If there was a prize for the smartest car at the July Autotest it would have been won by Geoff Jacksons new trials car the “Sprint”. Geoff has all the qualifications for the job. My first recollection of him was on the 1971 Guy Fawkes when he was driving a Morris. Latterly he has campaigned a class eight Dellow on MCC events. (Kindly towing me out of a mud hole on the muddy exit from Calton a few years ago).
Geoff started to build his new car about five years ago. He started by putting a melamine “surface plate” on a couple of trestles and laying out the chassis tubes on that. The Sprint uses a Ford back axle located by twin trailing arms. A mark 4 Cortina provided the front hubs and the suspension owes a lot to Westfield and the Ford Transit, while a friendly Escort donated it’s steering rack!
Geoff resisted the temptation to fit a Ford Kent engine and the Sprint is powered by a 1500 lump from a Triumph Spitfire, running a single SU. The mechanics are finished off by a very well made body, nicely painted in Red. It’s a super car and did very well at Upper Caldecote in the hands of Geoff’s two sons. Watch out for the Sprint on the Edinburgh.
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