20-02-2022, 07:00 PM
Mike,
Bombsk was never lightened to the extent of eliminating the second B in the name! And building a replica isn't so daft, just choose the year. I'd suggest the 1172 version, roughly 1956 or 57, since it was in that form for a while.
There was a replica of Simplicity, whose name has been shortened, being originally Simplicity Itself and occasionally entered as such. My cousin Ray Taylor built a very close copy, albeit on a 6.9" Ruby frame rather than a short chassis. For a while the 2 cars were almost indistinguishable, but then Simplicity was lowered and widened, and Ray's car was bought by David Allen, father of Nick with the truly imaginative specials.
Somewhere on this site is a photo of the 2 cars, taken in 1957, looking very alike.
In my view, if anyone were to build a replica nowadays, it should not be of the car as it is today, but as it was in 1962 when it was still a reasonably quick 750F car, not a gruyere beam-axled vintage special.
Bombsk was never lightened to the extent of eliminating the second B in the name! And building a replica isn't so daft, just choose the year. I'd suggest the 1172 version, roughly 1956 or 57, since it was in that form for a while.
There was a replica of Simplicity, whose name has been shortened, being originally Simplicity Itself and occasionally entered as such. My cousin Ray Taylor built a very close copy, albeit on a 6.9" Ruby frame rather than a short chassis. For a while the 2 cars were almost indistinguishable, but then Simplicity was lowered and widened, and Ray's car was bought by David Allen, father of Nick with the truly imaginative specials.
Somewhere on this site is a photo of the 2 cars, taken in 1957, looking very alike.
In my view, if anyone were to build a replica nowadays, it should not be of the car as it is today, but as it was in 1962 when it was still a reasonably quick 750F car, not a gruyere beam-axled vintage special.