steve Carson in 1994. The car still wears a badge for the Vickers-Armstrongs Car Club, which was Then showing just 4461 miles formed in 1955 and was active in trials, the van was rust-free and the rallying and autocross until 1970. Why windscreen still wore a ‘running it was taken off the road in 1974 is not in’ sticker. Carson asked Richard known, but it quickly found a new home Monk of the 6/80 & MO Oxford at the Charterhouse sale at the Haynes and Cowley Club to give it an International Motor Museum on 3 March. overhaul and in 2014 it was purchased by Michael Paulley, who kept it warm and dry but hardly used it. The state of the engine, pedals and unmarked load bay all back up that low mileage. June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 29

LOST & FOUND As found in Keen’s Farnham barn in 2021. Below, left-right: A-series engine; partially stripped interior Here and below: Richard Dance in the early 1980s with birthday Turner No time like the present for Turner gift In August 1961, Practical Motorist magazine. The Turner was car was too flimsy and a potential tarpaulin over it and walked away. journalist Chris Webb took registered 2753 UR, but its history death trap, so he renewed the tub Dance’s neighbour, Mat Keen, delivery of a new Turner kit. The from that point is unknown to the in far thicker steel and made some construction of the car and its Turner Register until 1970, when modifications to the chassis,” took an interest in the Turner and subsequent modifications were it was purchased by a Mr Dance in explains current owner Matt Suatt. bought it as an 80th-birthday covered in several issues of the poor, non-running condition. “He bought new brake discs and present for his father, who had wires, and got the engine running.” recently completed the restoration Business commitments of a ‘Frogeye’ Sprite. However, he prevented the new owner After paying a lot of money for decided that he didn’t want to take from undertaking any the car to be painted, Dance was on another rebuild so the car was work on it, and the car was unhappy with the result when it pushed into an open-fronted barn. left under a tarpaulin. In began to blister and he found the In 2021 the Turner came up for sale 1982, the Turner was given car “a pig to drive”. When he then and Suatt was able to buy it, and the to Dance’s son Richard as a discovered that turning left caused restoration is now under way. 21st-birthday present and the steering to seize, resulting in he worked on it over the at least one near miss, he became following couple of years. demoralised after the time and cash “Richard thought that the spent on the car, threw another From top: Husband is missing HUSBAND FINDS A NEW PARTNER its transmission parts; pictured in around 1973; tiny Holsman engine Rob Beeston from Queensland, Australia, has recently acquired a one-off 1914 cyclecar known as the ‘Husband,’ a name it acquired in the early 1970s. Unlike the 30 Classic & Sports Car June 2022 Special-building craze in the UK during the 1950s and ’60s, there was no supporting industry to help cyclecar builders, so it was a case of using what they could find. The Husband was built by Peter and Norman Husband of Charters Towers, a gold- mining town in central North Queensland. It features a spindly chassis made from wagon-wheel rim iron, with the front end thought to have been homebuilt. The back axle came from a De Dion-Bouton Quadricycle, as did the wheels, springs and the rear of the chassis. The engine is from a 1908 Holsman, an American maker specialising in ‘high wheelers.’ There was no gearbox, with power going to the wheels via friction drive – though the friction-drive plate and friction wheel are missing. It is thought to have had a simple ‘sit-on’ body, but nothing of it survives. The Husband is believed to have been sold to an owner in Charters Towers in around 1920. “Then there is a blank in its history until ‘Digger’ Norton found the car on the closed-down Day Dawn mine site in 1957,” says Beeston. “It had a tree growing through the chassis, which Norton had to remove.” The car passed through a number of owners who did little work on it, before ending up with long-time Veteran Car Club of Queensland member Graham Wilkinson in 1986. “I bought the Husband from Graham’s estate,” says Beeston. “I first heard of the car back in 1986, when he called into my business to show me pictures of his new acquisition, but I didn’t think about it again until I saw the car last year and was struck by how well it was built.” Beeston is currently rebuilding a 1911 Brush Roadster, and restoration of the Husband will follow.

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LOST & FOUND After being laid up Meeting. In May Look since 1968, the HRG 1950, Thompson emerges from storage. again drove the familiar? Inset: the restored car car in a sports car race at Blandford Want to track down a lost love or Former racer restored Camp – and won. looking for history on your current for a new life on the road classic? Send details and pictures to Various owners the p11 address or email your requests later, it passed into to [email protected] the hands of Ron Knight, who was a SEEKING A STORIED SEVEN co-founder with Ian Dussek of the HRG Association, and he used it in Peter Osborne would love to be some sprints and club events, then reunited with the Lotus Seven in 1964 it bought by current owner S4 he built in 1970 with friends Philip Martino from Chichester. Jeremy Walton and Mike Black. Martino used the car until 1968 The kit was supplied by Lotus when, he says: “The steering was Components and construction becoming dangerous.” The HRG of XNG 177H was detailed in was sidelined as life got in the way, Motoring News. Email pj.osborne@ until finally the rebuild got going in fromthedrivingseat.com 1988. Work was done to the engine by specialist Ian Mahany before the FAR-FLUNG HEALEY rebuild was paused four years later as Martino found himself without In 1974, Australian John Sherman a garage. For two decades it was bought an Austin-Healey 3000 stored at a relative’s home, until two MkII BJ7 and he’s keen to fill in years ago he built his own garage its early life in the UK. Delivered and the full restoration restarted – to Donald Healey Motors on 15 which he has now completed. March 1963, it was painted dark blue and registered 368 HYT. JYP 355 is an HRG 1500 that was Thompson at Blandford Camp in Email [email protected] last used on the road in 1967. The 1950, leading a Healey Silverstone car was supplied new in August DOES SINGER SURVIVE? 1948 to Robin Richards, who was best known as a BBC commentator Colin Muddell’s father owned a but was also a competent racing black 1934 Singer Nine Sports and rally driver until he broke both Coupé, ALX 63, from the mid-’40s legs in a testing accident. to the late ’50s, and he’s now researching its history. Email As a result, JYP was lent to his [email protected] friend and HRG works driver Eric Thompson, who won the 1500cc MICHAEL WARE class in a one-hour production sports car race at the Daily Express Former curator of the Silverstone International Trophy National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. Send submissions to STRIPPED [email protected] SUIZA SOLD Parisian auctioneer Artcurial has a knack of finding interesting cars. While visiting potential clients recently, its team went to a 19th-century house and inside was shown a 1925 Hispano- Suiza H6B that hadn’t been used on the road for 50 years. The H6, built from 1919-’31, was one of the most famous models made by Hispano-Suiza in France, featuring an engine based on one bank of its V12 aero engine and developing 120bhp at 2600rpm. It was handsome, too, with the block and camshaft cover finished in black stove-enamel to contrast with the aluminium of the crankcase. This particular H6 was bought new by the family that owned the property. The original body is thought to have been an elegant double phaeton by Million et Guillet, a firm that began making carriages in From top: Hispano chassis after removal from 1854 and developed a name for luxury coachwork. In the mid-’30s it storage; magnificent straight-six powerplant was replaced by a two-seater cabriolet style, which was subsequently removed before WW2. Members of the family recall the chassis being fitted with two seats during the ’60s, and driven around the local lanes for fun. After that the car was laid up, raised on blocks with the metalwork protected by paraffin wax. The bodywork has since been lost, but many of the original parts were carefully conserved. This one-family-owned car was sold by Artcurial at Rétromobile in March, where it changed hands for €149,000. 32 Classic & Sports Car June 2022

The Midsummer Auction Saturday 18th June, Frome, Somerset. 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Mark II Prototype (AF203) One of only four Alpine-Ford prototypes built by Jensen Motors Retains all factory development modifications Converted from LHD to RHD in period Unique, important and well-known example Estimate: £70,000 - £90,000 Previous results: 1991 Ferrari Testarossa 1939 Lagonda V12 1962 Jaguar E-Type 1952 Jaguar XK120 £86,500 (Oct ’21) Sports Saloon Fixed Head Coupe Roadster £58,240 (Feb ’22) £86,240 (Oct ’21) £69,440 (Feb ’22) INVITING ENTRIES Saturday 18th June 2022, 2pm at the Auction Salerooms, Vicarage Street, Frome. Viewing Friday 17th and the morning of the sale at the Cheese and Grain in Market Yard, Frome. Free to enter and no seller’s commission - for more details talk to us on (01373) 462257 or visit www.doreandrees.com/motoring Auction Salerooms, Vicarage Street, Frome, BA11 1PU www.doreandrees.com

Spectacular gathering of Daytona Cobra Fabulous Hemi-powered 1933 Ford Coupes at the 2015 Revival Meeting was gasser ‘The Alchemist’ captured at dusk. the trigger for Harniman’s compositions Left: Cooper collection in the pits, 2019 34 Classic & Sports Car June 2022

MOTORING ART NIGEL HARNIMAN Top advertising photographer captures some amazing Goodwood groups All too often, the unique themed value made me a bit nervous about reunions at major car events are not someone dropping a light on it.” properly recorded, but from 2015 Lord March decided it was time Working in extreme conditions Goodwood did something special. is nothing new for Harniman, The gathering of all six Daytona who has photographed vehicles all Cobras at the Revival Meeting was around the world. From being the catalyst to engage advertising stuck in the sand, enduring the photographer Nigel Harniman to extreme 52ºC heat in Namibia, to capture this historic Shelby set. the desolate Verneukpan salt lakes where Malcolm Campbell and “I’ve always been a Goodwood Andy Green unleashed record- fan but the idea seemed a nightmare breakers, Harniman relishes a – particularly with thousands of challenge. But when not jetting spectators milling about,” recalls around the world, he enjoys his Harniman. “Then we hit upon the motorbikes and cars, particularly at plan of shooting the Daytona group local venue Shelsley Walsh: “I’m a after 7pm when the paddock had child of the ’80s and ’90s, so that’s closed. The owners were very the era of my nostalgia. Along with supportive and patient. The shoot my ’bikes, I have an early Honda took about two hours, with each NSX and a Subaru Impreza.” car requiring six to seven shots to get the best lighting. The post- Motorcycles indirectly started production work took even longer. Harniman’s love for photography: As well as the amazing cars, there’s “To stop me riding at 15, my dad something special about the light at gave me a camera and I started Goodwood. Being so close to the taking pictures of friends clowning sea, you get fantastic skies.” around. He didn’t know I’d hidden my ’bike in a friend’s shed!” The shoots use a technique called light painting, which With the new camera Harniman involves moving a light source had discovered his vocation, and to take multiple images that are after three years’ study he became a then combined in patient post- photographic assistant: “One of my production. These remarkable first interviews was with Charles compositions can require the March, but I think I spent too much layering of more than 100 shots. time chatting about his Ducati and a friend got the job instead.” That first Daytona image was a great success, and kick-started From his early work for Renault, a Goodwood event tradition with Harniman has become one of the Harniman’s team orchestrating foremost automotive advertising groups of star cars for a spectacular photographers. Through client set-piece: “It could only happen at Rolls-Royce he came into contact Goodwood, and I still pinch myself with Goodwood after knocking on at the machines we’ve captured. the door to ask for permission to Highlights have included the use the estate as a location. Now Ferraris of Michael Schumacher, he’s a regular at events, where the WRC cars and Porsche Le Mans theatre of creating his group shots winners, but the 2021 Stirling Moss has become a twilight attraction: tribute was really special. From “The bonus with these shoots is tiny Cooper-JAP to Mercedes- getting to hang out in the Drivers’ Benz 300SLR, the 12-car group was Club and meet my heroes.” MW a one-off opportunity. The 1955 Mille Miglia winner ‘722’ was set to For more, visit harniman.com, see be retired after Goodwood, and its facebook.com/HarnimanPhotographer or @harnimanphoto on Instagram June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 35



WWW.HORTONSBOOKS.CO.UK BOOKS Book of the month 70 YEARS: PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS ‘The commissioning of various As a young enthusiast in the ’70s, for me the Pebble Not all have been chequebook rebuilds and trailer writers offers diversity, and Beach Concours d’Elegance felt like a world away. queens. Enthusiast Jules Heumann spent nine years Today we’re spoilt by a wealth of coverage, including restoring his Hispano-Suiza H6B Labourdette Skiff, there’s an entertaining section a live feed, but 50 years ago you’d be lucky to find a and Jack Nethercutt drove his 1958-winning duPont interviewing a range of judges, short magazine report. There have been few books, Model G Merrimac Town Car from Santa Monica. too, the first in 1980 being Pebble Beach: a matter collectors and celebrities’ of style by Robert Devlin, which jointly covered the The commissioning of various writers offers stories of the races and the concours. welcome diversity, including Devlin on the Pebble Beach races, a judging review by Chris Bock and Amazingly, it’s taken another 42 years for a a concours history by Julius Kruta. An entertaining book to complement Devlin’s brilliant history and, section interviews a range of collectors, celebrities more surprisingly, this impressive 300-pager is and judges, who recall special moments and choose produced by an English team. The bulk of the book a dream character with whom they’d loved to have highlights the Best of Show winners, from the 1950 walked the show field. Unsurprisingly, enthusiastic Edwards R-26 racer of Sterling Edwards to the Pebble supporter Phil Hill is a popular choice. 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Autobahn-Kurier that won last year on its second attempt. Each winner Each decade is highlighted with a review of gets a large photo plus an informative story, but special displays and trends, including the launch of the quality of the imagery varies, with some of the the pre-event road run in 1998 and a preservation colour from the 1980s and ’90s being surprisingly class in 2001. There have been some remarkable fuzzy. Studying all the winners in one place makes features, such as the amazing 1985 Bugatti Royale a fascinating review of restoration trends: the reunion, and many have drawn the greats to attend: 1956-winning Bugatti Type 37, for example, had when the BAT Alfas were reunited on the awards offset spoked wheel rims and metallic paint. ramp in 1989, Nuccio Bertone was clearly moved. It was 68 years before a non-American collector In the early years this event was primarily claimed Best of Show, with the win for Hong Kong- an American affair, with top collectors such as based businessman Sir Michael Kadoorie’s Bentley Nethercutt and Bill Harrah vying for honours, 8 Litre also the first for a non-US-restored entry. but now it’s glamorously international. A By the Numbers table offers a fascinating insight into the winning marques, with Bugatti and Mercedes on top at nine each. Pondering how that list will change in the future, Kruta surmises that supercar customs such as the Enzo-based P4/5 tribute of Jim Glickenhaus are possible candidates. The advertorial elements may jar, but they are stylishly done and help reduce the price. If you’ve never been to Pebble Beach, or are planning a trip, then this is the ideal introduction. MW £70 (standard edition) Edited by David Lillywhite, Hothouse Media. ISBN 9781916245624 Secrets of TheTouring Fiat in the barn find Caravan Story Motorsport hunter Author ‘Jenko’ is one of Just 160 pages doesn’t You’re likely to have come the caravanning world’s seem a lot to cover the across the prolific Tom biggest characters, and entire race, rally and Cotter via his previous he has raided his extensive archive for this record-setting history books or his popular Barn charming little book looking back over a century of a great marque Find Hunter YouTube series, but, even if you of the pastime. He tells the story from its origins such as Fiat, and it does feel as if author Bagnall haven’t, this engaging and thoroughly charming as a hobby for wealthy motoring pioneers to could have filled twice that pagination and more. new publication has much to offer. It feels as if its later adoption by the working class as an As a result it’s probably more an introduction you’re simply chatting about cars with an old, affordable route into family adventure, peppered than one for the serious scholar, with a greater dear friend as Cotter regales you with tales of throughout with memories from keen ’vanners. focus on selected favourites – such as 124 Sport discovering, owning and lusting-after classics, But it’s the fantastic period images and ads that Spider and the legendary Mephistopheles – and augmented with additional tips and tricks for really make it: if you’ve ever enjoyed a week in a few notable omissions. Some of the image would-be barn-find hunters. It looks and feels windy Skeggie in a Sprite, this is for you. AC quality is a bit patchy, but the early years in stylish, with a reassuring dose of geekery. LP particular make for fascinating reading. AC £12.99 Andrew Jenkinson, The History Press. £22Tom Cotter, Motorbooks. 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BOOKS WWW.HORTONSBOOKS.CO.UK Apollo GT This history of ‘The American Ferrari’ has been a labour of love for author Northrup, and it packs a lot into 138 pages — including prologue, epilogue, 15 chapters and appendices. Far more than just a Buick Special, the Apollo was an attempt by a trio of young enthusiasts to take on the Continental elite, featuring a bespoke chassis, a body coachbuilt in Turin, and 3.5- or 5-litre ‘Fireball’ V8 power. It succeeded, too, with critical acclaim that compared it favourably with Ferrari and Aston Martin, tempting celebrity owners including singer Pat Boone. He’s been interviewed here, as have all surviving key players, with access to their personal archives resulting in some great imagery. The saga begins with the marque’s origins, then the GT’s creation and production, development of 2+2 and convertible versions, and finally the financial woes that called time on the project. It’s not cheap for a fairly slim volume, and we’d like to have seen more on life after the Apollo, such as TVR legend Jack Griffith’s attempted revival, but it is still a must if you’re intrigued by these transatlantic beauties. AC $79.95 Robb Northrup, AutoCopy Publishing. ISBN 9781930182004 2007 Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 1972 Alfa Romeo Montreal 1934 Bentley 3.5-Litre Drophead AtThe Greatest Speed Rather than being a straight automotive- leaning biography of James Gordon Bennett Jnr, this is very much a book of two halves. The first is about the man up to the launch of his race-series-of-sorts. Rich beyond belief, Bennett followed in the footsteps of his father to run the family newspaper empire, funded brazen and fatal expeditions in the name of front-page scoops, and pit the world’s racers against each other. Somehow his remarkable life is distilled into 50 or so pages, before attention switches to those pioneering events. A brief intermission about the earliest motor races is more a distraction than valuable context, and the remainder has to recover the momentum. The latter sections on the races shuffle Bennett beyond even the periphery, instead recounting the events initially slogging around France – with but a handful of entrants – and investigating the minutiae of the 1903 competition in Ireland. The research is admirable and the stories intriguing, but this perhaps serves best as a starter for the author’s upcoming Bennett biography. JP £25 Patrick Lynch, Unicorn Publishing. ISBN 9781913491840 1975 Citroën DS 23 Pallas 1961 Mercedes 190 SL 1954 Chevrolet Corvette 1937 MG VA Tickford Drophead 1941 Cadillac S62 Conv. Coupe 1953 Singer 4AD Roadster World Rallying 2009 Porsche 911 (997.2) GT3 1948 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith 1974 BMW 2002 Turbo It is quite an ambitious task to cover 125 years of rallying in fewer than 300 About 45 selected cars will cross the block pages, but from its brilliantly bold and graphical cover to its glossy hardback Please use our online-form for your catalog orders (EUR 40.-) finish, this is an impressive effort. Forewords from, among others, Jean Bid online: www.invaluable.com or www. swissauctioncompany.com Todt and Carlos Sainz add cachet, but it’s the egalitarian, authoritative and Guerbestrasse 1 Phone +41-31-8196161 exhaustive coverage that’s striking. CH-3125 Toffen [email protected] www.TheSwissAuctioneers.swiss That the earliest days get so many pages and such detail is to its credit, including an overview of the first events held in various countries. The photos are a major draw, too, and are generously reproduced, with technical diagrams, maps, pacenotes and more adding interest, plus there’s a wealth of data at the back. However, it does suffer from being a translation from the original Portuguese. It’s not incomprehensible, but the English is sometimes a little unnatural and clunky, and it has more than its fair share of typos. That said, the Rallying in Britain chapter, unique to the English- language version, is a pleasing inclusion. It’s good value, too. LP £44 Francisco Santos, José Barros Rodrigues and Martin Holmes, Francisco O Santos. ISBN 9789895321209 (via rallye-125anos.com)

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MODELS odel of the month JACK CONRAD’S BAND TOUR BUS AutoCult, 1:43, £150 German model specialist AutoCult has reproduced some wild vehicles over the years, but its latest is a fantastic subject. Originally built for the jazz movie Stolen Harmony, the streamlined 1934 bus created for Jack Conrad’s Band featured the driver sitting high above the 36 passengers in a ‘crow’s nest’ cockpit. Other novel details included a caudal fin at the back. After filming finished, the bus became transport for tourists around Paramount Studios, but sadly after WW2 it was broken up. The AutoCult team had just a few surviving photographs to use as reference, but the limited-edition model brilliantly captures this spectacular one-off six-wheeler. ck-modelcars.de 2 1 1:18 1 Cult’s 1959 Daimler SP250, £204.99 2 KK Scale’s 1961 Ferrari 250GT SWB, £96.99 1:43 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 Spark’s 1974 Porsche 911 9 10 11 Carrera RS 3.0, £64.99 12 14 4 Spark’s 1954 Le Mans Aston 13 June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 41 Martin DB3S Coupé, £64.99 5 Spark’s Alex Ribeiro 1976 US Grand Prix Hesketh 308D, £64.99 6 Spark’s Ronnie Peterson 1976 British Grand Prix March 761, £64.99 7 Spark’s Brian Hart 1967 German Grand Prix Protos 16, £64.99 8 AutoCult’s 1940 Alfa Romeo 512, €89 (ck-modelcars.de) 9 Neo’s 1962 Ford Zodiac MkIII Abbott Estate, £92.99 10 Kess’ 1949 Triumph 2000 Roadster, £108.99 11 AutoCult’s 1953 Panhard X87 Dolomites, €89 (ck-modelcars.de) 1:64 12 Hot Wheels’ Shelby-Toyota 2000GT, £6.99 13 Hot Wheels’ Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno, £6.99 14 Hot Wheels’ BMW M3, £6.99 Edited by Mick Walsh. Unless stated, all items are available from Diecast Legends (01483 407555; diecastlegends.com); 10% discount for orders from C&SC readers quoting ‘CS0622’

GARAGE GEAR Pick of the month FERRARI 250 IN DETAIL It’s quite unusual for a parts catalogue to make Pick of the month, but this is quite an unusual parts catalogue. With most classics, if you are taking a spanner to your car you can simply refer to exploded diagrams in the workshop manual, but these have never before existed for the Ferrari 250 series because they weren’t created by the factory. Now marque specialist GTO Engineering has used its computed-aided design skills to produce the first full set of technical schematic drawings for the 1959-’64 models, from GTE to GTO, covering brakes, suspension, engine and gearbox, all correlating to numbers on the GTO Parts component list. The 33 drawings will be available in digital form via the GTO Parts website or in the 80-page printed catalogue, priced at £99.95. gtopartsshop.com Glamour in Better breathing Chic to cheek the pitlane If you’re looking for more Two new scarf designs are offered performance from your Triumph by NK Collections, featuring the Bordeaux-based artist Spitfire 1500 or MG Midget 1500, profiles of iconic classic vehicles. Benjamin Freudenthal Webcon has the answer with an Priced at $140 each, they include has produced a tribute to off-the-shelf intake manifold that a celebration of the US woodie hero Jacky Ickx entitled converts the engine to take a pair of wagon, with drawings ranging La Ragazza di Monza Weber 40 DCOE carburettors. from pre-war Ford 41A to 1953 (The Monza Lass). The Made in the UK, the manifold and Crestline Country Squire. Also inspired composition linkage set (MW3806) is priced at available is a tribute to the Mini features the Belgian ace £459.46, or you can buy it complete featuring road, race and rally cars. arriving in the pits with with a pair of Spanish-made Weber a beautiful girl astride 40 DCOEs (PMG201) for £1263.47. carscarves.com his 1968 Ferrari 312. Onlookers include rival webcon.co.uk drivers and Enzo Ferrari, while the Goodyear airship drifts across the sky above. The limited series of 70x30cm prints cost €35 each. flyandrive.com Tested this month LASER CORDLESS CLARKE CMC50 FOLDING CAR CREEPER 9 SOLDERING IRON One of the least-enjoyable parts of working on your 10 While rechargeable tools classic can be lying on the cold, hard ground, so a have an advantage in being creeper is a useful accessory. This Clarke offering easy to handle, at times impresses on several fronts: at 14kg it feels they lack the guts to do reassuringly hefty but not unwieldy, while seven the job asked of them. This swivel castors ensure smooth progress with ample £54.86 soldering iron falls manoeuvrability. But its USP is that, in one quick and easy movement, it converts into a 450mm-high 4 into that category when chair, doubling its usefulness. This clever feature dealing with wires any eases the painful pressure on backs and knees, and 10 thicker than the narrowest while the backrest is low, the seat feels secure. gauge. Even with relatively thin wire, the tip never got hot enough to heat it Whether lying or sitting, the padded, oil-resistant sufficiently to allow the solder to flow smoothly, backrest and adjustable headrest are comfortable despite a claimed 200-480°C working range. That and supportive, and the £83.98 price doesn’t seem makes anything but the most basic soldering tasks unreasonable. What’s more, lift the cushion at the frustrating and time-consuming. The built-in LED is foot end and it reveals a handy tool tray. LP a useful touch for soldering in darker areas, such as machinemart.co.uk under the dashboard, and it’s supplied with a stand plus a USB cable for quick charging. DC lasertools.co.uk 42 Classic & Sports Car June 2022

More power to your elbow Fidanza has introduced a short-shift kit for E46 3 Series BMWs, built from 1999-2003. Made from billet aluminium with a hardened-steel lever, the kit is a direct replacement for the factory set-up, but features a shallower angle in the shaft that should speed up cog changes by around 40%. As well as making your car feel more sporty, full height adjustability means you can set the gearlever to perfectly suit your driving position. It costs $230.01. fidanza.com Faster footwear Whether you drive a Mini or a Miura, footwear specialist Piloti offers the perfect shoe with its Avenue collection. This includes the classic Cognac model, which is made of quality Italian tan leather with brogue detailing and tonal burnishing. Special features include Piloti’s ‘roll control’ heel for enhanced pedal feel and driving comfort. Priced at £165, it’s available in most adult sizes. pilotiuk.co.uk A socket set with added style Sealey’s new ‘Lock-On’ Black Series sockets feature specially machined flutes in the socket walls that allow them to be used on fasteners that are up to 85% rounded. Made from chrome vanadium steel with a rust-resistant ‘black chrome’ finish, each socket has a knurled ring to give extra grip with oily fingers. Four sets are available: 12-piece 3/8in-drive and 13-piece ½in-drive, both in standard or deep forms. All are currently on special offer in the Sealey Tool Promotion, ranging from £32.34-67.14. sealey.co.uk 7 COACHBUILT WHISKY 10 Alcohol and cars don’t always make happy bedfellows, but recently there’s been a spate of classic-themed spirits. Not content with reviving famous coachbuilding name Radford, former F1 champ Jenson Button has now added his backing to a new venture by whisky expert George Koutsakis, calling itself Coachbuilt. That’s a nod to the fact that it’s a blend rather than a single malt, bringing together the disparate flavours of Islay, Speyside, Campbeltown, Highlands and Lowlands, all aged in sherry casks. The result is a bold-tasting blend, with an initial hit of toffee sweetness that makes it almost like a liqueur such as Drambuie, followed by a whack of peaty smoke from that Islay element. The launch edition is 46% ABV and costs £42, but more exotic limited-edition releases are promised. AC coachbuiltwhisky.com

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FROM THE COCKPIT Mick WALSH he idea of two true Bugatti ‘With Type 51 power the vintage aura, but with the Type 51 motor it was enthusiasts combining their coupé was a real Q-car, a real Q-car, its straight-eight bark announcing talents to recreate a long- its straight-eight bark its arrival long before the coupé appeared. lost model intrigues me announcing its arrival long greatly. Respected landscape before it appeared’ For years, Lafourcade scoured autojumbles architect Bruno Lafourcade for the right sidelights, hinges and handles, and and artist François Chevalier From top: Friderich in the Club Bugatti France members also contributed have shared a passion for all things Molsheim coupé, in one of the few components. The finished car made its debut at since the ’60s and, no doubt over a fine vin rouge original images to survive; an International Bugatti Rally in Provence, and in Lafourcade’s garage beside his 18th-century beautiful recreation mates was the talk of the event. Running around back- rural home, the pals dreamt up ideas for Bugattis a Type 35 chassis with the roads, kicking up a trail of dust, the little coupé they’d love to build. Anyone who knows the Type 51 straight-eight looked and sounded wonderful: a great tribute artist’s wonderful drawings will appreciate his to Friderich and Bugatti fan Lafourcade, who creative twists: be it a Royale-based transporter died suddenly in the spring of 2016. or a trans-Saharan six-wheeler Type 41, his loose sketches vividly relate these marvellous fantasies. I’d only seen the recreation in photos, so the One lost Bugatti in particular captivated the news that the family had consigned the Bugatti duo. In the 1920s, racer and Nice Bugatti agent for Artcurial’s Rétromobile sale prompted me to Ernest Friderich created a fascinating coupé book Eurostar tickets. The buff-coloured marvel based on a Type 37. The compact machine was didn’t disappoint, both in shape and detailing. driven in hillclimbs, but few photographs survive GP Bugatti cockpits have a unique style with of this one-off. To entertain his friend, Chevalier their upright, engine-turned dashboards and produced several sketches including ideas for busy display of cream gauges, which this the rear styling, for which no images exist. cramped cabin only enhances. With gearlever A collection of Type 35 parts acquired from and handbrake repositioned inside, the interior renowned Bugatti hunter Antoine Raffaelli could have been inspired by a Jules Verne novel, eventually became the catalyst for the rebirth though the aroma of hot oil and the clamour of of the Friderich coupé in 2008, and top French the engine were left to my imagination. specialists were enlisted to build the dream machine. “It was always meant as a nod to the car Hopes that this magical machine might tempt and just a bit of fun,” says Chevalier. To recreate an English buyer were dashed by the challenge it faithfully around the Type 37 specification of registration, but I pray that the new French sounded too tame, so the project developed into owner isn’t tempted to remove the body to a Bugatti hot rod. Rather than a 1500cc ‘four’, create yet another Grand Prix-style racer. Lafourcade decided on an unsupercharged 2.3-litre twin-cam Type 51 straight-eight, but that externally the car should retain the nimble look of the Friderich coupé with T37 wheels. Ventoux Moteurs Ingénierie in Carpentras was entrusted with the mechanical side, while a coachbuilder in Le Beausset took on the challenge of skinning the frame. Building a Grand Prix Bugatti body is straightforward in comparison, particularly because the only reference was two photos of the front end. The result was masterful, with a low roof, distinctive mud-deflectors and close-fitting cycle wings. For the back, Chevalier and Lafourcade decided on a tapered petrol tank with a rear-mounted spare. The body had to overhang the narrow chassis, but the proportions looked rakish and pert with curved, carriage-style sills, louvred valances and an extended windscreen visor. The narrow radiator, small Type 37 drum brakes and skinny beaded-edge tyres all enhanced its June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 47



FULL THROTTLE Simon TAYLOR t’s a story that has been retold in many “Approaching the kink and Richard Attwood were two laps in the lead recent obituaries for the great Vic I had to have a word with with four hours to go when the 917 broke. Elford, not least in C&SC, but it’s still myself – ‘Come on, Elford, worth rehearsing that extraordinary you know it’s flat’ – and “The following year we had the long-tail six-month period in early 1968. eventually I managed it” version,” said Vic. “We were approaching the Mulsanne kink at 235mph. I had to have a word In January he won the Rallye From top: ‘Quick Vic’ with myself – ‘Come on, Elford, you know it’s Monte-Carlo for Porsche. It was a celebrates Monte honours flat’ – and eventually I managed it. Once I’d done dazzling victory for the reigning European Rally in the time-honoured it once, it was easy – even during the night when Champion, and it was his superhuman skill on tradition; Elford/Ahrens it rained.” The result was a new lap record at snow and ice that made him unbeatable. long-tail 917 (25) leads a whisker under 150mph, but again the Porsche Nine days later he was at the Daytona the way at Le Mans, 1970 broke on Sunday morning. 24 Hours, once again for Porsche, and he won that, too. He was a top rally driver, not really a PORSCHE Vic loved to tell myriad stories about the many racer, and had never seen the place before. It was different cars he drove in his brief five seasons of only nine months since Porsche had persuaded front-line racing. Such as blatting through the him to do his first international race. mountains in a heavy, friendly Ferrari Daytona And 13 weeks after that came the Targa on the Tour de France, or thundering round the Florio. Vic believed in hard work, and after banked oval of the Daytona 500 in a massive countless recce laps he said: “I felt I knew every NASCAR Plymouth. Adapting quickly to this pebble and blade of grass, by name.” But in the strange new discipline, he finished 11th. In first lap of this most gruelling of road races, Can-Am the Chaparral 2J, its sucker fans driven a wheel came loose and its tyre punctured. by a little auxiliary engine to provide hitherto Vic hammered on the spare single-handed, unknown levels of downforce, was incredibly and by the time he’d rejoined the event he had fast. But at Riverside the little engine abruptly lost 18 minutes. He drove for five of the Targa’s failed. “It rose up on its suspension until it was six and a half hours, leaving co-driver Umberto running on tiptoe on the edges of its tyres,” Maglioli kicking his heels in the pits, and won recalled Vic. “I just about held on to it.” the race by three minutes. A fortnight later came the Nürburgring Vic Elford is remembered for so many brave, 1000km. He won that, too, alongside Jo Siffert. utterly determined drives. But for me it was Then John Cooper offered him £200 to replace those six months in 1968, from Monte-Carlo the injured Brian Redman in the French Grand to Rouen via Daytona and Sicily, that really Prix in July, run that year on the fast, treacherous demonstrated the mettle of the man. Rouen road circuit. Elford was 33 years old and, apart from two Formula Two outings GETTY a couple of months earlier, he had never driven a single-seater. Still learning the car and the circuit, he qualified slowest. But on race day it rained. The track was awash. On lap three, Jo Schlesser crashed the Honda RA302 and perished in the ensuing fire. In the lumbering, uncompetitive Cooper-BRM, Elford was mesmerising. He manhandled it through the streams running across the track and down to Nouveau Monde, passing car after car, and finished fourth behind Jacky Ickx, John Surtees and Jackie Stewart. It was an unforgettable Formula One debut. Elford was sensational at Le Mans, too, although he never had much luck there. In 1969, the first Porsche 917 was judged almost undriveable for its scary handling, but Vic told me: “It did keep you busy, but I wasn’t afraid of it, even in the wet. Rallying meant that I’d come into racing with an extra discipline.” He June 2022 Classic & Sports Car 49

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