The following were registered to Alan Mann. Some were used in 1965, and some in 1966. Several of them came out of Ford painted in Ford Monaco Red, a colour very close top the Ferrari Rosso that Alan Mann had painted the earlier cars. The cars were\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
KPU 384C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n KPU 388C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n KPU 390C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n KPU 391C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n KPU 392C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n KPU 393C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n KPU 397C<\/strong> (originally white\/ green stripe and used as a Press Car)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main leaf-spring cars driven by Sir John Whitmore were KPU 392C (in 1965) KPU 390C (in 1966) , and he won the ETCC championship in 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n KPU 391C was raced in 1965 and 1966 as well, with many photographs found. It seems unlikely that KPU 397C was raced in 1965 as it was a converted Press car, still in use as such in early 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a footnote, I have shown photos KPU 397C run by AMR in white with a green stripe. It was originally a Press car, and converted by AMR later to race specification. It seems that it raced in white at least once, but was soon repainted to the familiar Monaco Red with Gold roof and stripe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Numberplates and Identifications were mixed up by Ford \/ AMR \/ Boreham, and some cars that raced as a given registration number had a different Vehicle Identification Number to that allocated when registered. This has caused a lot of problems over the years when cars have been restored, and when registration has been applied for, it has been found that they already exist! The original vehicle identities and registration numbers are known from original registration records, and the anomalies are still being worked through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As another consequence of the mix-up, some cars have been raced with the incorrect registration number displayed on the car, and they have been credited, incorrectly with the result of the race. In 1966 the rules changed in the ETCC whereby cars racing had to be recorded by the Vehicle Identification number only, which can make things even less clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, it’s complicated, and it gets worse! In 1966, AMR sends three of its cars out to the USA to run in the Trans Am Series. As 390, 391, 392 and 397 definitely ran in the 1966 ETCC, it is probable that it was 393 and 388 that were sent to the USA. But the third one?<\/p>\n\n\n Replace when above complete<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lotuscortinainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AMR-2-BTW-297B-650606-Mont-Ventoux-France.jpg\")
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