The marque that made Britain’s mark in Grand Prix racing, Vanwall, will live again with the announcement of six continuation cars from specialist Hall & Hall.
At Aintree in 1957, Stirling Moss took over the Vanwall of ill teammate Tony Brooks to score the first World Championship Grand Prix victory for a British driver in a British car, and did so at the British Grand Prix. The following year, Tony Vandervell’s team ruled the world as the six wins shared by Moss and ‘The racing dentist’ secured the inaugural Constructors’ title exactly 62 years ago today – and it is this specification that the £1.65m continuation cars recreate.
Based in Bourne, Lincolnshire, with former BRM staff among its payroll, Hall & Hall is no stranger to such work, having built a recreation Vanwall VW7 for the Donington Collection and listing the team’s transporter among its stock.
Clockwise from top left: thousands of hours will be spent on making these new cars faithful to the originals; view of Moss, Brooks and Lewis-Evans; meticulous recreation of the 2.5-litre engine
