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1914/18 Fafnir Hall-Scott Aero Engined Special

Lot Number: 280

1914/18 Fafnir Hall-Scott Aero Engined Special

Exceptionally well-known, the 10-litre, fire-breathing Fafnir has raced with success in the S.F. Edge Trophy at Goodwood and with the VSCC - road registered & ready to go.

NOT SOLD

LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Friday 4th August, 2023 at 3.00pm BST at The Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway, WR12 7DU

BODY COLOUR
White
DRIVE
RHD
REG NUMBER
BF 5520

SUMMARY

Exceptionally well-known, the 10-litre, fire-breathing Fafnir has raced with success in the S.F. Edge Trophy at Goodwood and with the VSCC - road registered & ready to go.

DESCRIPTION

One has only to read Charles Jarrott’s memoirs or study the paintings of F. Gordon Crosby to appreciate why the early years of motor-racing were known as the Heroic Age. Cars which dwarfed their drivers, spat fire and snorted smoke, were raced hell-for-leather on crude, often unsurfaced roads all for the sake of glory, the love of ‘The Sport’ and the improvement of the breed. In the quest for greater speed, it was not unheard of for racing cars to be built with engines originally intended for aircraft. Those days, which gave rise to so many legends and fables, may be dim and distant, but they are not entirely lost. Thanks to the efforts of passionate enthusiasts, a lot of Edwardian racing titans, including original survivors and period-correct recreations, are still in use today and are put through their paces in competition several times a year.

The Fáfnir was a dragon in Germanic legend, but it lent its name to a car-maker from Aachen which existed between 1908 and 1926. Although obscure today, Fafnir was not an insignificant marque in period. It fielded its own racing team, which was most notable for starting the career of German ace, Rudolf Caracciola, one of the greatest drivers of the pre-war period.

Hall-Scott was an engine-maker established in 1910 in San Francisco, and was one of America’s leading makers of water-cooled aero engines in the period leading up to the Great War. It might never have been uttered in the same breath as Fafnir had it not been for Hall-Scott’s A-7 engine, a four-cylinder, 10-litre unit producing 90-100bhp.

A few decades ago, enthusiasts realised the potential for saving incomplete or derelict Edwardian cars by restoring the chassis and installing period-appropriate aero engines to create racing cars in the spirit of the Heroic Age. With plenty of A-7 engines still in existence, they were a natural choice for some of these new specials.

One of the most active and respected special builders of our times is Oliver Way, and it was he who was responsible for introducing a 1918 Hall-Scott engine to a 1914 Fafnir chassis in 2009 and also putting a Hall-Scott-engined 1911 Austin racer together around the same time.

Having been sold by Way on its completion, the Fafnir has changed hands a few times and has become a familiar sight in Edwardian racing circles. In the hands of Guy Lachlan of Classic Oils, it has twice competed in the S. F. Edge Trophy ‘for Edwardian specials of a type that raced up to 1923’ at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting. It has appeared at a number of other popular events including the Vintage Sports-Car Club hill-climb at Prescott, the Château Impney Hill Climb, Bicester Heritage’s Scrambles and, in the present ownership, Shuttleworth Race Day and the London Classic Car Show. Needless to say that wherever it goes, it is always extremely well-received and never short of admirers.

If you’d like to try a kind of racing unlike any other, spend time with a host of colourful characters and be invited of some of the most prestigious motoring events, you need an aero-engined Edwardian. Place a bid or two on this Fafnir and, when you’ve come to the end of your first race, soaked in oil and glory, you’ll be grinning from ear to ear.

SPECIFICATION

Lot Number: 280
Make: 1914 FAFNIR
Model: AERO ENGINE CAR
Registration Number: BF 5520
MOT Expiry: Exempt
Chassis Number: F054055
Transmission: Manual
Body Colour: White

GALLERY

CONSIGNOR

Rob Hubbard
Managing Director & Principal Auctioneer
07775 511825
rob@iconicauctioneers.com

For further information regarding this lot please contact Rob.

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Collection - Vehicles

Vehicles that have been paid for can be collected from The Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway, WR12 7DU on Friday 4^th August between 6pm and 7pm.

Our transport partner, EM Rogers, can assist with collection and delivery. Please contact them on +44 (0) 1604 755511 or trafficdesk@emrogers.co.uk for a quote.

Any cars not collected by 7pm on Friday 4^th August will be taken to EM Rogers storage facility in Northampton for a fee of £195 plus VAT. Storage will be charged at £10 plus VAT per day.

A member of the administration team will contact you to confirm your transport. If we do not hear back from you, we will arrange for our transport partner to collect the vehicle on your behalf.

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1914/18 Fafnir Hall-Scott Aero Engined Special

1914/18 Fafnir Hall-Scott Aero Engined Special