21st Oct, 2020 14:00
A|B|C Live Auction Online
1958 Berkeley Sports Deluxe
Sold for £3,375
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: VJJ 533
Chassis No: 13/1052
MOT: Exempt
Motor Car Location: Flintshire
- Current ownership since 1977
- Very rare four-wheel Berkeley Sports Deluxe S-E328, with just a handful known to survive
- Vender has advised that the engine has been previously rebuilt
- Ideal winter project which the vendor informs is mostly complete
- Supplied with V5, club dating certificate and assorted spares
- Comes complete with new hood
Maverick but brilliant freelance car designer Laurie Bond designed the Berkeley sports car in response to the Suez crisis. Small and incredibly light, with composite glassfibre/steel/aluminium monocoque, transverse engine, front-wheel drive and all-independent suspension with twin wishbones at the front and coil spring/dampers all round, it was way ahead of its time at launch in 1956. Unfortunately, most sports car types didn't adapt well to low-powered, high maintenance British two-stroke motorcycle engines of the time, despite some significant racing successes, assisting their rarity now.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217
Auction: A|B|C Live Auction Online, 21st Oct, 2020
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