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1 Bentley has produced many special cars and the 8-Litre is one of the most sought after. This example owned by Chris Kingsbury (chassis YM 5043) was parked outside the Clubhouse and sports a splendid replica Gurney Nutting body, the car originally having sedanca de ville coachwork by Carlton. John Rees bought YM 5043 in 1961 but it took a further 43 years to get the chassis re-bodied to its current style. The results were worth the wait.
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2 Frank Costin was a renowned aerodynamicist who worked in Formula 1 in the 1950s for Lotus and Vanwall. It’s little wonder that when he designed his own road car, the Costin Amigo, it was light and slippery. Owner of this 1968 example, Clive England, knows Brooklands well as he was the architect responsible for the relocation, restoration and rebuilding of the Bellman Hanger.
3 The Armstrong Siddeley Special Six limousine by Hooper parked in the Paddock carried two unusual flags: an old version of the Italian Tricolour including the Savoia coat of arms and the pre-1994 South African flag. Owner John Stoodley explained their relevance as the car had been bought in Geneva by an Italian count in 1935. The count was the ambassador to South Africa and took the car with him. John’s father recovered it from South Africa in the 1980s and it has covered only 20,000 miles from new.
4 Volkswagen or Porsche was the obvious question, but owner Mark Reynolds explained his 1951
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Stuttgart-built Dannenhauer and Stauss was a mixture of both. Around 60 of these cars were built between 1950 and ’57 with a 1300cc engine by Okrasa. The dashboard carried a red badge warning ‘Achtung – Dieses Auto ist mit einer Okrasa Hochleistungsanlage ausgestattet’. Sound advice no doubt.
5 Live music kept visitors entertained throughout the day.
6 A broad selection of classic motorcycles braved the chill to add to the variety of machinery on show.
7 It wasn’t just the adults having fun and this pintsized Bentley proves that point brilliantly.
8 Fabulous Cisitalia with barchetta bodywork hides a humble Fiat engine.
9 Low-slung Ford GT40 replica comes with an appropriate number plate.
10 Paul Thompson’s immaculate MG Metro.
11 This splendid 1966 Jaguar MkII 3.4 was driven to New Year’s Day by Members Laura Jackson and Vincent Hoar was parked opposite Concorde.
12 Caractacus Potts himself would be impressed with this new version of Chitty based on a 1933 Packard chassis and built in just four months by owner and former Member Tobias Ballard.
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