204 | THE GOODWOOD REVIVAL SALE
A replacement period-style chassis plate has been fitted to match the
original number-stamping on the chassis which reads '421/100/127'.
This Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica is offered here in highly original
condition including all original instruments and switches, hood and two-
piece tonneau cover, spare wheel and toolkit, mechanical radiator blind
and starting handle.
Renowned for handling qualities and performance capabilities which bely
its perhaps barrel-chested appearance, the Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica
earned its title after AFN Ltd principal H.J. Aldington and Norman Culpan
drove a prototype 'High Speed' model - with 2-litre 6-cylinder Bristol
engine and shaft drive - into a fine third place overall in the first postwar
Le Mans 24-Hour race, in 1949. Some 34 of these cars were produced
between 1948 and 1953 and they accumulated a glittering record of
motor racing success in period, topped by Franco Cortese's outright win
in the 1951 Targa Florio race around the Madonie Mountains of north-
western Sicily.
With such a record of competition glory - plus the strongest possible
historical connection with none other than the great Roy Salvadori (Le
Mans-winning driver for the works Aston Martin team in 1959, of course)- plus its outstanding originality - plus its 44 years in the current caring
ownership - plus the Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica model's renowned all-
purpose drivability - we strongly commend 'VHX 839' to the worldwide
connoisseur collector's market.
Here is a true-blue British sports-racing car of perfect pedigree and
provenance, and one perfectly suited to the broadest range of Historic
motoring activities, from racing and rallying to comfortable touring
and spur-of-the-moment summer-evening spins through beautiful
countryside...
£580,000 - 640,000
€670,000 - 740,000