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The ex-Tony Gaze, Grand Prix-wheelbase then Formula 2 1952 Alta Racing Single-Seater

United Kingdom • 14 Apr 2024

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1952 Alta Racing Single-Seater, chassis number 'GP-F2-1', boasts a storied history, having been driven by Tony Gaze and featured in the Donington Collection. The car is in almost completely restored condition, after its last owner acquired it in 2005 from Tom Wheatcroft. Though unfinished due to the restorer's illness, it presents tremendous potential for historic racing or display.

Condition

8

The car is described as an "almost completely restored condition" and a "gorgeous restoration project almost completed". Work has clearly been carried out to very high standards. For an as-yet unfinalized project it is yet extremely advanced and beautifully presented. However, it is noted that the project is unfinished.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

'GP-F2-1'

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

D 409

RHD/LHD:

RHD

* Built for Australian RAF hero Tony Gaze * WW2 pilot owner first suggested racing at Goodwood * 36 years in the Donington Collection * Gorgeous restoration project almost completed * Storied history, F1 to F2 to sports-car, and back This fascinating purebred competition car from the well respected – and by enthusiasts much-loved – Alta Car & Engineering Company is offered here in almost (but not quite) completely restored condition.

Its last previous owner, renowned Alta specialist collector and restorer the late Mr Alan Ede, had acquired it in 2005 from legendary British connoisseur Tom Wheatcroft of Donington Collection fame.

Mr Wheatcroft had acquired the car in an E.J.

Brook & Son auction sale at Blenheim Palace in March 1969.

He had it restored by his contemporary engineer Tony Merrick as the original prototype postwar Alta Grand Prix car 'GP/1' – which at the time, in its original guise, it was indeed believed to have been – and from the opening of the Donington Collection a...