LOT 7

A shaped wooden wind tunnel model of the 1955 season Lister-Bristol sports racing car,

Sold for £4,096 inc. premium

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Lot 7

A shaped wooden wind tunnel model of the 1955 season Lister-Bristol sports racing car,

Goodwood Revival: Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia|19 September 2026, 10:30 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

A shaped wooden wind tunnel model of the 1955 season Lister-Bristol sports racing car,

approximately 1:10 scale solid wooden model by bodywork engineer Thomas Lucas, of the car as driven so successfully by Archie Scott Brown during the 1955 season, painted in green race livery with yellow central stripe, with fixed wooden wheels, plastic windscreen, and separate carved wooden miniature driver figure bust, the model measuring 40cm long, angle-mounted on turned bronze stem display base; offered together with a period monochrome photograph of the pre-finished model, 14 x 20cm, and a circa 1986 colour photograph, 20 x 25cm, of Brian Lister and engine tuner Don Moore, showing the model on display on Brian Lister's desk at his Cambridge office.
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