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1952 Clairmonte Special
|  | Towards the end of 1952 Colin Chapman was commissioned to design and build a Formula 2 car around a 2 litre ERA engine by the Clairmonte brothers. The design was based around a space frame chassis with double wishbone front suspension and De Dion rear axle. As it turned out the ERA engine was blown up even before it reached the car and with Lotus busy building the Mark VI [...] | | Production : 1 ex. |
1953 Lotus MK6 Williams-Pritchard
|  | Williams and Pritchard built the special aluminum body in 1953 to the original owners' (the Kenyons) order as a lightweight racer body, not even making provision for lights, which were added at a later date. | | Production : 1 ex. |
1956 Ferrari 625 LM Scaglietti Spyder
|  | One of the final outings for the Ferrari 4 cylinder engine was the 1956 Le Mans race. Ferrari entered the 625 LM but it was no match for the bigger engined Jaguars and Aston Martins on the long straights, the Trintignant/Gendebien entry however was able to finish third overal. Of the three 625 LM chassis built this is the only one with a Scaglietti body. | | Production : 1 ex. |
1963 WB Special
|  | The WB Special is a one off prototype, designed in 1956 and first licensed in 1963 after a 7 year home build. The joint designers and builders were Bob White and Dr John Best. It has been built on a tubular steel space-frame with all alloy bodywork. The gearbox is from a 1098cc Austin Healey Sprite. The bodywork was designed as a low drag, aerofoil section where the upper [...] | | Production : 1 ex. |
1952 Ferrari 212 Europa Vignale Cabriolet
|  | There are only two cabriolets built by Vignale in 1952. Although the back seats are vestigial in size, the doors each include a redundant inside handle that can be reached by the rear-seat passengers. Ferrari quit using Vignale in 1954, by which point many believed the firm had begun introducing too much surface excitement unbecoming a Ferrari. | | Production : 2 ex. |
1953 Ferrari 340 MM Touring Spyder
|  | 0294AM was 340 MM Spyder with coachwork by Touring, Luigi Villoresi and Pasquale Cassani did not finish the 1953 Mille Miglia due to an accident and won the International Trophy in Silverstone. The car was then sold to Hans Ruesch who ran the car in many international races, with some success but also with some accidents. After the accident in the Supercortemaggiore from M [...] | | Production : 2 ex. |
1963 Jaguar E-Type Coupé Lightweight Low drag
|  | Based on the production steel E-Type, the Low Drag Coupe used the steel monocoque tub but with lightweight aluminium bonnet, doors and boot lid and Perspex windows. The most distinctive feature was of course the Coupe's rear end treatment. Designed by Jaguar's Malcom Sayer, the tail combined advanced aerodynamics with an aesthetically pleasing shape that gave the car a top [...] | | Production : 2 ex. |
1968 Alfa Romeo T33/2 Daytona
|  | Alfa Romeo started development of Tipo 33 in early 1960s, first car being built in 1965. First version was sent to 1963 established Autodelta to be finished and for additional changes. First car was using Alfa Romeo TZ2 straight-4 engine. But soon Autodelta finished its 2.0 litre V8. The 2000 cc (122ci) Tipo 33 mid-engined prototype debuted on 12 March 1967 at the Belgian [...] | | Production : 3 ex. |
1975 Alpine A442
|  | Announced in January 1975, the turbocharged A442 made its debut in the Mugello 1000 km race. It still shared the basic design of the A441, but with 490 bhp available it packed a lot more punch. To the surprise of many, the Renault-Alpine team included, it made a victorious debut, beating the Alfa Romeos at home. Unfortunately this was the last victory for the team that sea [...] | | Production : 3 ex. |
1955 Ferrari 121 LM
|  | In the 1953 and 1954 seasons Ferrari's new four cylinder engine proved quite successful and convinced its designer Aurelio Lampredi and Enzo Ferrari to take the design one step further. All the experimening on the 3 litre engine resulted in two new sportscar powerplants; the 3.7 litre Type 118 and the 4.4 litre Type 121. The engines were installed in a chassis similar t [...] | | Production : 4 ex. |
1955 HRG Twin Cam Sport Racer
|  | The twin cams as they became known were very expensive hand built sports cars. The engine is a 1497cc twin over head cam four cylinder built by Singer. After 15APB left the factory the company could only produce performance parts and did not produce another car. It was the last car HRG made, except for a brief one off effort some twenty years late. The twin cam was one of [...] | | Production : 4 ex. |
1963 Ferrari 330 LMB
|  | The Automobile Club de l'Ouest was not quite as ready to accept the regulations and added a special class to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for prototype racers with a displacement limit of four litres. Ferrari had fortunately just launched a production car with a four litre engine, the 400 SuperAmerica, so that would form the basis for the new racing car. It shared its Colomb [...] | | Production : 4 ex. |
1992 Aston Martin Virage Shooting Break
|  | 1992 saw the arrival of the Virage Shooting Brake. The Shooting Brake made its world premiere at the 1992 Geneva Auto Show and according to The Times, "stood out as the only model...with a purpose-built gunbox, complete with shotgun". | | Production : 4 ex. |
1953 Ferrari 340 MM Vignale Spyder
|  | The 340 MM was built for the 1953 Mille Miglia. Giannino Marzotto won the Mille Miglia in 1953 with a barchetta version with coachwork by Vignale 0280AM and Marzotto set a new record speed in the race with an average of 142 km/h. In the hands for experienced drivers the powerful cars could show their entire potential. Gigi Villoresi was one of the greats who did, roaring t [...] | | Production : 5 ex. |
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