We had never seen an FF bicycling on two wheels before. But apparently, Elden Mk10A AM73-49 was captured doing so at Edmonton in 1973 with ace driver Mike Atkin behind the wheel.
We've been in touch with Atkin over the weekend and he has been super helpful sharing his photos and knowledge regarding the car and his time throwing it around Edmonton, Gimli and other tracks in Alberta. This was the chassis that was too far gone to restore, but was instead used in pieces for the restoration of Michael Argetsinger's Mk10B, oddly numbered '140/1' - and thus, we merged the serial numbers to account for both cars in the final build. Not everything that ceases to be as a whole fails to live on, echoing the past. |
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