Wing Commander Frank Aikens was one of the leading lights of the early years in his special. His eponymous car was powered by a Triumph twin engine driving a Norton gearbox. With the aide of a German POW, at Aikens' RAF base,  he extracted considerable power from the engine but the driving position was less than ideal. Frank enjoyed some success in 1947 with a third at Prescott in May, second at Shelsley in June and third again at Prescott in June. He failed to finish at Gransden Lodge (along with almost everybody) for the first post war motor race in July but achieved a fourth at Prescott in the same month and then second there in September.

1948 proved more difficult, a fourth in June at Prescott and a DNF at the Grand Prix Meeting in October and by the '49 season the car was completely outclassed. For 1950, he appeared in an Iota, Frank's finest hour came at "Royal" Silverstone in May when he enjoyed a race-long dice with Moss to win from Stirling and Peter Collins. The Iota was still not the most competitive car so for '51 he switched to a J.B.S. though sadly this project lost much of its momentum when Alf Bottoms was killed at the Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1951.

The Aikens car, minus bodywork.

The Winco, himself.

Man and machine in action, suitably dressed!

Report on the Aikens from Iota May 1947

Advert for Aikens' special from Motor Sport December 1948.