XKD 406

Engine n° E2003-9 Reg. N° RRW 21 (later 3 CPF) Colour BRG

Works 1954 car; TT, Dundrod, fitted with 2 1/2-litre engine, Moss/Walker,18th; 3.4 engine fitted; used for display purposes and driver tests; early 1955 shipped out to USA, loaned to Briggs Cunningham; tested by Spear, Walters, Lloyd & Cunningham; Daytona Beach, Walters, achieved 164mph; Sebring 12 Hours, Hawthorn/Walters, 1st; shipped back to UK; Daily Express Silverstone, Hamilton, 5th; sold to Hamilton; lent to drivers such as Abecassis, Peter Whitehead & Michael Head; Swedish GP, Kristianstad, Head, 6th; v~inter 1956/57 sold to J. Forbes Clark (Wolverhampton); used for hillclimbs & sprints; later owners included Peter Skidmore (1970), British hillclimb champion Sir Nick Williamson Bt (hillclimbed at Shelsley Walsh), John Beasley (1980), Martin Hilton; now owned byAlan Lawson (Ripley, Surrey, UK).