B19-71-29 now resides in South Africa where it has been owned by Gerrie van Zyl since April 2006. It is pictured above in the Kilarney leg of the Springbok Revival.

Engine: BDG

FIA Ref: 999999999

Historical Notes:

B19-71-29 was a rebuild of the scrapped chassis B19-71-25 (which itself was a rebuild of the scrapped chassis B19-71-08) after John Hine crashed the car at Brands Hatch on 30 August 1971.

The car first raced at Barcelona by John Hine on 12 October 1971. During this race John Hine had an incident with Gaydon in the other Bridges (Red Rose Racing) car (B19-71-07). Fortunately Hine was able to continue.

The car next raced on 7 Nov 1971 at Jarama, in the hands of Jose Juncadella (Hine had left for South Africa to participate in the Springbok Series). Juncandella, came in second.

The two Jarama cars were fitted with heavier FG gearboxes and modified B21-style rear suspension parts and shipped to Buenos Aires after the race. On 9 Jan 1972 the two cars raced under the "Chevron Racing" banner in the BA 1000km race. Hine/Juncandell, in B19-71-29 finished 5th overall.

A week later, on 15 Jan 1972 the cars raced in the Balcarce race. John Hine won the race.

The cars returned to the UK where they were sold by Red Rose to George Silverwood in Feb 1972. Silverwood purchased the cars on behalf of Buller Sinfield of Central Garages (Mirfield).

During 1972 Silverwood and John Lepp raced the car in the European Championship (Lepp) and RAC Championship (Silverwood). The car finished one first (Lepp - Estoril) and three seconds.

At the end of 1972 the car was sold to brothers Mike and Bev Oates. A 1600 FVC and a lighter FT-200 gearbox was installed and the car was raced in RAC and Formula Libre events in 1973.

In September Roger Harradine, traveled from South Africa to the UK and purchased the car from the Oates brothers on behalf of his racing partner Doug Drysdale. The car arrived in South Africa in October 1973 and raced in the Kyalami 9 hour in November.

In 1976 Doug Drysdale sold the car to legendary Rhodesian driver John Love. John purchased the car for his son Royce Love to race.

Royce later sold the car to John Hatfield of Pinetown, Kwazulu-Natal in 1982.

John did not race the car and sold the car to Gary Dunkerley in 1988. Gary raced the car very successfully in historic races in South Africa and on at least one occasion was the winner of the Springbok Series Revival title.

The car was purchased by its current owner Gerrie van Zyl of Johannesburg, South Africa, in April 2006.