A rare and severly damaged Costin-Nathan Works prototype has sold for 71,000 pounds ($92,000) thanks to H&H Classics at the Chateau Impney Hillclimb sale.
This car was created back in January 1966 and made up of plywood, an aluminum body and steel tubular elements. Drive came courtesy of an aluminum 998 cc Hillman Imp engine producing around 100 hp. While that’s not much, the prototype itself weighed weighs less than 317 kg (700 lb-ft), making modern sports cars like the Ariel Atom seem like behemoths.
During its formative years, the example in question took victory during the Coupe de Paris on September 25th 1966. After some upgrades the following year, the Works prototype scored a class win at Snetterton before its retirement.
Incredibly, the car sat in storage for 45 years prior to the sale and is currently nothing more than a battered and bruised shell of its former self. Nevertheless, that didn’t dissuade its new owner from paying considerably more than a brand new BMW M3 sells for.
Here’s hoping the winning bidder plans to restore this beauty back to its former glory.
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