Coys Auction - Grand Prix, Competition, Touring & Rally Cars and Collectors' Items
Autosport International - The Racing Car Show
National Exhibition Centre
Birmingham
B40 1NT UK
Saturday 16th January 2009
Collectors' Items at 12.30pm
Motor Cars at 3.00pm
Registration Number: N/A Chassis Number: B29-75-33
Derek Bennett was a mostly self-taught, intuitive engineer who was the main driving force behind the formation of Chevron Cars Ltd. Near the close of the 1950‘s his involvement in motorsport started by getting involved with Stock Car racing where he quickly developed a name for himself. Bennett soon graduated to circuit racing, building, running and also driving racing cars for himself and other local enthusiasts, quickly establishing himself as a competitive driver at club level, particularly in the eponymous Bennett Special, running in the original Clubman’s series for 1172cc Ford powered cars. By 1965 – as there were sufficient requests for replicas of his Clubmans c