1956 Austin A30 HRDC Academy Racecar

Lot details
Registration No: FRE753A
Chassis No: 109514
Mot Expiry: Exempt

- Goodwood Revival (2016) and Silverstone Classic (2017) winner and therefore the most successful HRDC Academy Car

- Built on a 'no expense spared' basis by Mike Jordan's Jordan Racing Team to win the St Mary's Trophy and exquisitely detailed

- Race ready and able to boast a host of bespoke and top flight components

The Historic Racing Drivers' Club's Academy Series for Austin A30 / A35 Saloons was conceived as a limited budget `Control Formula' that would encourage newcomers into the world of historic motorsport. The first HRDC Academy car to be completed was shaken down in December 2013 and others soon followed. However, the series really gained momentum when it was announced that the St Mary's Trophy race at the 2016 Goodwood Revival would be for Academy cars only. Held in two-parts with professionals contesting the first and amateurs the second, the event attracted almost fifty entrants including the machine on sale today.

Built by Mike Jordan's Jordan Racing Team with `no expense spared' to win the St Mary's Trophy, it benefited from his decades of success - both as a driver and preparer - in Porsche Cup, V8 Eurocar, British GT, FIA GT and BTCC racing etc. Powered by the same sealed 1275cc A-series engine as its grid mates, the JRT car was not only exquisitely detailed but could also call upon the driving talents of Mike's son Andrew (a former BTCC Champion).

The two-part race was as closely contested and exciting as the organisers had wished with Andrew Jordan winning the first round in torrential rain. On Sunday Mike Jordan brought the car home in the top three making them the overall combined winners.
For the 2017 Silverstone Classic the HRDC organised a two-part celebrity race in aid of Prostate Cancer Research. The A30, now owned by Royal Automobile Club member Eric Verdon-Roe, was allocated to Howard Donald of Take That for the celebrity race. In very slippery conditions he managed a solid sixth despite a spin. On the Sunday Mike Jordan drove from sixth on the grid taking the lead with two laps to go to win the race.

This car is therefore the most successful machine in the series and is set to repeat the result in its next outing in its new owner's hands. Recently the A30 was displayed in the Royal Automobile Club's Pall Mall premises.

Specification:

The car enjoys all the latest technology to save weight. It is built from an acid dipped, seam welded shell that was in excellent pre-build condition with very little rot repair needed. All optional fibre glass panels fitted (bonnet, bumpers, boot, wings). Superbly painted by Normandale in Dove Grey and Cream in base coat and clear.

All new parts include: strengthened seat mountings with latest specification Race Tech BTCC seat, bespoke lightweight wiring loom, bespoke hard-coated Perspex windows, heated front screen, PWR F1 Spec radiator, lightweight alternator, lithium battery, Momo steering wheel, Smiths gauges, new switches, Atec oil cooler pipes, PWR oil cooler, low-drag wheel bearings, adjustable dampers. It now sports the mandatory 3.9:1 fixed diff and is fully race ready.