XKC 404

Engine n° E2006-9 Reg. N° OKV 3 Colour BRG

Third 1954 works car; Le Mans Whitehead/Wharton (race number 15), ret!d; Reims 12 Hours, Whitehead/ Wharton,1st; Brighton Speed Trials, Dewis; Prescott Hillolimb, Walker; used for Guild of Motoring Writers test day, Goodwood; displayed at Brussels Motor Show; 1955 Silverstone, Hawthom, DNF, but set new lap record; Goodwood Nine Hours, car lent to Hamilton/Rolt, DNF; February 1957 sold to John Coombs (his great friend John Young states that he owned OKV 3, bought it for about £3000, ~you couldn't sell them!"); 1959 sold to Dickens & Cartwright; sold to Chipstead Motors; sold to John Love (South Africa); Luanda GP, Rhodesia,1st; 1960 South African GP (Libre race), 7th (2nd sports car); sold to Neville Austin; Bulawayo, two races,1st & 2nd; Salisbury, 6th; 1961 Border 100, East London, 6th; Laurenco Margues, 1st; Kyalami Nine Hours, crashed; December 1961 sold to Rondalia Touring Club, who began restoration 1966 sold to Paul Hawkins, who shipped car to UK; rebuild completed by Temple Panels, London; 1967 sold to John Melville-Smith (Malvern, UK); crashed at Prescott & rebuilt at works; completed May 1968; 1969-70 raced for owner by Martin Morris; 1971 crashed at Snetterton; crashed car sold to Morris & rebuilt; then raced extensively and very successfully during 1970s & 1980s; also used for touring in Europe, America & New Zealand; raced in 1990s by David Morris; still owned by Martin Morris (Exeter, UK).