Classic Cars in Kenya A-C

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I am especially interested in hearing from anyone who has any info or photos of single letter registered cars in Kenya, ie cars registered in the country before the 1950s.

Make		History
Year		Registration below noted on an old car in Kenya but what car is unknown
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	B-8971/KEN	References

Make	AC	History
Year		Owned at some stage by Guy D'Olier
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Photos ; J Wroe

Make	AC	History
Year		Owned by a Mr. Nash around 1964-69.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Alfa Romeo	History
Year		Long chassis car. First owner was Vincenzo Francesco Ferrario (MI 44093), it is then thought that the car was purchased by a dealer for Arthur Fox, to be raced by Brian Lewis. Rebodied and owned by Francesco Pivola in 1935, in 1936 it was sold to Mr. Scipione Farabolini who took the car to Mogadishu in Italian Somaliland (SO-3142). Graham Stevens and Roy Usher found the car in Mogadishu and got it running c1942. It was later sold to Mrs. Ellis and transported to Nairobi, from where it went to Maj. E.C.H. Owens, painted a mushy pea green. Overhauled by Frank Maschetti, who had been at the Milano factory as a mechanic and test driver, resprayed in matt green, then matt silver blue (W-2468). The car returned to England in 1953 (MXP 13) and sold on in 1964 to Guy Griffiths. Offered for sale at Brooks Auction in 1995 by Guy’s Daughter, Penny Woodley. Later owned by John Bentley.
Model	2300
Chassis No.	2311203
Engine No.	2311203
Coachbuilder	Touring, Viotti
Body Style	Lemans, Coupe
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	The Legendary 2.3 Alfa Romeo by Simon Moore

Make	Alfa Romeo	History
Year	1932/33	Owned at some stage by L.H.F. Armstrong in Kenya. Believed to have been crashed whilst racing, possibly by Armstrong. The remains were acquired by Ian Johnson around 1965/66 who used this car's engine in his earlier 1750 (see next entry). Both cars later returned to the UK and lay languishing for some years. Noted at a Shuttleworth Collection event in Sept 2023 in restored condition. Any additional history on this car would be welcomed.
Model	6C 1750 6th series
Chassis No.	121215044
Engine No.	121215044
Coachbuilder	Zagato?
Body Style	Sports 2-seater
Colours	Dark red
Registration Numbers	H-2190/KEN, NXS 918	References	Photo Armstrong Album; 2023 photos courtesy of James Holland

Make	Alfa Romeo	History
Year	1931	Sold on 20 October 1931, but it appears to only have been registered in late 1932 Ran in the Mille Miglia in 1933. d.n.f, sold soon afterwards. After some more owners in Italy the car was sold to an Italian Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland in 1937, car registered there 1939? Owned by Ian Johnson in Kenya by 1966. Fitted at some stage with the engine and gearbox from 121215044 (see entry above). The car had three owners in Kenya, the last one shipped to London when he went went to work in New York. Sold in 2012 and believed to have been refitted with its original engine and gearbox before being resold in 2014. Seen at VSCC Prescott 2021 by Matt Shepherd, painted Grey
Model	1750
Chassis No.	10814361
Engine No.	10814361
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	NXS 812 (Dec 2020)	References	Photo EAVCC Newsletter; Matt Shepherd - AlfaBB.com Forum

Make	Alfa Romeo	History
Year	1937	Car came from Dar-es-Salaam and had undergone extensive restoration before being acquired by Peter Dakeyne. First seen at an EAVCC event in December 1966. Possibly the car depicted in the EAVCC Newsletter for 1969?
Model	Tipo 6C
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Esso Rally 1965; EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Alfa Romeo	History
Year	1937	Owned by a Mr. Fenton in 1963.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Allard	History
Year	1948	This car was the Earls Court Show car in 1948. From there it was exported to Kenya, returning to the UK in the early 1990's. Purchased by a new owner in 1996, in a very dilapidated condition and rebuilt it over a period of 18 months working 8 days a week!!! A show winner on may occasions, most recently winner of the Manchester to Blackpool Vintage Classic car run. Only 151 of this model were built by Syndey Allard and very few now remain.
Model	K1
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Photo source unknown

Make	Alta-Jaguar	History
Year		Noted in Kenya in the 1950s or 60s. Red with cycle wings - Mentioned in an article in RREC Bulletin 30. Sportscar which Phil Scragg built from the first postwar GP car, GP1. It returned to the UK c1970. It was raced a few times, still as a sportscar, in the early 1990s (The Donington Collection car of the same number is a replica using some parts from the original). RPG418 originally owned by Phil Scaggs was based on GP1 the ex Abecassis GP Alta. All Altas were made to order and George Abecassis took delivery of GP1 in 1948. It made its debut in the British Empire Trophy on the Isle of Man and though it showed promising speed it retired after two laps with a broken gearbox. Abecassis crashed it in Bremgarten and it failed to finish in either of its other two races that year. He raced it only three times in 1949 and finished only once and then well off the pace. He had intended to complete a full season with the car, but the HWM project, which used Alta engines, diverted him otherwise. Later GP1 was converted into a Jaguar-engined special and its remains have subsequently been reconstructed for the Donington Collection.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Photo source unknown

Make	Alvis	History
Year		Owned at some stage by Guy d'Olier in Kenya?
Model
Chassis No.	5172
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Photo Wayne Brooks AOC

Make	Alvis	History
Year	1934	Owned by D. Polden in 1964-66, then by Norman Dickenson-Cheetham 1966-69. Now believed to be back in the UK. Photograph shows the car at the 1966 Kitale Show.
Model	Speed 20
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	T-9500/KEN; KG-581/Trade Plate	References	Esso Rally 1965; EAVCC Newsletters; Photo Chris Corry-Thomas

Make	Alvis	History
Year	1934	Owned by Simon Fisher in Nairobi, entered in numerous concours events in the 2000s
Model	Firefly
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	KUG-913/KEN; KAE-978-H/KEN	References	Photo Kenyan Concours website

Make	Alvis	History
Year		Owned by a Mr. Morland in Kenya
Model	TB21
Chassis No.	25132
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Photo Wayne Brooks AOC

Make	Armstrong	History
Year	1935	Owned by Frank Caley from around 1945. Later acquired by a Mr. Sudbury.
Model	Six
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Saloon
Colours	Grey?
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Armstrong-Siddeley	History
Year		Greyish colour, often seen at the Dambuster restaurant/bar at Wilson Airport Nairobi - Believed to have been owned by the Greek Ambassador who took it out of the country - Possibly the came car as that above?
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours	Grey?
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Aston-Martin	History
Year		Early DB2, had a 3 piece radiator grill
Model	DB2
Chassis No.	LML/50/38
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Aston-Martin	History
Year		This is likely LML/50/101 as LML/50/38 had a three piece radiator grill and the registration numbers of LML/50/147 and LML/50/174 are already known.
Model	DB2
Chassis No.	LML/50/101 ?
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	KBL-257/KEN	References	Photo: East Africa Motoring Sept. 1952

Make	Aston-Martin	History
Year		Owned from new by Bob Young of Kenya. Later acquired by John Wroe. The car was in a dreadful state, John removed the body and restored the chassis and engine. The car was then sold to Julian Savage who shipped the car to the UK, Mr Savage died a few months later in an aircraft accident and the car was sold at auction in the early 1990s. The car was being restored in 2011/12. John Norris in a letter to the Bentley Drivers Club (Review #205 (1997)), mentions 3 DB2 in Kenya at some stage. In 1959 there were four members of the Aston Martin Club living in Kenya (including Bob Young), though whether they all had cars there has yet to be confirmed. The other three cars noted were chassis LM/50/38, LM/50/101 and LM/50/147 (KBN-500/KEN).
Model	DB2
Chassis No.	LML/50/174
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours	KBQ-452/KEN
Registration Numbers		References	Photo J Wroe; Toby Speller

Make	Austin	History
Year	1912	Owned by Austin Motors, believed to have been used by Herbert Austin. Located in 1958 on a coffee plantation in Kenya and shipped to South Africa, where it was owned by R. Clarke. Rebuilt in 1968.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Photo source unknown

Make	Austin	History
Year	1929	Owned by J. Stalker 1963-66, restored by him and in daily use in the mid 1960s. Known as Genevieve
Model	7
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Locally made body
Colours	White & Red
Registration Numbers	T-913/KEN	References	Esso Rally 1965; EAVCC Newsletter; Photo Chris Corry-Thomas(1965 Esso Rally, Nairobi)

Make	Austin	History
Year		Owned by Oliver Brooke
Model	Ruby
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Saloon
Colours
Registration Numbers		References

Make	Austin	History
Year		Owned by George Clegg in 1963, taken over by George's wife Doreen after he died c1964. [George Clegg was killed in a tragic accident on Jolly Farmer Hill in his Austin, his family presented a cup to the Club for 'Most Improved Car']
Model	7
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours
Registration Numbers	A-2712/KEN	References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Austin	History
Year		Owned by Arthur Proctor, acquired by Tony Monkhouse c1971
Model	Opal
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Coupe
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Austin	History
Year	1936	Owned in the 2000s by Maj. Gen. Simon Mutai in Kenya. Entered in the 2003 Concours in Nairobi. Is this the same car that was (is?) owned by Wilfred Oroko?
Model	7
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	KAR-1-A/KEN	References	Photo Kenyan Concours website

Make	BMW	History
Year	1936	Offered for sale by P. Wentzel in Nairobi in 1969 for £250. Could be the 328? owned by 'Lofty' Drews' father who owned a garage in Lushoto, Usambaras, Tanganyika.
Model	Type 326
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Bradbury Motorcycle	History
Year	1921	Owned in Kenya by Arthur Proctor until 1971 when she was given to Guy Bromley. Around 1973 she passed onto Guy's brother, Jeremy, in Rhodesia and was later taken with him to Perth. Australia, where he still owns her. Used in a number of Rhodesian rallies as well as a D-J Rally in South Africa in the 1970s.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	305-221-L/RHO	References	Photo Guy Bromley; Jeremy Bromley

Make	BSA Motorcycle	History
Year	1916	Owned by Aubyn M-Barberton in 1963, possibly now with David Hopcraft.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Bugatti	History
Year	1931	Owned by J. Bennett, Tanganyika around 1947, J. Davis, Kenya, Peter Tremlett, Kenya c1963-66, later Gordon Valpy, Kitale Kenya c1968. Auctioned in England in the 1980s, noted by Kazuyasu Hata of Japan from around 2009.
Model	T46
Chassis No.	46553
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	KBV-56/KEN	References	EAVCC Newsletter; Bugantics 31/4 Winter 1968; Christian Anicet. Photo : Unknown and Chris Corry-Thomas.

Make	Buick	History
Year	1925	Engine and body overhauled around 1964 when offered for sale by C. Kerchel of Tanga.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Buick	History
Year	1926	Owned by a Maj. Pip Roberts in 1963, acquired later that year by John Hopcraft, who farmed near Nakuru. Now with David Hopcraft.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	4door tourer
Colours	Green with wooden spoke wheels
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Buick	History
Year	1927	Known in Nairobi in the 1950s, but most likely there from new. Offered for sale by Christies Nov 1999, from Italy for £8-12 000. Was owned in Kenya by an Italian employed with Alitalia, taken to Italy in the late 1970s.
Model	Standard Six
Chassis No.	1769199
Engine No.	1845834
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours	Yellow with black wings and blue interior
Registration Numbers	B-6138/KEN	References	Photo Christies 01/11/1999

Make	Buick	History
Year		Possibly owned by Barney Edwards.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	B-4846/KEN	References	Photo Chris Corry-Thomas

Make	Buick	History
Year	1939	Owned by Gurgeet Chana in 2006. Previously owned by Donald MacDonald who restored the car. Used in the film "White Mischief" as Lord Errol's car.
Model	Special
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	T-8228/KEN	References	Photo Kenyan Concours website

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1926	Acquired new from Motor Mart by Bunny Thompson, a Kenyan farmer. Acquired by Guy Bromley in 1969 and sold to Peter Lowi around 1971. The car returned to England with Peter. Restored with a new box body probably fitted by Kehar Singh.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Box body with rifle holster alongside drivers door
Colours
Registration Numbers	B-5418/KEN	References

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year		Owned by R. Patel 1964-66, ex Dodds.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1926	Offered for sale Mr. Brian E. Humphreys in 1964, owned by Sparrow & Co. in 1966. Later owned by an Indian chap.
Model	4-cylinder
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Box body
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year		Owned in the 1970s by Guy Bromley?
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Box body
Colours
Registration Numbers	KG-772/Trade Plate	References	Photo Guy Bromley

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1928	Owned by T.S. Chana for many years, when he passed away the car passed onto his daughter Gurgeet. Now restored and fitted with correct headlights. Owned at some stage by the Motor Mart & Exchange in Kenya. Entered in various Yes Concours events in Nairobi, in one of which the car was Overall Winner of the Concours.
Model	4-cylinder
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Box body
Colours	Red
Registration Numbers	B-9024/KEN, KG-1038 Trade Plate	References	Photo Kenyan Concours website

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1928	ex Jim Simon, fitted with a box body with plywood sides, owned by Jack Ruben in the 1970s. Borrowed and rallied by Guy Bromley in Kenya in 1972. Acquired by Robin Shalck who had the box body removed and an open tourer body fitted by Kehar Singh, then sold to Jonathan Njenga, the then Principal Immigration Officer. Left to rot and deteriorate after Jonathan passed away. Acquired in August 1985 by John Wroe, who discovered the car had no crown wheel and pinion and all the engine push rods were bent. John carried out repairs and restored the car, which remains part of his collection to this today (2021).
Model	4-cylinder
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Tourer
Colours	Yellow
Registration Numbers	W-4309/KEN	References	Photo J Wroe

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year		Owned by J.D. Robertson of Motor Mart in 1964, ex Dial Singh Sagoo
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1929	Originally owned by Mr. Pickford of Londiani. The car then lay in the yard of Motormart & Exchange, Nakuru for many years before being purchased by Peter Lucking, the workshop manager of Marshalls, Nanyuki. Peter also acquired another Chev 6 cyl engine (No. 298295) from Bhaagt Singh on 17th June 1968, probably used to power a sawmill machines, from which parts were used to restore this car. Used for fishing trips till sold in 1971 to John Wroe. This was John's first vintage car, which he drove in the 1976 Galton Fenzi Memorial Run. Used in many films including "Edward & Mrs Simpson", "Sheena", "Out of Africa" "Shadow on the Sun" and "young Indy". In 2009 the car was undergoing a ground up restoration.
Model	6-cylinder
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	F-1139/KEN	References	Photo Guy Bromley; J Wroe

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1927/28	Owned by a Mr. Humphries in 1967. Owned by a Mr. Patel, a builder, in the 1970s
Model	4-cylinder
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	F-803/KEN	References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1929	Owned by a Mr. Templer in 1964.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1930	Owned by Bev Smith and later John Elliot
Model	6-cylinder
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	EAVCC Newsletter

Make	Chevrolet	History
Year	1957	Manufactured in Tarrytown, N.Y. in late 1957 and imported into Kenya in November 1957. It spent it's entire first life as a company delivery truck for an outfit called Malmont Electroplating Limited. The company still exists in the industrial area of Nairobi. Sometime around late 1976 or early 1977, someone performed an oil change and forgot to fill it up with oil again before driving it! Found by Denis Schumacher October 1989, parked beside the road in the Nairobi industrial area up to it's hubs in dried mud with a seized engine. The oil filter was still new and hadn't had any oil in it. There was no oil in the sump either. The previous owner told me it had been sitting there in the open since the engine had seized. After 5 years of work and several shipments of parts from the States, it was once again on the road. The truck was finished in July of 1995 and was put into the local car show, which takes place once a year at the Nairobi Race Course. This is the biggest car show in East Africa and the truck won 4th place.
Model	1/2 Ton
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Pick-up truck
Colours	Red
Registration Numbers	KFT-952/KEN	References	Photo source unknown

Make	Chrysler	History
Year	1924	Purchased by Arthur Davies in 1964, first used in the 1964 Esso Rally, still owned by him in 1969. Acquired by Ken Warrilow in 1972, owned in 2009 by Brian Buckeridge in the UK.
Model
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers	W-2225/KEN, LE 7431	References	EAVCC Newsletter; photo Guy Bromley

Make	Chrysler	History
Year	1929	Owned by Jack Ruben 1965-72, who had acquired the car from its original owners who had used the car every day. Photo shows car in advertisement photograph in 1972. Fitted with a compartment behind the front seats, accessed by a door in the side of the car, to store golf clubs.
Model	77
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	2-door with dickey
Colours	Two tone grey with red wheels
Registration Numbers	KKD-884/KEN, KG-127 trade, *-1055/KEN? KG-154 Trade	References	Esso Rally 1965, EAVCC Newsletter; Photo Guy Bromley

Make	Chrysler	History
Year	1929	Originally delivered to a farmer in Cape Town and later taken to Mombasa by an employee of the Union-Castle shipping line in 1954. This employee used to car regularly until he returned to South Africa in 1961, when he sold it to an Agricultural Officer. The Agricultural Officer used the car on bush safari work in the North Eastern district, where no roads only bush tracks existed, he described the car as being excellent for crossing sand rivers. Except for a period of two years, this car was in every-day use until 1958, spending part of its life in the N.F.D. Acquired by Laurie Balabanoff in the early 1960s and restored. Winner of many vintage events in the 1960s. Later taken to South Africa when Laurie moved there c1970, sold soon afterwards to Mr. Jan Botha of Verwoerdburg, through Burchmores, R2000..
Model	70
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style	Phaeton?
Colours
Registration Numbers	KAD-310/KEN, TU1851	References	Esso Rally 1965; EAVCC Newsletter; Roodepoort News Sept 71;

Make	Connaught	History
Year	1950	Known as the Kenya Car. Connaught is well known for the racing cars they made in the 1950s. The L2 was the first model to be sold to the public using the Lea-Francis 1,767 cc unit In 1949 Lea-Francis updated the suspension on its 14 hp model and Connaught, using the same chassis, updated the L2 into the L3. 14 of the L3 model sports car were made until Connaught started to solely make racing cars. This Connaught L3 was the last of just eight L2 and three L3 series sports cars built by Connaught on a modified short wheelbase Lea Francis Sports chassis, using the 1767cc twin cam Lea Francis engine that Connaught developed for the Grand Prix A Type single seater cars. . Unlike the other rather square shaped cars bodied for Connaught's by Leacraft, Connaught wanted a much more rounded, lightweight, sleeker, up to date and stylish body for this last car, and so Charles Miesel commissioned this one off aluminium body on a tubular frame from MetalCraft Ltd of Blyth Bridge, Staffordshire. The car was originally bought from Connaught and taken to Kenya by a lady racing driver and was raced there for many years on what was known as the Langa Langa race track and at the Nakuru Motor Racing Circuit by Cliff Collinge amongst others in regular events organised by the East African Motor Sports Club. Previous owner Jeremy Rodseth sold the Connaught in 1967 to Robin Houry and raced it at the Nakuru circuit. He eventually lost interest in the car and Rodseth offered to take it back, and so it then came back into his possession. Rodseth left Kenya for Australia in 1976 and sold his house and the Connaught to Peter Huth. The car was rediscovered in Nairobi in the late 70's by Rollo Malcolm-Green who eventually bought it and brought KBN 366 back to the UK some years later. It eventually came into the possession of Duncan Rabagliatti via John Harper in 1986. It was later sent to TT workshops where between 1988 and 1994 the chassis was rebuilt and some work carried out on the body. Clive Sherriff acquired the car in 1998, and finished the chassis restoration work and completed the body and trim. Since completion it has been in regular use on the road and various events such as the Prescott Hillclimb. Sold through Coys Auction on 11th January 2014.
odel	L3
Chassis No.	7118
Engine No.
Coachbuilder	MetalCraft Ltd.
Body Style
Colours	Light green
Registration Numbers	KBN-366/KEN	References	Coys Auction January 11th 2014 - Photos off Coys Auction website

Make	Cooper	History
Year	1948	500cc Cooper MK2 JAP Chassis number 10 - 1948 - with original plate. New magnesium wheels, raced in Kenya by David Beckett. imported by 'Full Bore' of London - 8/12/1997 - restored to original spec (exactly) by ourselves. All in lovely mechanical condition, all original except for fitting of a cooper f3 magnesium steering rack to replace steering box( available with the car). Nickle plated suspension parts, all new breaks, modern girling master cylinders. all welding and fabricating done, has new fibreglass nose can be used for a pattern for ali one if needed. Needs easy skinning in aluminum, have all the patterns of sister car i.e. fuel tank, easy to copy. Engine is a 500cc JAP long five stud' about 1949, fully rebuilt by specialist Gerry Goodwin. Dolls head Norton gearbox, all correct. only 5 of these MK 2's known to exist, out of 25 made, one in America with history and a Vincent is asking $120, 000. Asking price for this earliest know Cooper, 10,000 pounds sterling in 2004
Model	MK2
Chassis No.
Engine No.
Coachbuilder
Body Style
Colours
Registration Numbers		References	Photo: RaceCars.com, Mr. Cadwell

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