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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Classic Cars & Motoring Memorabilia
• Sale Date:
  20 Mar 2016 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  7
• Lot Description:
  1989 Elfin Crusader - To be offered unreserved
  For nearly 50 years the Elfin Sports Car Company has produced some of the most highly competitive sports and open-wheeler racing cars of their day, ranging from the 1959 Streamliner, to Formula Vees through to 'big banger' sports cars and the MR9 Formula 5000 of the 1980's. Elfin has won no less than 29 championships and major titles including two Australian Driver's Championships, five Australian Sports Car Championships, four Australian Tourist Trophies and three Formula Ford titles. World Formula One Champion James Hunt raced an Elfin, as did the French Formula One driver, Didier Pironi. Elfin also took out the Singapore Grand Prix, twice won the Malaysian Grand Prix and also won the Australian Formula Two Championship in 1972 with Larry Perkins in an Elfin 600B.Formula Vee was conceived in the USA in 1959 as race-driver training car, and races began in in the USA in 1963. The Formula makes use of VW 1200 Beetle" engine, gearbox and suspension components installed, with little modification, in a sturdy space-frame racing chassis. Engine output was only about 40 bhp, and the rev band fairly narrow which, combined with swing-axle rear suspension, made for close (and close to the edge!) racing. The cars were simple and very tough, and surprisingly fast. The class is now worldwide, and has now been in existence so long that many older, obsolete Formulas Vee cars are being returned to the racing circuits by the creation of the Historic Vee class.Formula Vee Race Car driven by Chris Boulton. Complete with matching TrailerChassis no. E-0191200 CC VW Engine no. D1104541Cam vehicle recognition number. 21171Cams log book number. 401527Trailer Vin number. 6H9T20000N1605001Registration: U-59602 until 29/09/16"
• Notes:
  Excellent codniton. with spare bonnet, rims and tyres.
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Automobiles & Accessories

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