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The unique car offered here was built in the USA by Fred Davies,an English engineer who had first moved to Canada in the 1950s,ending up working for racing car manufacturer Bill Sadler. He wasinvolved with building the Maserati ‘Birdcage’-like Sadler Mk3sports-racer and the Sadler Formula Junior monopostos. On file is asix-page Sports Cars Illustrated article about the Sadler Mk3, whichincludes a picture of Mr Davies.Fred Davies eventually left Sadler and moved to California, finding aworkshop near Los Angeles in 1961. It was there that he constructeda sports-racer of his own design using a beautifully made tubularspaceframe, aluminium body, Chevrolet V8 engine and Huffakergearbox, the latter being one of very few suitable transmissionsavailable at that time. Ratios could be changed quickly from therear of the Huffaker ‘box, and the car’s rear panel was designedto facilitate this. By the time his car was finished in 1962, Davies’priorities had changed and he never raced it. Using on the roadoccasionally, it was stored until 1975 and then sold to dealer BrianClassic in the UK.Brian Classic sold the Davies to a Dutch collector from whom it waspurchased in 1978 by a Belgian neurologist and gentlemen driver,Pierre Haverland. Unsure of what the car was, he registered it withthe FIA as a Genie, an understandable mistake as the Joe HuffakerbuiltGenie sports-racers do resemble the Davies car. Haverland hadthe Davies completely restored by Peter Denty in the UK and racedit in European historic events until 1983. He then sold the car toSweden where it raced until 2004 before being sold to the currentowner in Belgium.The Davies comes with sundry invoices to Haverland; the 1983 bill ofsale to Sweden and Swedish road registration papers; FIA papers(issued 1984); a colour film of Fred Davies driving it in 1967 (onDVD); and a 1975 copy of Motor Sport containing Brian Classic’sadvertisement. A box of alternative Huffaker gears is included inthe sale. Described as in generally very good condition, the DaviesSpecial represents a wonderful opportunity to acquire a uniquecar belong to the pioneering days of rear-engined, large capacitysports-racers.£80,000 - 110,000€98,000 - 140,000No ReserveMotor Cars | 311