Lot details Registration No: UN-REG Chassis No: 1 Mot Expiry: N/A
We are indebted to the vendor for the following information: "The Nimbus Special is a one-off car built by Don Parker (a well-known specials builder within motor racing circles). Originally constructed in the late 1950s, its spaceframe chassis was fitted with a Ford 1172cc engine and clothed in unfinished aluminium bodywork. During 1961 Don was involved with Willy Meisner and Bob Van Niskirk in the design of the GSM Dart (also known as the Flamingo). Don was given the first pull of the Dart mould and used this to re-cover the by now rear-engined (and Mini Cooper powered) Nimbus. Don raced the car until around 1978 when he started building his famous Rolls V12-engined Bentley which he still owns to this day I have been informed. The car briefly passed onto his son-in-law but then was taken on by his brother-in-law, Mike Hentall (see file correspondence). The latter used the Nimbus for hillclimbs (Prescott, Shelsey Walsh etc) until the mid 1980s. The Nimbus was bought by its current owner in 2002. He has had a large amount of work and expense lavished on the car for which I have enclosed copies of bills as proof. The result of this fettling is to make the car basically ready to use as a hillclimb or sprint special. The work included an engine rebuild, complete rewiring, brake overhaul, redesign of the gear linkage plus much more as detailed in the accompanying receipts". An intriguing racer, the Nimbus Special is offered for sale with history file ('Classic Cars' magazine article on Don Parker, Mike Hentall letter, extract from 'Specialist Sportscars' by Richard Heseltine, sundry bills etc) and bespoke trailer.
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