Cyril Kieft's first racing car – a mid-engined Formula 3 design – appeared in 1950, making a significant impact on the class the following year thanks to a certain Stirling Moss.

Don Parker won the 1952/53 Autosport championship driving a Kieft while Ken Wharton and Bernie Ecclestone were other noteworthy exponents.

A two-seater sports car powered by a 650cc BSA engine was developed from the F3 design but did not enter production.

Kieft's next venture into sports cars was with a batch of central steerers, designed by Gordon Bedson and featuring aluminium bodywork, which had been inspired by similar designs by Veritas and Gordini.

This model was succeeded by a more conventional Coventry Climax-engined two-seater with glassfibre bodywork.

The central-steerer was available with either 2.0-litre Bristol or 1.5-litre MG engines, or could be ordered as a chassis only.

Eight cars were completed initially with a further four built later.

One of Kieft's customers was The Monkey Stable, w...