| More from Jack:
"The engine is a 750cc Renault.
I am driving in the photos which were taken during practice sesssions
in 1967. The car was a one off built by Pierre Ferry. It had a tube frame,
full envelope aluminum body including belly pan, 40 gallon fuel tank with
filler under the headrest, a five speed "crash" box with selecter on the
driver's left, extremely comfortable cushioned leather seats on aluminum
frames, removable aluminum tonneau with Dzus fasteners, leather hood straps,
rear panels to cover the wheels and a remarkably roomy cockpit. (I am 6'4"
and drove the car comfortably without modifications) A roll bar was installed
under the headrest. It's competition in Europe included OSCA, Stanquellini
and Moretti."
From Website Visitor "JP":
"Pierre Ferry built many
special Renault Powered cars. a Ferry repared Dauphine won its class in
the Mille. I think 1955? I want to tell a little about the Ferry
Renault Jack reynolds owned. It was never cut up into a dune buggy, the
car is very much alive. It was found it in a junk yard about 6-7 years
ago, in Riverside county. The car sitting on a pallet. It was also featured
in a 1958 issue of Road & Track, next to a Ferrari. Last
I heard the car is being restored somewhere in California.
Car was so fast in its day,
the SCCA officials demanded a engine teardown, when it was outrunning D-types
and Ferrari's in the late 1950s. It won at Paramount Ranch, and its
class at the "L.A. Times Grand Prix" at Riverside in 1959(?)." |