THE CARS  |  Photo gallery   (page 2)    
Photos by Art Eastman, R. Harrington, Gordon Jolley, Lori Pilati and fellow race enthusiasts

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'64 Merlyn Mk6B

One of our complete restoration projects, the Merlyn Mk6B of Tom Yeager made its debut at Roebling Road, Savannah in April 2004. 

 (See race report)

 

'66 Lotus 47 of Ed Mettelman

Ed Mettelman's stunning '66 Lotus 47 after a complete restoration by us; driven superbly by Ed in its Lime Rock debut.

(See race report)


'63 Lotus Elan S1 of Pete Schultz

We built this car from scratch. A donor, early-S1 street car was taken and transformed into a cosmetically beautiful race car that performed as well as it looked. It is still being  prepared and maintained by us, and is more beautiful now than ever. 

(See race report)

'69 Merlyn 11A F/Ford
of Bernard Bradpiece

(See race report)

 

'70 Aldon F100 of Phil Meany

This car was located in the U.K., originally one of the F100 series of sports racers. When that doomed series failed, these cars were re-engined for club racing in the U.K. The Aldon has undergone extensive development and restoration in our shop, and is a delightful car both to drive and to behold.

(See race report)

Chevron B23 of Jol Dantzig, restored, prepared and maintained by us.

(See race report)



 

Toj 205C
We located this car in France, partially restored. We brought it to the U.S., finished the restoration, raced it for a season, and subsequently sold it to Jim Richmond of Chicago. It is perhaps the quickest of two-litre cars.


1980 Tiga SC80 of Lee Chapman Racing, here driven by Bill Pedersen

This is the Chapman/Hadfield Sports 2000 entry: the 1980 Tiga SC80, freshly restored by us just prior to its Sebring debut in March 2003.  The car is available for rent for the series and began winning "right out of the box" in the capable hands of Simon Hadfield (UK), Gordon Medenica and Bill Pedersen. 
(See race report
)

(Simon Hadfield Driving)

(Lee Chapman driving)

'67 Chevron B6 BMW of ace ex-pro Gordon Medenica

Shown in the previous photo in its original pale blue livery, the car was put to ever better use by its new owner, Gordon Medenica. (The car has since been sold.)

(See race report)

Chevron B8 BMW
of Pete Gulick
Gulick's first car - "to get his feet wet" in vintage racing. We ran it for him with great success for almost four years before he got the B23 bug. A really great car, now somewhere in California where it's found another good home.

Another view of the Chevron B8 BMW of Pete Gulick.

 

This is the Chris Skeaping car of note in the 60s from the U.K. It bounced around the U.S. until the early 90s, where it was found by Ian Giles and returned to the U.K. It was restored there by Zul Racing and then bought by Tom Yeager here in the U.S. It has been prepared and updated by us to be a very competitive Group 5 car

'67 Chevron B6 of Tom Yeager
(always great battles between Yeager and Gulick.)

Chevron B23 Cosworth
of Pete Gulick

Shown here in an earlier color scheme and fitted with a YBM motor.

 

Spice C1 Cosworth
of Peter McLaughlin

We prepared and maintained this Spice C1 for a season's racing.


March F/F
of Peter McLaughlin
A unique F/F restored by us a few years ago. It was built up on an F/3 chassis with quite a history in its day. It is now being raced by Jeff Johnson of Ohio.

Chevron B23 Cosworth of ace former-pro Tom Yeager

Prepared and maintained by us for Tom during his brief love affair with this type of car.

Sauber Cosworth of Ian Giles

A very striking and purposeful car -- found by Ian Giles and restored to its original appearance. It ran with an M12 originally. We prepared and maintained the car for him in the U.S., with a BDG fitted. The car has found a new home in California.


This is a unique car, originally powered by a 2-litre Hart 420R used in CanAm, and then converted to DFV power by Richard Piper for TIFF Needel to drive in Supersports in the U.K. The car was restored by Simon Hadfield and maintained by us. It is currently for sale.
 


Chevron B26 DFV of Peter McLaughlin, driven by Simon Hadfield at Sebring

Chevron B36 of Peter McLaughlin, driven by
Tom Rees

This was an Italian Sportscar Championship car as late as '86. It was restored by us and is here driven by Tom Rees to a win on its maiden outing at Watkins Glen.

Lotus 23B
of Peter McLaughlin

We found this 23B in the U.K. and restored it a number of years ago -- always a very competitive car in the hands of Peter and his erstwhile co-driver, Tom Yeager.

Lotus 23B BMW of ace
former-pro Tom Yeager

This 23B surfaced in Germany as a club racer with BMW power.

As a historic racecar, it proved to be a wonderful endurance racer -- particularly at Sebring, where Tom held second place in torrential rain behind a Porsche 962, only to be pipped on the last lap by a Lights car, relegating him to third overall.


Lotus Elan S1
of Lee Chapman

My early attempts at vintage racing with an Elan built from scratch based on a street car. The car is still being raced today.

Ginetta G4 (square tube)
of Lee Chapman

We restored and raced this car a few years ago. It's a very, very quick little car.

Lotus Super 7
of Robert Allred

This is a fresh restoration of Robert Allred's now stunning (we think) Lotus Super 7, which debuted with us in Savannah in May 2003


(see race report

Lotus Super 7
of John Marcosky

Shown here, John Marcosky driving his ex-Tom Yeager 7 -- one of the many 7s, in fact, that have passed through our doors.


This is a highly developed 7 driven by Phil Meany with great determination and verve, though unfortunately not as frequently as we would have wished. The car now belongs to Bill Bartlett of Atlanta and we still supply it with parts.

Lotus 7 of Phil Meany


Lotus Super 7
of Lee Chapman

I built this car 10 years ago and enjoyed much success with it. I later sold it to Tom Yeager, who enjoyed even more success with the car before selling it to Larry Shauf.

 

 

 
             

                    

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