Graeme WILLIAMS BUYS A Sebring Graeme is the son of the late Charlie Williams…

GRAEME WILLIAMS BUYS A SEBRING
Graeme is the son of the late Charlie Williams of Williams & Pritchard fame, who were responsible for making Sprinzel’s original alloy bodywork fitted to the first 5 or 6 coupes. Charlie died in 1969, and as Graeme says “Sadly I never really took the opportunity to talk to him in any depth about the business. It is only relatively recently that I really came to appreciate the esteem in which Williams and Pritchard are held. I had one of the original shape f/glass bonnets (as per NSU) fitted to my Frog in 1965. Free-issue then of course! My preference is for the look of this bonnet rather than the Sebring2 and the Monza, but I suspect that is because it was the one I had originally”.
The car he has acquired is the one built in the early 90’s by Mike Sutton and following Mike’s death it went to Bob Heppell, before now being sold to Graeme. Graeme reports: “Mike must have been an interesting person. I believe he worked for a company of Quantity Surveyors so his methodical “recording” approach would have been very much part and parcel of his work style. It will be invaluable for keeping the car. At the moment I only have the invoice folder and have glanced at the build record one. That will come down with the car which should come down at the weekend. I would guess he was very particular about the way it was put together which increases confidence in the vehicle. Probably a bit of a pain to deal with judging by the notes attached to invoices” .
Graeme, on left in the pohoto, has since taken delivery of his new toy – last weekend.