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Elfin Type 300 Frame History (including type 350)
No.1
Prototype frame SS67-4 - Holbay Ford 1150cc downdraft engine, Mk iv Hewland Box, 13" wheels, 8s front, 10s rear.
Lapped Mallala 1.20.2 coutesy Garrie Cooper
shipped to New York around July 67
Owners
Charles Kreuger Aug 67 -
Graham Allen 2007
Ron Lambert 2009
No. 2
Frame SS67-5 (Sept 1967) Climax FPF 2.0 litre engine
Owners
1967 Garth McGillewie
-finished 4th overall in Capetown 3 hour race
-won 1968 South African Sports Car Championship
early in its life it was raced by both Garth McGillewie, Tony Jeffries and Jos Viljoen. It apparently held many records in it's class (Any South African out there are invited to provide some specifics!)
1994 Ron Watt - Zimbabwe
2002 David Lubransky Victoria
2007 Bill Hemming Victoria
No.3
Frame SS67-6 (Nov 1967) Ford Twin Cam
Owners
1967 Mal Ramsay South Australia
1969 Dennis Uhrahne Victoria
1972 Ian McDonald Victoria
1972-3 Terry Hook
1973-6 Max Patterson Victoria
1976 R K Beard Victoria
1976 Ken Wasley Queensland
1979 Bruce Lynton Queensland
Both this car and frame SS67-7 appeared at Calder on 21 Jan 1968 - Mal Ramsay took 1.6 secs offIan Geoghan's Lotus 23 Lap record.
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