Last week I got in touch with Nick Beaumont who used to hill climb a Cox GTM. The car appeared to be a very early example and rather then all fiberglass, some of the upper body (front bulkhead, half the A-pillars and its lower windscreen scuttle) was made in aluminum. Nick told me he believes that Cox originally built a batch of around 10 cars with this feature before changing to fiberglass. I must say I do not know about this, but have seen other Coxes with more steel before. Maybe somebody else will be able to tell us. Or perhaps you know what happened to Nick's car?
To show you what it was like Nick was so kind to dig out some old film footage of his Cox in action, taken during the Harewood hill climb somewhere inn the late 1980s. He wrote: "As requested some video of my early Cox and some other A-series motors. This was done for my degree. Go to about 3:00 mins and you will see why I went onto 13" wheels!"
And now again without going off road - in action at 1:27 (start) and 2:33. Where is the car now?
Video courtesy Nick Beaumont
To show you what it was like Nick was so kind to dig out some old film footage of his Cox in action, taken during the Harewood hill climb somewhere inn the late 1980s. He wrote: "As requested some video of my early Cox and some other A-series motors. This was done for my degree. Go to about 3:00 mins and you will see why I went onto 13" wheels!"
Go to 1:42 and 3:15 to see Nick Beaumont's early Cox GTM enthusiastically driven at Harewoood
Video courtesy Nick Beaumont
And now again without going off road - in action at 1:27 (start) and 2:33. Where is the car now?
Video courtesy Nick Beaumont