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John Zilisch -- 1949 Veritas
John Zilisch of Payson,
AZ, entered this very pretty "Veritas", striking in its brilliant yellow
paint. I don't recall seeing the car on the racecourse.
(Not in 2004 -- it did run in 2006.)
The Veritas was one of
the first sports/racers created in immediate post-WWII Germany. It
used a pre-war BMW 328 engine. This well-engineered 2-liter straight
6-cylinder later evolved into the "Bristol" used in many British racers
of the 1950s. (For the historians: Didn't Bristol gain the
rights to this engine through war reparations?)
A Veritas actually raced
in southern California in the 1950s. |