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Nerus Silhouette - SOLD

Wyles Hardy

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Description:

HISTORY OF THE CAR

This car is an original 1969 Nerus Silhouette Formula F100 Sports Prototype.

This example is an original works racing car and was in fact designed by Cedric Selzer, Jim Clark’s race engineer in 1963/64. The car has a conventional space frame chassis clad with aluminium panels. Only two Silhouettes were ever made, with a third being made up from spare parts.

The F100 class was announced in UK in 1969 and was conceived along similar lines to Formula Ford with lightly modified production engines and was intended to replace the ill-supported sports racing and GT events at club meetings.

This example is believed to that displayed at the 1970 Racing Car Show. It is the first car built by the factory and is believed to have been raced by Nick Cole, achieving the remarkable statistics of always finishing in first or second place in 10 of the eleven rounds in the 1970 series.

The car comes with fully documented history, including racing results, previous owner correspondence, and Original FIA and HSCC papers

 

 

ENGINE –  NEW 1700 CROSSFLOW  FITTED – ONLY 5 RACES

1700 CC – Block bored to +90

711N6015BA Block

Crank has been ground

Stroke off the crank is 77.725mm

Main bearings 020

Big end bearings 010

New cam bearings fitted

Crank balanced with lightened flywheel

Rods and pistons same weight

244 Kent camshafts

4 unleaded valve seats fitted

4 new exhaust valves – 35mm

4 new inlet valves - 41mm

Head ported and polished

Head skimmed, cleaned and painted

4 AE pistons fitted

Duplex timing chain and cogs

Kent duplex valve springs

 

Spare 1600 Cross flow Engine with damaged bearings and crankshaft




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