The Things They Say...

The versatility of this remarkable car (the 328 Frazer Nash-BMW) was demonstrated by the winning of the team prize in the 1936 Ulster TT and two remarkable achievements by Fane, who set a new sportscar record on the Grossglockner and shattered the seemingly invincible Shelsley Walsh record of Raymond Mays’ famous black 2-litre ERA.” Brooks, in their auction catalogue No 33. Scarcely possible for however good a sportscar to beat the ERA R4D; Fane set a Shelsley Walsh sportscar record time of 44.20sec in June 1939, but at the same meeting Mays’ ERA time was 37.37sec, a new record, and his previous time in 2-litre ERAs had been 44.0, 39.6, 43.41, and 37.86sec. Verb sap, or something!