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Thursday, 26 December 2019

1966 RBN Climax

I photographed this car in the paddock at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.
It looks like a 1950's 'special' based on an Austin or Ford, but the badge says RBN Climax and the 'D' in the registration number indicates that it was registered in 1966. The current DVLA record has scant information but says that FOG 47D is a green car and was registered in 1966, so it appears to be the car I photographed in 2011, and it shows the vehicle to be a Triumph of 1,000cc. It looks therefore that it may be based on a Triumph chassis, and though the 'Climax' part of the name suggests a Coventry Climax engine I believe that it's actually from a Hillman Imp.

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