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That is a sebring car. It may be the one on auction at RM.
 
roll bar is different , wheels are different, seat is different, hard to tell but i think the windscreen is different too..


isnt that Doc standing there?


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Why are they all wire wheels? Wires weren't available on the production cars yet, right? and I'd think for racing steel would be preferred, no?
 
A few years passed between those photos. :wink:
 
That bonnet looks to be the one featured in photo #55, the alloy-bodied special driven by Colgate and entered by Donald Healey Motor Co.
 
You should send that older picture to the auction company. Wouldn't that be a fun fleet to have in your garage today??!
 
Wire wheels because they had knock offs. These guys were raceing and remember speeds were not much by todays standards.
 
THat's why I like my wires too, on and off is easy but heavier and weaker is bad on the track, no?
 
<span style="color: #3333FF"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">"OH, If I ONLY had the "spare" $85K!!"</span></span></span>

Nice looking car! :thumbsup:

Engine doesn't look like anything special... ??did Works car wear a weber??

I'd like to get a closer look at the suspension & brakes...

-Bear- :cheers:
 
Wires are strong enough for under 100 speeds and heavy has no bearing when HP is under 100 as well. Think about how they were raced.
 
jlaird said:
Wires are strong enough for under 100 speeds and heavy has no bearing when HP is under 100 as well. Think about how they were raced.
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Oh, I have no idea how they were raced. It just struck me weird that at a time when steel wheels were standard, racers used wires, I've read recently some not liking wires and extolling the virtues of steel, so I pointed it out. Now I can't help but wonder how they did it in '60/61 before the factory had wire wheel parts....oops, going OT....bonnets, yep, cool one that bonnet.
 
They were raced in, by todays standards, a very relaxed manner. Drivers were friendly and drove as gentlemen (and ladies). Slamming and jambing was considered unaccepable behavior. Professional racing in the day was very akin to vintage racing today.
IMO, big money in pro racing has turned it into dog eat dog events.
 
In days of yore, wire wheels were the norm for racing, and I don't think Moss, Fangio, and others of that generation said "after you, Claud" or anything similar.
Back then wires were much preferred to steel - alloys were just making their entrance. Remember in '58 Vanwall GP drivers preferred wire on the front because of the extra "feel" they gave.
 
Roger said:
In days of yore, wire wheels were the norm for racing,
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Don't forget the other advantage - knock off hubs - one nut not four
 
The more I look at the Sebring Sprite the better I like it. The lines are incredible. I love the way the outer rocker panel has disappeared and the way the side of the bonnet is cut higher than stock.
 
Besides the advantage of quick change that wires afford they helped cool the brakes. Rudge Whitworth wires were developed originally for racing. Also may have been the only hubs available for the disc brake setup they were running at the time.
KA
 
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