Marques
Marques
These pages are a living archive of the cars and the people who built and raced them.
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| Adams | DM Adams car, also called Adams-Wood |
| AFM 49 | Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau for Emil Vorster |
| Aikens | One of the very first cars to be completed by Wing Commander Frank Aikens |
| Alfa Dana | Danish production car by Uno Jensen based on the Cooper Mk IX. |
| Alt'cock | An excellent name for a special! |
| Andree | Charles Nerpel's Californian Special. |
| Arengo | Guy Arengo's Bristol car. |
| Arnott | Miss Daphne Arnott and George Thornton's 500. |
| ARO | Arthur Rosenhammer's Volkswagen/BMW car, also known as the Flying Pencil |
| Atlas | Gottfried Vollmer's Coopers. |
| Audibert | Paul Audibert's DB based car, also known as Acero |
| Baldock | Austin Seven based car of 1949. |
| Bardon-Turner | Don Truman's Marwyn based special |
| BB Half Pint | Basil Beall's South African car. |
| Bec | Adrien Bec's Gilera Saturno engined car. |
| Beels | Lex Beels' Cooper copies from Holland. |
| Befiata | Roman Belz Fiat based car |
| Bendy | The first South African car by Vic Cavanagh. |
| Bernardet/JB I | Jean Bernardet's first French 500. |
| Berte | Rene Berte's French cars. |
| B.G. | Karl-August Bergmann's 1951 Eigenbau. |
| B.J.P. | Brian Pentland's Australian car from the late '50s. |
| B.J.R. | Brian Rowsell's JAP engined 500. |
| Blue Flash | Dennis Flather's Marwyn special |
| Bombsk | Arthur Mallock's Austin Seven special. |
| Bond | Laurie Bond's Type C. |
| Bosquet | Winner to Tunis in 1953 |
| B.R.M. | Baker's Road Motors by Alan Stanton and Ken Gayfer of Melbourne. |
| Buzzie | Jim Bosisto's early car with Douglas Dirt Track engine. |
| CASS 500 | Les Cass' Australian 500. |
| C.B.P. | T.J Clarke's two cars. |
| C.F.S. | Charlie Smith's special. |
| Chaix | Rene Chaix's front engined 500 based on his sports car. |
| Cheetah | Gordon Henderson's Kieft inspired car. |
| C.H.S. | C.W.A. Heyward's car based on Cooper Mk IV and VI parts. |
| Clayton Scott | Sid Clayton's Australian 500. |
| Clubman 500 | Jack Godbehear's Australian 500. |
| CMC | Australian special by Andy Menzies |
| C.M.S. | Gilbert Styles and Bill Brown's Triumph engined car. |
| Cobra | Tom Bryant and Fred Corbin's 500. |
| Comet | Brian Heyward's Comet. |
| Condor | German 500 built by Jose Jungbecker. |
| Cooper | From homebuilt cars for John and Eric Brandon to domination of F3 and two F1 titles. |
| Cousy | French 500 by Georges Cousy. |
| Cowlan | Coward and Lang's car which became the prototype J.B.S. |
| Creamer | Syd Creamer's various cars. |
| C.R.M. | Special by G.D. Colquhoun and D.H. Stone. |
| Cudmore | Early Australian car which used a two stoke engine. |
| Cullen Norton | Jim Cullen's New Zealand special. |
| Cutler | Raymond Cutler's shaft driven car. |
| Dane | Stuart Dane's special, also called Viking. |
| Dastle | The Dastle 500 JAP. |
| Debuire | Jean Debuire's special, sometimes referred to as JDS. |
| Delhaes | Belgian car by Lambert Delhaes. |
| Demesse | Paul Demesse's car from Belgium. |
| Denis | Zundapp engined 500 by Andre Denis, also known as DS |
| Deslandes | Roger Deslandes 500, one of the first French cars. |
| Deutch Bonnet | DB 500 based on Dyna Panhard flat twin engine. |
| D.H.W. | D.H. Woods' car had an exceptionally long wheelbase. |
| D.N.C. | Norman Dewis' Rudge engined car. |
| Dofin | The first Belgian 500 by Victor van den Bremdt. |
| D.V.D. | D.V. Delafoss' Flying Saucer. |
| D.W.S. | Dave Stephenson's early Australian car. |
| EAL | aka Walla, a less than successful German 500. |
| Echo | Mike Siakooles' Californain 500. |
| Effyh | Successful Swedish 500 made by the Håkansson Brothers . |
| EGS | Eric Guest's special |
| Eigenbau | German word for Special, intended to confuse race historians and web editors.......... |
| Elhoo | Successful Finnish car by Seppo Loivaranta and Olavi Havana |
| Emeryson | Paul Emery's front wheel drive 500. |
| Estonia | Ants Seiler's cars from Tallin. |
| Ettorne | George Henrotte's car. |
| ETZ | Ernst Zierk's Eigenbau. |
| Fairley | Reg Phillips' Austin 7 based car. |
| Falcone | Italian 500 built by Giovanni Savonuzzi for Ugo Puma. |
| Fegers Eigenbau | Alfred Fegers 1949 Kleinstrennwagen |
| F.H.B. | Frank Bacon's early 500. |
| Fiat Special | A Fiat Topolino based car from Belgium |
| Fidget | Early South African car by Harrington-Johnston. |
| Fillingham | A late special by William Fillingham, a test pilot for De Havilland. |
| Flash Cub | Special by Harry Warren of Durban |
| Flash Special | Albert Zains' Cooper Mk XI derived special. |
| Flather | Flather Steel special by Dennis Flather. |
| F.M.S. | JAP engined special. |
| Freikaiserwagen | The Fry's pre war Shelsley Special and post war Iota 500. |
| Freiss | Early French car by Paul Freiss with Robert Riehl and Robert Zurmely, also known as the FRS. |
| GDA | Gerhard Demmrich's car. |
| Giaur | Attilio Giannini and Berardo Taraschi's 500. |
| Gaillard | Roger Gaillard's two specials |
| Gladstone | J.P. Gladstone's 1949 car. |
| Glückler | Reudi Gluckler's BMW powered machine |
| G.M. | The GM Special. |
| Göttgens Eigenbau | Joseph Göttgens 1950 special |
| Graetz Eigenbau | Berthold Graetz's special from 1949. |
| Graham 500 | Charlie Graham's Cooper Mk IV special and his later Mk IX type special |
| Granville Grenfell | The Granville Grenfell Special featuring a most innovative front suspension system |
| Grose | Bill Grose's two specials |
| Grün | Walter Grün's East German 500. |
| G.S.I. & 3 | Gerald Spink's "Squanderbug". |
| G.S.W. | Gerald Whitby's 500. |
| GvB | "Geheimnis von Bobby" of Bobby Kohlrausch |
| Halldon | Buzzie renamed by Jimmy Ebdon. |
| Hansen | Kaj Hansen's two Danish cars. |
| Harwin | South African Kieft copy by Peter Hard and Jimmy Winstanley |
| H B Special | Hector Bossaert's car, from Belgium. |
| Helio | Heinz Lindermann's 1950 Eigenbau |
| Hell Spezial | Austrian car by Franz Hell. |
| Hell's Hammers | Wally Cuff's. Iota based, special. |
| Herrmann Eigenbau | Heinz Hermann's 1955 eigenbau |
| Hill | R.G. Hill's 500. |
| Hooper | Bill and Jack Hooper's Australian car. |
| Hornet | The Hornet JAP which won the Parker Trophy in 2004. |
| HPN | Roger Hillier's modified Effyh |
| Hvezda | Jiri Bulicek's Jawa engined car. |
| IER | Ian Raby's Cooper based special. |
| Imp | J.H. Pratt's 1949 car. |
| Iota | Iota Racing Cars, Bristol . |
| JAP | The JAP 500cc engine. |
| Jason | Geoffrey Messervey's fuel injected, Triumph powered car. |
| JB II&II | Specials by Jean Bernardet |
| J.B.S. | The J.B.S. 500 conceived and driven by Alf Bottoms. |
| J.K.Z. | Jakob Keller's second car from Switzerland. |
| J.L.R. | Les Rowbotham's car. |
| Jonsson - FN | Special by Sten Jonsson |
| Jordan | Canadian 500 by Herb Jordan. |
| J.P. | Joe Potts Scottish 500. |
| JTS | John Thompson's South African special. |
| Kaha Eigenbau | Johannes Hädrich's BMW eigenbau |
| Kahn | Robert Kahn, a pioneer from Belgium. |
| Kaspar | Swiss 500 by Hubert Pattaey. |
| Keller Special | Jakob Keller's first car. |
| Kent Smith | J.B. Kent and G.G. Smith's Norton 500. |
| K.G. Special | Finnish 500 by Karl-Erik Kronqvist and Fred Geitel. |
| Kieft | Cyril Kieft, one of the most successful constructors. |
| Kiehn Special | Danish Alfa Dana derivative by Kiehn Berthelsen. |
| KJ 500 | Ken Kitchen and Roy Jones, from Cardiff, built their car in 1952. |
| Klemm | Rudolf Klemm's BMW powered Eigenbau. |
| K.N. | Kenneth Neve's two specials |
| Kondor | BMW engined car derived from the Condor. |
| KP Special | Danish Alfa Dana derivative by Per Krogh of the Ecurie Centre Nord. |
| Krenkel | Willy Krenkel's Cooper style eigenbau. |
| KTS | South African special by Billy Kay and AJ Trebble. |
| Kumbang | The Kumbang Special by Chris Summers, nee Messenger, nee Marwyn. |
| Kurtz | Alfred Kurtz's JAP special |
| Labrani | Victor Labrum built his special in 1951 |
| Lampy Spezial | Later incarnation of teh first Austrian car. |
| Lawhart | South African car by K.G. Hartley |
| Lauer Eigenbau | Early Kleinstrennwagen by Jakob Lauer |
| Leprechaun | Irish 500s by Nick Flynn and Redmond Gallagher. |
| Leston Special | Les Leston's JBS, modified by Ray Martin to swing axle configuration. |
| Lockey | Tony Lockey, the youngest constructor of a 500. |
| Loweno | Andre Loens special from 1956. |
| LTE Juwel | Ferdi Lehder's 1948 car. |
| LTE Brillant | Ferdi Lehder's second Kleinstrennwagen car. |
| Lück Eigenbau | Hans Lück's early kleinstrennwagen from 1948 |
| Ludewig Eigenbau | Rolf Ludewig's early kleinstrennwagen from 1948 |
| Ludwig Eigenbau | Max Ludwig's 1952 kleinstrennwagen |
| Luna | JAP engined car driven by DGS Cotter |
| Mackay | W.T. Mackay's 500. |
| MAC | John Gibbs' 1948 car. |
| Mackson | Gordon Bedson and "Mac" Macgee's 500. |
| Marott | Denis Flather's first special aka Blue Flash |
| Marshall | Early Australian 500 by Bob Joass. |
| Martin | Ray Martin initially worked with Cyril Kieft and later built cars under his own name. |
| Marwyn | The Marwyn Car Construction Company, Dorset, builders of the first production 500. |
| MBMG | Geoff Monk's P Type MG based 500. |
| McCandless | Rex McCandless, well known in the field of bike racing, built a front engined, four wheel drive car. |
| Melkus | Heinz Melkus' Cooper inspired 500 which won the 1958 East German Championship. |
| Messenger | A modified Marwyn |
| Mezzolitre | Gordon Bashford's BSA engined cars of 1951. |
| MH 1,2&3 | Manfred Herbster's cars |
| MHM | Jock and James Moncrieff's early special |
| MHW | Triumph engined Marwyn by Alex McGlashan. |
| Milli-Union | Gerry Millington's Iota car, one of the very first 500s. |
| Mini Moke | South African special by Bill Dunlop |
| Minouflet | Freiss or FRS while in the hands of André Minouflet |
| MM | BMW engined car from 1959. |
| Monaco | George Hartwell's early 500. |
| Monopoletta | Helmut Polensky's German 500. |
| Nami | Russian car by A. Pelttser. |
| Nardi | Enrico Nardi, better known for steering wheels, also built a 500. |
| Nellemann | Robert Nellemann's first car. |
| Norton | Manx Norton "Double Knocker" engine which came to dominate 500cc racing. |
| Norton Cub | South African car of ER Kemp |
| OK | Otto Kolan's Eigenbau |
| Ortschitt Eigenbau | Josef Ortschitt's Eigenbau. |
| Otto Mathé Special | A one off appearance by Lothar Rafael at the Commander Yorke meeting in 1956 |
| Parker Special | Don Parker's one off, originally developed with Charlie Smith.. |
| Parker-Kieft | Don Parker's modified Kieft. |
| Parsenn | Jeremy Fry's lightweight 500 of 1949. |
| Petty | Ray Petty, best known as a Norton tuning specialist, built his own car. |
| Piccolo | Karl Weber's first Eigenbau. |
| Pradeau | Andre Pradeau from Limoges |
| P.R.A. | Preston Racing Automobiles. |
| P.R.S. | Norman Dewis' DNC renamed by J. Reason. |
| P.S.A. | Or possibly PRA, an early Spanish 500 |
| P.S.W. | Paul Schorch's DKW engined kleinstrennwagen. |
| Pugh Special | Norman Pugh's 1950 special |
| RALT | Ron and Austin Tauranac's first racing car. |
| RC Special | Bruce Campbell's 1950 car. |
| Reeves Rudge | Early Australian 500 by Norman Rook and A.F. Reeves. |
| Revis | Reg Bicknell's 500. |
| RGR | Special based on Cooper Mk IV by Robert Learnan. |
| RJ 500 | Scandinavian car. |
| Robbins | Australian car by R.M. Robbins |
| Ross | Australian Ross 500. |
| Rougier | French Simca based 500. |
| Russell | Early special by WH Russell. |
| Salut | 1947 Russian car by Mihail Derkovskiy and Alexander Peltzer |
| Saxon | Mackson rebuilt by Cyril Scott-MacArthur |
| Scampolo | German, DKW engined 500 |
| Schwannen | Schwannen JAP. |
| Seepferdchen | Karl Weber's second Eigenbau, the Seahorse. |
| Seifert | Siegried Seifert's Eigenbau. |
| Sidney | Len Sidney's Rudge engined car from Melbourne, Australia. |
| Silverbird | Effyh copy by Robert Nellemann from Denmark. |
| Silverfågel | Swedish car by Olle Grandin |
| Simca Surva | Henri Otterbein's Simca based car from France. |
| Slot | Less than successful attempt by Wagner Slot. |
| Smith | Ken Smith's first special. |
| Smith-Buckler | Ken Smith's second car, constructed by Buckler of Reading. |
| Smith Mk III | Ken Smith's third car. |
| S.M.S. | Jeff Sparrow's Austin 7 and Marwyn based cars. |
| Snipe | Larry Kropp's American 500. |
| Sprog | Burnett-Read's Australian 500 using a BSA engine. |
| Staride | John Habin and Mike Erskine's Star Ride. |
| Stone | L. Stone's Rudge powered special. |
| Strang | Colin Strang's successful early 500 and the first mid engined car. |
| Stromboli | Adrian Butler and Bruce Mardon's Iota based car. |
| Struzka | Czech car from 1951 using a JAWA engine. |
| Swebe | Built by Sven Andersson and Bengt Peterson (father of Ronnie). |
| Tarf | Piero Taruffi's twin boom record cars |
| Tatra | Oscar Madsen's Danish car built from an RAF drop canister. |
| Telna | André Hanlet's Belgian car based on one Robert Kahn's cars. |
| Trenberth | Murray Trenberth's Australian 500. |
| Tiger Cub | Successful South African 500 by Orlando Fregona and Don Hall. |
| Tiger Kitten | Clive Lones' successful front engined 500. |
| Tiger Special | Morris Minor based Australian special. |
| Trevellick | Rudolph Trevellick's 1951 car. |
| Trimax | Spike Rhiando's advanced monocoque design. |
| Triton | South African 500 by Mike Renton |
| Turner Kieft | Jack Turner's remarkable four cylinder DOHC engined Kieft. |
| Ultra | Ernst Anner's Swiss car. |
| Underwood | A.A Underwood's Scott engined 500. |
| Urania | Berardo Taraschi's 500. |
| Vergano | Italian special by Francesco Vergano |
| Victress | A 500 from Hollywood, California. |
| Volpini | Gilera powered by Volpini |
| VSM | Victor van den Brempt's second car from Belgium. |
| Waco | Jeremy Webster's car which he converted for road use. |
| Walla Eigenbau/Lampy Spezial | Possibly the first Austrian special, later owned by Martin Lampy |
| Walla/EAL | Was this Walla's first car? Later owner Austrian Franz Koch. |
| Walkem Special | EJ "Jock" Walkem car from Tazmania |
| Walker Special | Harold Walkers car of 1953. |
| Walton | Bruce Walton's successful Australian 500. |
| Warburton | Clem Warburton and Brian Chatterton's Australian special |
| Wasp | Jack Moor's Wasp IV. |
| Weeke | Auto Union engined car, probably a Formula Junior |
| Wehrlin | R.W. Wehrlin's Swiss 500 of 1948 |
| Weiß Eigenbau | Hansgeorg Weiß's early Kleinstrennwagen from 1948 |
| Weiser | Richard Weiser's Eigenbau |
| Wenz | Bob Wenz, from California, rare American 500. |
| WGM Special | Morrie Wheeler and Jack Gow's car with front mounted Matchless engine and featuring disk brakes. |
| Wharton | Ken Wharton's special. |
| WHD | John Densham's front engined special, sometimes called Rotherham |
| White Lloyd | Anthony White's car based on a Lloyd chassis. |
| Whitfill Special | Jerry Whitfill's Triumph engined roadster. |
| Willment | Four cylinder, front engined and all enclosed bodywork by John Willment. |
| Wishart | Alex Wishart of Durban, South Africa's two cars. |
| WR 51 | Eigenbau by Walter and Heinz Weeke. |
| Wright Special | Jimmy Wight's special, also known as "Blackburn" |
| Zephyr | Iota special by Jackie Breese |
| ZIG | Cooper copy from Luxembourg. |
| Zvezda | Russian 500 by Alexander Peltzer. |
| Zimmermann | Daniel Zimmerman's eigenbau. |
Kenny Baird is trying to complete the rebuild a mystery 500 and find out more of its history. The front suspension is by double wishbones and a Kieft style swing axle at the rear but it features three stud Morris hubs. From 1967 until 1969 it went though the ownership of Stewart Hands, Mike Cubbage and then Tony Bianchi bit its constructor is unknown. Click here to see more.
Philippe Giron is restoring the Willment, a most unusual car featuring a four cylinder engine and full body. Please get in touch if you know any details of this car's life.
NorJAP Cooper, a remarkable hybrid engine comprising a JAP twin with Norton Heads. Click here for details.
John Dent would like to know what happened to his Cooper Mk IV which featured unusual body work. Its last known owner was Equipe Brutoni. Click here to see more.
Mark Turner is looking for any information on the Angle Iron Special, a 250 special which he is restoring, click here for photos. Contact Mark at track_classics@hotmail.co.uk
Missing in Action! We already have 250 cars and their makes documented but there are still a few missing. If you own, owned, or were involved with any car which doesn't appear, please let us know some details so that we can extend the archive or, if you have any additional details for a featured car, please get in touch. Some missing marques:
"AEF" driven by John Coundley in 1951, "AFF" by AF Fulwood, "AHE" by Alan Eyre in Australia, "Alcedo" by Hans-Bruno Senf, "Alecto" driven by Lord Strathcarron at Goodwood, March 1951, "Alpha" Irish modified Marwyn by Jim Stirling, "Amal-JAP" by Wilf Allen, "Antem" by Jean Antem in 1950, "Arter Special" by Arter & Co of Ramsgate, "ASA" built by John Forbes Clark, "ATC" by AT Carroll, "Bardahl Special" driven by Lohmann Jorgensen in1955, "Benelli" driven by Herman Benecke during 1951, "Branca" Gilera engined by Aquilion Branca, "BRS" driven by Jack Raper in '51, "Cege" by Raymond Sjoqvist, "CMS" by Gordon Styles at Brands Hatch in 1951, "Cook Special" driven by Vic Worlock at Castle Combe April 1953, "Cullen-Norton" driven by John Cullen in the Waimate 50 (NZ) January 1959, "Darian Special" driven by Ian Smith at Brands, September 1950, Delphin" by Klaus Kuhn at Avus in June 1952, "Demesse" by Paul Demesse from Belgium using a BMW engine, "DMRA" by D Adams, "DSP" at Castle Coombe in 1962, "Duck Anderson Special" from Queensland, "DWS" driven by David Stevenson in Australia, "EE Special" Effyh based car by Eric Engvall, "ELT Special" by JH Elt in 1951, "ESO" Eastern European, "Ewing Norton" by Ron Ewing "EZT" East German special by Ernst Zierk, "FG" Douglas engined car driven by F Goodwillie in 1950, "Frisch" a Cooper copy from Germany, "GDC" driven by Marcel Piveteau during 1952 and 53, "GGS" JAP engined driven by Dick Powell-Richards in '53, "GMD" driven by Roger Goniche at Montlhéry in '54, "Gridley" JAP engined at Silverstone in September '58, "GWM" by GW Mullard, "Hardy Special" driven by Camille Hardy at Montlhéry in April 1950, "Hawthorn" by AD Green in March '62, "Hayles" raced at Brands Hatch in 1951, "Hodge Podge" BSA engined by Raymond Poe of Los Angeles, "JR" Triumph engined by Jean Terigi, "KE Special" by Knut Ericsson, "KJ" by Ken Kitchen and Roy Jones, "Landar" by Peter Radnall, "Lincoln" Australian 500 by Douglas, "LT Special" by Jack Newton, "Marrie Special" by Roger Marriè, "MB 500" by Mortlock and Beale in Australia, "Meek Empress" by Chris Meek, "Menzies Special" by Andie Menzies, "Morrow Special" Vincent engine by Harry Morrow, "Naystur" by C.D. Naylor of Leicester, "PSW" Eigenbau by Paul Scorch, "RGW Norton" by Gregory Brain, "Rowe" Douglas powered car from Australia, "RTC" by Reg Spreckley at Croft in July 1951, "Rudge Special" by Ted Huggins, "SBS" by Kauko Bjorkqvist in Helsinki, May 54, "Schoon" by Louis Schoon, "Shaddick JAP" by Trevor Shaddick, "Shenton" driven by A Davison in 1947 "Siata" Crosley powered driven by Bill Friedauer, "Suecia" Swedish car driven by Greger Lutteman "Tarpon" driven by Arnold Putz during 1951, "TDJ" by DH Beale, "Terigi" by Jean Terigi, "Thormin" by Dave Thormin of California, "Viper" by Trevor Shaddick and later Peter Mutton, "Weldon" special, "WGW" BMW driven by Theo Fitzau, "Worlock" driven by Vic Worlock in 1950
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