Mille Miglia 421/100/168
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Mille Miglia 421/100/168
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Mille Miglia 421/100/168
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Mille Miglia 421/100/168
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Mille Miglia 421/100/165,
originally owned by Len Potter, early 1952 |
Mille Miglia 421/100/165 |
Mille Miglia 421/100/165
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The first Mille Miglia,
421/100/115, originally owned by Dickie Stoop |
Mille Miglia 421/100/115
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Mille Miglia 421/100/115
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Graham
Gauld wrote of the photo on the right: "...of the three single
seaters, the first went to Ken Wharton, the second to Billy Skelly and the
third to Irishman Dick Odlum...this looks like Billy Skelly sitting in the
Single Seater with his back to the camera which means it is
421/200/180S." (later converted to a sports car) |
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Single-seater 421/200/180S |
Single-seater 421/200/180S
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Single-seater 421/200/180S |
Single-seater 421/200/180S |
Single-seater 421/200/180S |
Single-seater 421/200/180S |
Le Mans Replica, 421/100/155,
originally owned by Tony Crook in 1951
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Le Mans Replica, 421/100/155
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Le Mans Replica, 421/100/155
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Le Mans Replica, 421/100/155
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Le Mans Replica, 421/100/127,
raced by Roy Salvadori in 1951
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Le Mans Replica, 421/100/127
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Le Mans Replica, 421/100/127
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Le Mans Replica, 421/100/156,
Duff/Winterbottom car in 1951 Le Mans colours |
The first Single Seater,
421/200/172, built for Ken Wharton, early 1952
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Single Seater, 421/200/172 |
Single Seater, 421/200/172
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Targa Florio 421/200/162,
prototype Targa Florio, first Mark II chassis,
early/mid
1952
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Targa Florio 421/200/162
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Targa Florio 421/200/162
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Le Mans Replica 421/100/164,
originally owned by O'Hara Moore, rebuilt from Spiken's car |
Le Mans Replica 421/100/164
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Le Mans Replica 421/100/164
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Cabriolet 421/100/116, Fritz
Fiedler's "Dream Car" |
Cabriolet 421/100/116
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Cabriolet 421/100/116
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Cabriolet 421/100/116
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Targa Florio 421/200/162, at
Silverstone |
Le Mans Replica 421/200/170,
originally owned by Tony Crook, mid 1952 at Silverstone |
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The
following photos courtesy of, and all rights retained by, Alec Rait.
Captions courtesy of Jim Trigwell.
October 9, 2002
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Alec Rait (Ontario, Canada)
wrote:
"....I have recently
retired and I am taking the opportunity to look over my photo collection
and get it into some sort of order.
As a child I went to boarding school with Tim & Nick Aldington,
sons of Don Aldington. As you can imagine, they were always praising the
merits of the Frazer-Nash sports cars and early in 1952 they were able to
arrange a school outing to the factory. I had been giver a simple Kodak
Brownie Reflex
camera the previous birthday and armed with this we toured the
factory. I took very few photos as my pocket money would not stretch to
much film or many flash bulbs (yes, one per indoor shot) in those days.
As far as I can remember, this is 50 years ago, the following cars were in
production:
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The first Formula 2 Chassis
which was formally handed over to Ken Walton that day. (Photo below)
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Special bodywork(?) being
fitted to a chassis. (Photo below)
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A car fitted with an
Austin "A90 Atlantic" engine.
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In the showroom there
was a Mille Miglia which I noted in my photo album cost 3501
pounds and 10 shillings. (Photo below)
I also have a couple of
color photos of Tony Cook racing his Le Mans at Goodwood probably
in '53 as I had a slightly better camera by then (Le Mans start)
Lastly I have some photos taken in about 1982 at a vintage race
meet at Shannonville near Belleville Ontario. I don't know who the
car belonged to, but perhaps one of your site visitors can
identify it. There are also a couple of shots of a "chain
gang" car taken at the same time, also unidentified.
I think the pictures at the factory were taken early in 1952 and
that the F2 chassis is the first one. The partially finished car
is described in my album as a special body, but it may be a
production style that was not yet named.
The race prepared car with the roll bar was completing at
Shannonville, Ontario at an vintage race meeting in the early
1980s- '82 perhaps. The "chain gang" car was at the same
event. Perhaps you would like to pass the "chain gang"
photos on to an appropriate web site.
The colour photo of #32 leaving the line in a Le Mans start is
harder to place. Silverstone or Goodwood, Crook or Brooks, 1953 or
later. The race number is not shown in your competition listing,
but some are missing from about that time. I have always had the
impression that this was a "lightweight" car. See
if someone can positively identify the occasion."
Thanks, Alec!
The captions below are from Jim Trigwell:
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