It is lot 669 on Saturday, not 699. Tom Rocke is a personal friend of mine
and I have been to his shop to see this car. If you understand what you
read, it is not presented as anything other than a re-creation of the works
car. Quote: restoration was completed on this car *to model* the 1960 works
car", end quote. The car has a genuine Tulip engine Tom purchased in
England, except the head is not the original alloy one, but it has been
ported and modified to flow lots of air. The body panels are all aluminum
alloy as on the origianl. The dash has all the correct instrumentation.
This is as close as you will ever get to an original works car.
Mike MacLean
56 BN2
60 AN5
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:27 PM, J. Scott Morris <jstmorris@yahoo.com>wrote:
> The Barrett-Jackson auction at Palm Beach in April has what I think is a
> knock-off of UJB 142 listed as Lot 699. The listing description follows:
>
> "An extensive body-off restoration was completed on this car to model the
> 1960
> works car #20 UJB-142 that finished fourth at Sebring in 1960. Tom Rocke,
> Healey Lane Restoration of Riverside, California, finished the newly
> restored
> car exclusively for the Barrett-Jackson West Palm Beach Florida Auction.
> Restoration features of this car include an exterior finish of DuPont
> 2-stage
> Dark British Racing Green paint, black interior with ventilated 3000
> Sebring
> front seats, the rare ultra tulip-type engine with intake and factory works
> exhaust, tri-carbureted HD-8 2" carburetors to help produce the engine's
> 190hp, 6-blade fan, 4-row radiator, jet coated flowed intake and exhaust
> components, exterior intake cooling, alloy front and back shroud member as
> well as boot lid, factory lightweight fiberglass top, center-lock rally
> wheels, BJ8 ventilated disc racing brakes in front, rally front grille and
> road lights. This car qualifies for all State Grand-type rallies.
> The car comes with fully photo documented restoration and British Heritage
> Industry Motor Trust certificate."
>
> Amazing what comes out of the wood work.
>
> Check out http://tinyurl.com/bdp24j
>
> --Scott Morris; Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; '60 MkI BN7 & '62 MkII BT7
> J. Scott Morris - Keep Smiling, Murphy Lives
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