Designed by Peter Elleray, and driven by Jody Firth and Warren Hughes, the Embassy WFR03 was hugely succesful in its 2011 debut season in the Speed Euroseries, winning the championship against the likes of Ligier and Wolf.
In 2013, with legal and financial complications closing the team, the programme was taken over by Tiga cars and the car was further developed into the Tiga CN12B.
Jack Fabby took a CN12B to third in the 2019 Speed OSS Championship despite only competing in a handful of rounds.
In 2024, both of the orginal cars were restored by VR Motorsport and are now offered for sale, having only been used for shakedown testing and a handful of sprints at Anglesey and Aintree since restoration.
Offered here is a choice of either of these two cars; one in white/blue, the other in orange.
The specification of the cars reads like a 'who's who' of motorsport, featuring:
- Mugen K20 dry sump engine
- Hewland FTRS 'Strong Type' FTR gearbox with paddleshift
- Ohlins Dampers
- Motec ECU, Dash and Logger
- Pullrod suspension
- FEV Electric Extignsuiher System (fitted in 2024)
- New belts in 2024
- New Batteries in 2024
- Tilton starter motor with uprated drop gear system designed and manufacturer by Gemini transmissions
- One of the cars features an upgraded 70mm inlet manifold and Jevey throttle body, remapped to provide a significant power increase - 268bhp on the dyno (original CN spec Mugen type also supplied). The other car can be upgraded at additional cost.
In-car videos of the cars running in 2024 can be provided on request.
Having taken on all moulds, spares and drawings for the programme, Pit Lane Spares can tailor a spares package for the car subject to negotiation. Virtually all parts are available 'off the shelf' from us.
All bodywork moulds are also available and are very high quality; sufficient to make body panels in carbon fibre if desired.
Results, lap times and setup sheets etc. for various circuits are also included.
The cars are very easy to drive fast and would make for extremely compeititve machines in historic and modern prototype racing or on the sprint / hillclimb circuit. A turbo or V8 conversion would make them unbelievably quick.
The cars are offered as a package or separately at a fraction of the value of the parts and build costs.
White / Blue car - £37,500 (Available to view in Penrith, Cumbria, UK)
Orange Car - £37,500 (Available to view in Reading, Berkshire, UK)
