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Chassis No.1200 Chassis No.1200  Peter Lockley
Location: UK

NBC 742 has been totally rebuilt and the complete story of how Peter acquired and revived the derelict vehicle can be read in his detailed account A Doretti Re-born. Part One tells the story of getting to the rolling chassis stage and then Part Two covers the bodywork and completion.



Chassis No.1201 in Singapore (1961) Chassis No.1201  Brent Cameron
Location: New Zealand

The photo shows the car in Singapore shortly before being exported to New Zealand in 1961.



Chassis No.1202 Chassis No.1202  Alan Gibb
Location: UK

MSC 77 is presently under restoration.



No picture available Chassis No.1203  Owner not known
Location: UK

CJC 165 - first registered 29th November 1954. Previous owners include Bill Lowe and Mike Wheildon.



No picture available Chassis No.1204  Andrew Davies
Location: UK

RLL 279 - first registered 7th July 1955 and acquired by Andrew in October 1977.
The vehicle has been owned in the past by Robin Frorath, Reginald Bedford, Thomas Wilson, Dick Gough and Geoffrey Krapp.



No picture available Chassis No.1207  Vehicle no longer exists
Location: N/A

TTO 2 - now broken, car scrapped. Picture of the car taken on Fingle Hill during the 1955 Exeter Trial.



Chassis No.1208 before restoration Chassis No.1208  George Haynes
Location: USA

OGD 316 was registered in Scotland until exported to Canada. In 1986 it appeared in Ontario and then moved on to British Columbia. From there it went to Idaho and was restored by Lynn Martin. The car was featured in the Western Driver magazine when it won the Pennzoil Best First-Time award at the Vancouver 1999 All British Field Meet. Subsequently the car was sold to Tom Leavitt of Massachusetts.
George purchased No.1208 in 2005 after seeing it at the VTR convention.



Chassis No.1209 Chassis No.1209  Richard Larter
Location: UK

RLT 59 registered 20th July 1955 by first owner John Reginald.
According to Stan Thomas, a long-time owner of the car, the coupé body was built by Ghia.



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