“I bought the car off David (Scothorn) in November 2021, – he had had it in storage since he bought it in 2011. The car had an original Lenham GTO rear end (one of 4 originals according to Sean Rainford), but an AG Thorpe front which was in very poor condition and 2 Magnesium Minilite wheels (alas in too poor a condition to use). The car was much modified to accept a MGA engine and MGB gearbox with alterations to the chassis, and bulkhead as well as the removal of much of the transmission tunnel. The chassis was, in the main, good with only minor rusting to the nearside.
To run in HealeySport, the car had to be restored to original and (parts of) the chassis were replaced along with the transmission tunnel. A new Lenham front was purchased from Sean who has all the original Lenham moulds. A full race 1330 series A engine along with a Dog Box was fitted. The suspension remains standard in the main, just uprated within the regs. A full welded in cage was fitted by GC Fabrication of Ipswich (highly recommended). Brakes are uprated as allowed by the regs. I carried out most of the work myself including spraying the car! It took 18 months from start to finish and I tried to do something everyday! Took 5kg of underseal off the bottom of the car filling a Sainsbury’s carrier bag! Haha.
The car has had a few teething problems this season, mainly due to the rear suspension set-up. With much help from Peter May Engineering, the car is now running well and with a lot of help from the weather and the racing gods, managed to retain the Class Championship in the HealeySport Sprint and Hill Climb Championship”.
