Breathing Life into #5

The Oldest Running Nota Sports and Racing Car is Alive!

... thanks to Spencer Yarrow!

He literally saved a piece of Aussie motoring History from being disappeared.

Spencer's motorsport pedigree is in Rally not Circuit Track racing and he always wanted to own a historic racer.

But, you know how it is, ... Sooo much money!

7Spot had the privilege of a sit down with Spencer (by way of a StreamYard link) recently.

Tune in now to find out how a museum piece relic stole Spencer's heart and set him on the mission that he didn't even know he had.

the Enigma of #35

#35 is, in many ways, an enigma:

. How did it come to be that the car was “sent packing” from the Nota workshop during construction?

and

. How was the car finished (by whom), once it left the design control of Nota?

I must apologize for not releasing this video and photo story until just now.

Both Spencer and Grant Yarrow have been very kind in offering me the opportunity to interview them and have supplied me with a wealth of photos (and other media) to help bring the #35 story forward.

I had planned to interview another guest who could have helped fill in some lost details to the #35 story but unfortunately, this guest (for health reasons) was not available for interview.

I have hesitated to bring forward this story until now because I did want to put more “#35 flesh on the bone” (as it were) and also because I believe that my own knowledge base is inadequate to fully tell the story.

There are people who are much more learned than I who can help expand this story and if, and when, the time is right I hope to bring them forward to add … that little something extra.

I can only pay homage to the many works that have gone before.

My object is to add to the story only that which has not yet been told.

7Spot Jim

From The NOTA Files

by Rod Moore and Bruce Bloodworth

Published by Nuts and Bolts Press

2006

“Vehicles Nos. 6 and 7 were the first to be influenced by the body building genius of Jack Wiffen. The bodywork was complete and tidy and gave some indication of what was to follow.

Both No. 6 (originally known as Nota Singer) and No. 7 were fitted with four trailing arm rear geometry, again cementing a Nota chassis design feature used in a very large range of cars (although usually with three trailing arms). Chassis No. 7 has been owned by co-author Bruce Bloodworth for many years.

After No. 7, Guy (Buckingham), Michael (Martin) and Jack Wiffen then directed their energies to other sports cars and coupes before building Chassis No. 18 for Jon Leighton. This car was later returned by Leighton to the Nota workshop and rebuilt as Chassis No. 44. It was well driven by John Leighton and held many class lap records in the state of Victoria.

The next 3 Clubman cars (Chassis Nos 31, 35 and 36), although not fully completed by Nota, followed the successful formula of the previous cars.”

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