Solved -PJ129- F.C.B. by Austin Farrar 1956

grobmotorix · August 28, 2010, 02:04:31 PM

Oh, thank you...

I´ve searched for the name I have aut autopuzzles and my source says it is a wooden car by a certain Mr.Farrar from Ipswich.
I was not aware that it already existed as the mentioned one.

So, maybe the best would be to merge those two or delete it completely...

Paul Jaray · August 28, 2010, 02:46:14 PM

Merged!
Your additional info are definetly worth a point.
Are there other details?

woodinsight · August 28, 2010, 02:50:57 PM

Additional information on this obscure car -

It was built by Austin Farrar at Wolverstone Shipyard Ltd., Ipswich, UK in 1958.
The car - named Farrar Sports? was fitted with a Standard Ten engine.
I have a very similar photo that shows the car with twin aero-screens.

grobmotorix · August 28, 2010, 03:11:21 PM

Well I´ve got two more photographs that clearly show its sophisticated wooden structure. The whole body weighed a mere 64kg!

He was a master craftman, indeed!

Paul Jaray · August 28, 2010, 03:26:06 PM

Quote from: woodinsight on August 28, 2010, 02:50:57 PM
Additional information on this obscure car -

It was built by Austin Farrar at Wolverstone Shipyard Ltd., Ipswich, UK in 1958.
The car - named Farrar Sports? was fitted with a Standard Ten engine.
I have a very similar photo that shows the car with twin aero-screens.

Great, point added...thank you.
Only here you can find all these info and additional pics on such an obscure car!

Paul Jaray · August 28, 2010, 03:27:48 PM

Quote from: grobmotorix on August 28, 2010, 03:11:21 PM
Well I´ve got two more photographs that clearly show its sophisticated wooden structure. The whole body weighed a mere 64kg!

He was a master craftman, indeed!

...I saw his boats...now I understand!

woodinsight · August 28, 2010, 03:55:28 PM

That's so true - nowhere else will you find this type of information.

woodinsight · October 22, 2011, 02:32:33 PM

I have found more information on this unusual car.
It was built by Austin Farrar of Wolverstone Shipyard Ltd., Ipswich with a chassis constructed by W.J. Coe Ltd., Ipswich and owned by Bill Bunbury.
The car was named the F.C.B. (Farrar/Coe/Bunbury) and was completed in 1956.
As stated the body was of laminated wood.
Powered by a tuned Standard Ten engine, the transmission, steering and suspension also came from this car.
The F.C.B. was raced at a high speed trial at Snetterton on 15th. April 1956 driven by Jack Sears.
A photo of the car at this event is shown below -

Paul Jaray · October 22, 2011, 04:52:21 PM

Thank you!

DeAutogids · October 24, 2011, 08:38:24 AM

Considering the (German?) magazine, do you know if more then 1 was constructed?

grobmotorix · October 24, 2011, 09:06:55 AM

The magazine is german, yes.

But I do not have any information about the number of cars he has built.

I doubt it was more than the one shown here.

The number of hours to create a wooden body like this must be immense. And the car must beheavily expensive if you want to sell it...

woodinsight · October 24, 2011, 09:32:38 AM

My information comes from a UK magazine.
It was described as a prototype and I'm 99% certain that only one was built.

DeAutogids · October 24, 2011, 11:04:50 AM

Let's just asume it was build out of a hobby (referring to the mag) and probably published because of it

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Solved -PJ129- F.C.B. by Austin Farrar 1956