Chassis EC1001 Engine no E5033-9 Gearbox C7513 Body No. R2181 steel CUT 7

Project Number ZX 537/30; first of an intended team of cars for international GT racing; lighter gauge steel body with Sayer-designed  'low drag' roofline; project proceeded very slowly and car was first run on 917162; after gathering dust in the Experimental Dept, car sold to Dick Protheroe in mid-1963; Reims, 2nd & 1st in GT class; TT, Goodwood. 6th; Snetterton! 5th; 1964 Daily Express Silverstone, 6th; Spa 500Kms,12th; Nurburgring 1000Kms, crashed in practice Reims 12 Hours 'with John Coundley, 8th & 1st in class; Autosport Three Hours, 10th; Paris 1000Kms Montlhery, with Coundley, 7th & 1st in GT class; February 1965 advertised at £3200; sold to David Wansborough; TT, Oulton Park, went off into lake; then believed owned by Messrs Gordon, Ramsay & Fellowes; sold to Mike Wright who campaigned it in hill climbs & sprints; sold to Robbie Gordon; 1973 sold to Adrian Hamilton for £1850; sold to Robert Danny; sold to Walter Hill (Florida, USA); c1990 sold to Paul Vestey; rebuilt by David Cottingham & RS Panels; c1994 sold, via Adrian Hamilton, to David Pennell (UK); 1995 sold to Viscount Cowdray (UK).