I remember some time back Leo saying if he could gain proof that there were 200 examples of the Nagari made he could advance to a more prestigiuos class of classic GT racing. I'm not really up with FIA historic classes. I also recall a telephone conversation with Campbell where he said that if we added the Fibrecar production on top we might go close. Then nothing was heard from Leo for a while and we all went back to sleep.Saturday, August 2, 2008
Production Certificate
This well travelled old piece of paper (click on it to read it full size) is Leo Kusters' proof of eligibility for the class he races in in Europe. It was completed and signed by Campbell R. Bolwell at the end of 1971, less than half way through the Nagari production.
I remember some time back Leo saying if he could gain proof that there were 200 examples of the Nagari made he could advance to a more prestigiuos class of classic GT racing. I'm not really up with FIA historic classes. I also recall a telephone conversation with Campbell where he said that if we added the Fibrecar production on top we might go close. Then nothing was heard from Leo for a while and we all went back to sleep.
I remember some time back Leo saying if he could gain proof that there were 200 examples of the Nagari made he could advance to a more prestigiuos class of classic GT racing. I'm not really up with FIA historic classes. I also recall a telephone conversation with Campbell where he said that if we added the Fibrecar production on top we might go close. Then nothing was heard from Leo for a while and we all went back to sleep.
Twice now I have had emails trying to add in the known ring-ins to the total Nagari production and it looks like it only reaches about 150, still way short of the 200. In a way, that should give some relief to the owners of the proven genuine ones that there are so few replicas. Not like Cobra replicas and GT40 replicas.
ReplyDeleteThis paperwork may be a bit of creative accounting. I've been told that the records show that #B8/50 was ordered in March 1972, 3 months after the list was completed. However, I have also been told that cars were often built out of sequence.
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