Four years ago I set out to re-build a very unique vehicle that I had owned for 30 years. Originally built in 1979 the car had been left to rot in a garage from 1991. The original design at the time of purchase had not been completely finished. Bought on an impulse it had the special manufacturers number 001.
Upon completion in 1981 we entered the Beaujolais nouveau race for charitable reasons with a support team of 4 very close friends. The re-build was suggested in 2006 to replicate the run 25 years later. The nut and bolt re-birth along with endless modifications is almost complete. the vehicle is without doubt the most interesting in the world. 
The story has become not just about the Burlington SS but the about the characters who have physically and mentally contributed to the project. There exists over 5000 photographs plus 500 pages of text. It is a journal of the past 4 years, not just engineering data, but strained personal relationships, social contemporary comment, basic humour, argument and the odd death.
The story has become not just about the Burlington SS but the about the characters who have physically and mentally contributed to the project. There exists over 5000 photographs plus 500 pages of text. It is a journal of the past 4 years, not just engineering data, but strained personal relationships, social contemporary comment, basic humour, argument and the odd death.
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