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Nerus Silhouette - SOLD
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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