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Very sound indeed  1964 Bond Equipe 2+2  Registered BCR 622B this would make a straight-forward restoration case or a race/rally car.   It has an excellent chassis and bulkhead and is Very straight bodywork essentially complete but dismantled of engine and gearbox etc which are included, as are the glass, dash, loom etc.

A BIG bag of bits  The Bond bulkhead  Rear seat

1964 Bond Equipe 2+2   SOLD 

 1964 Bond Equipe 2+2

Yesh!  It's a BOND!  An Equipe 2+2 which like the Gilbern is a rare four seater.  Your chance to acquire James for road or competition use starts here! Registered AOJ 339B the previous owner thought it might stand for Any Odd Job.  The car is from 1964 and the model was homologated for competition use and performed honourably in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally.  The Equipe was based on a slightly modified Triumph Herald chassis with the popular and Prevous owners with the Equipe at a show tuneable Triumph Spitfire engine.  450 of these were made, fewer than 30 survive and perhaps fewer than 20 are on the road.

This example has been in dry storage for many years, re-trimmed in the late 1970s it has been used little since.  It is very original and, unusually, complete and though much ofA small pile of parts the paint has been stripped the glass fibre body is in good condition.    The rear has been used to make a mould so some of the rear lights have been removed but they are in the small pile of parts that come with the car.

Serving suggestion - Transit not included  Missing lights in the box of bits  Click for bigger pic

Triumph engineAn excellent spares package to prepare this car as fast road/race/rally includes a good Spitfire 1300cc engine, two spare diffs, two spare propshafts, overdrive gearbox, new Weber 40 DCOE and manifold, tubular competition manifold, new brake callipers, new brake Weber, brake cylinders, engine mounts, etc master cylinder, rear brake cylinders, pipes, Goodrich brake hoses, engine Gear box, diffs, prop shafts mounts, alloy bell-housing, twin harnesses, wooden dash, crankshaft, new front upper wishbones and external door handles.

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