Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica
What do you get if you take a 2-litre Bristol
engine, add it to a chassis derived from a BMW 328 and then add 40 bhp and a
sprinkling of Le Mans success? An opportunity to sell a very fast car to a
select few with large wallets.
The Frazer Nash Le Mans replicas would be quick even
today; 120 bhp from the in-line six gave the Middlesex-based manufacturer’s
flagship a 0-60 time of 7.5 seconds – not quite up to today’s supercar
standards but still enough to keep up with a stock Toyota GT-86. It’s no
surprise that many of the ‘40s motoring elite would elect to wear flight
goggles behind the wheel – that sort of performance combined with stylish, tiny
windscreen can make the eyes a wee bit nippy.
