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£ 24,000

Merlyn Mk20AS - SOLD

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Description:

Chassis 371/20AS driven by Horatio Fitz-Simon in his first visit to Oulton Park taking part in the Gold Cup in 2020, he qualified 6th and finished 5th in both races, setting fastest laps at the end of race one and 2nd fastest lap in race 2. A second outing in the car at Silverstone in the Walter Hayes Trophy supported by Classic Team Merlyn, finishing 5th in the final and set the fastest lap of the weekend for a Pre 1982 Formula Ford - this is clearly a front running car.

Chassis 371/20AS

Restored by Retro Track & Air for Laurence Edscer who comissioned them after purchasing the Merlyn through Sotheby's auction house sale of The Sharpe Family museum in 2005. The Sharpe's had purportedly acquired the Meerlyn in the early 1990s from the previous owners, the Smith family who had in turn purchased the car directly from the Jim Russell School in the mid 1970s. The Smith family owned a horticultural business named  'The Bungalow Nursery' and the Merlyn had been used as a static display within the nursery itself. This chassis had a very sheltered life having hardly been used from its days at Jim Russell in the early 70's until 2005 when restored by Retro Track & Air. With limited use since its restoration in historic racing it was purchased in 2020 for use by Horatio Fitz-Simon. In his first visit to Oulton Park he set second fastest lap and finished fifth. 

Below is a link to a video of the car at The Gold Cup held at Oulton Park in 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS3D-sopk44

Horatio raced the Merlyn again at the Walter Hayes Trophy in November of 2020 in which he set the fastest lap of a historic Formula Ford of the weekend. 

The car itself

The engine is believed to be the original which was built in 2009 by Scholar, it was refreshed by them in 2015 and showed 105 hp on the dyno at the beginning of 2020, it will be supplied with a spares package including several extra body panels, there are also aditional Hewland gear sets for different circuits and two extra sets of wheels.

When we purchased the car in January of 2020 we paid a professional racing preparer to thorughly inspect and prepare the car during which the seat belts and fire system were replaced, the engine was serviced and all fluids changed, the battery is a new Odyessey. A current HSCC passport is included, as are the brochures from Christie's sale and various items of the cars history.   

The Merlyn is located in Northampton and can be viewed by appointment, please contact me by email exact10@me.com

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