They handled beautifully and had great brakes and were pretty
successful little racing cars. Great fun to drive when they were
running.
I have a few pictures of Berkeleys and pieces of same at a site I
recently put up called http://coldplugs.homestead.com if anyone's
interested.
John C
- -----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey H. Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
To: british-cars@autox.team.net <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 8:04 PM
Subject: Barkelys?
>I'm watching Speedvisions's Legends of Motors Sports, "BRSCC 1957"
>and one of the featured races at the Brands Hatch August Bank
Holiday
>races was a type-specific race of what the announcer called "the
>supercharged lawnmower race" comprised entirely of a car called a
>Barkely (sp?). They look a lot like a spridget front end and frogeye
>rear end.
>
>Has anyone ever heard of these cars?
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