Aircraft Engines Aircraft Engines in our Museum Collectionĭuring the 1930’s great strides were made in the development of powered gun turrets in the belief that they would be capable of defending bombers from fighter attack.Collection Although the museum’s collection of aircraft has grown significantly over the years, the Society remains focused on its goals of honouring those who served with Bomber Command and the BCATP.Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX restoration project.
FRAZER NASH PORTABLE
Canada’s Bomber Command Memorial – Portable Version.Canada’s Bomber Command Virtual Memorial.Memorials Memorials honouring those in Bomber Command.Nose Art – blog If a bomber crew was assigned a particular aircraft, they were sometimes able to choose the name and artwork and this enabled a powerful bond to develop between the men and the machine.Avro Lancaster Blog During World War II the Lancaster was the most successful bomber used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force.Dambusters Raid The Dambusters Raid 16/17 May, 1943.Bomber Command – blog The bomber offensive mounted by the Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the air forces of other Commonwealth countries during the Second World War has been described as the most continuous and grueling operation of war ever carried out.
FRAZER NASH REGISTRATION
It has HTPs issued in 2017, and a current V5C registration document. He also competed at the Malta Classic meeting as well as a handful of British sprints an hillclimbs. Guy spent a lot of time on detail lovely old leather, correct period Lucas lights, hand-painted number plates. We are pleased to be offering this old friend on behalf of its current owner, previously it was purchased by Guy Broad from Pendine in 2016. More recently the engine has been built by Bristol engine specialist Hawker Racing and has had a foam filled fuel tank fitted. The previous owner bought it off Ted, and committed it to extensive restoration work at CKL Engineering, the bills for which are on file.Īll the components are period correct, including a close-ratio all-syncro gearbox, Limited Slip Diff, Alloy diff housing, Austin axle and Alfin drum brakes. Ted covered many miles, occasionally competing in it and driving all over Europe. More recently, it was owned by Ted Parkinson who enjoyed it for many years.
He owned it from when it was built in 1975, through the 1980s. It was built for Alan Dunkerley, a keen member of the VSCC and owner of multiple Frazer Nash cars, sharing a garage with a Frazer Nash Boulogne and Vauxhall 30/98, amongst others. Constructed alongside an original car to ensure their accuracy, they were of course powered by the marvellous Bristol six cylinder. Today, the engineering excellence of Crosthwaite & Gardiner is globally renowned, notably having restored and recreated numerous Auto-Unions, so it is no great surprise that these Rep Reps were built to an exacting standard. In the 1970s, specialist Crosthwaite & Gardiner built five (not six, as sometimes claimed) recreations of the famous Frazer Nash Le Mans Rep, having secured original factory components and drawings from AFN. However, with only 85 examples built between 19 (a number only slightly higher than the production figures of the D-Type Jaguar) today they are a rare car. Named in honour Norman Culpin’s success at Le Mans, the model notched up nearly 50 wins and over 40 seconds in a racing career spanning nine years. With a Bristol six cylinder engine, simple chassis and light body, they have always been considered one of the most versatile road & race cars of their era. One other such marque was Frazer Nash with their Le Mans Replica. The great Le Mans winning sports racing cars of the 1950s, marques like Ferrari, Aston Martin and Jaguar, marked an era of sports cars that were exceptional on both road and track.
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