This spent some time in my shop some time ago.
The owner bought a basketcase rolling chassis with the intention of building a race car for the classic races at Zwartkops.
This is the result:
The wheels on the car are the original ATS wheels that were available as an option in 1961. He saw them on a car trailer whilst driving on the R28, pulled the guy over and bought the wheels on the spot.
This car is so clean that you could litarally eat off it. The craftsmanship has to be seen to be believed.
The engine is basically a BMW R65 boxer engine. All the correct high performance parts were ordered ex Germany to exactly replicate the racing engine in the Hans Stuck race car (see Eben's first pict)
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The scale model was the incentive that got the ball rolling.
This is what the interior looks like. To find the correct era push button radio, he and his wife trolled every pawn shop down Natal's South Coast from Durban to the Wild Coast.
As an aside, he bought the Jeep in the picture as a basketcase, because he was suffering offroad withdrawal, after selling his new Jeep Renegade. Four months after buying it as a pile of junk, he won "Best Engineered Vehicle" at the Rust de Winter 4x4 Jamboree.
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