XKD 504

Engine n° E3001~9 Reg. N° Le Mans trade plate 164 WK, later RSF 302 Colour BRG (later Metallic Blue)

Works 1955 long-nose car: Le Mans, spare car; used by works for testing Pl; Silverstone (with carburettor Engine n° E3002-9), Fairman, DNF; October, fitted with Engine n° E40019; Nurburgring 1000Kms, Frere Hamilton, DNF; used for testing at Reims, FrerefBueb; March 1957, fitted with Engine n° E3002-9: 1957 sold to Ecurie Ecosse; Spa, Lawrence; Nurburgring, Bueb/Lawrence; St Etienne, Lawrence, 2nd;'Monzanapolis', Sanderson, 6th; Spa, Sanderson; 1958, Sebring, Sanderson/Bueb. rel'd; Silverstone, Fairman; Nurburgring, Sanderson/Bueb; Le Mans, Fairman/Gregory, DNF; Goodwood, TT, Gregory/lreland, 4th; 1958 sold to Mike Salmon; repainted BRG; raced often & successfully; 1961 Snetterton Three Hours, 1st; 1962 sold to Peter Sutcliffe (Huddersfield, UK); again raced often & successfully; 1963 Snetterton, crashed heavily; car sent to works for repair & received frame from XKD 505 purchased from Maurice Charles; 1965 sold to Neil Corner; raced successfully in early Griffiths Formula historic racing & used as road car; 1981 sold to Paul Vestey; rebuilt by Lynx with new frame, XKD 505 frame removed and sold by Lynx to Bill Lake; used for Mille Miglia twice with Adrian Hamilton as codriver; 1991 Spa, Nigel Corner; Magny Cours, Gary Pearson, crashed; 1994 original frame purchased from Peter Sutcliffe & refitted; Paul Vestey (Alresford, Hampshire, UK) - 2000 , sold to a collector in USA