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Nadeau Bourgeault 1961

Car history

Nadeau Bourgeault built the car in 1959. He built it for himself as a rolling laboratory and testbed. Bourgeault could keep up with Lotus 18s back in the day, but things changed rapidly and the car became obsolete. He only built this one car to the Junior Formula. Later, Nick Reynolds of the Kingston Trio musical group raced the car. Reynolds funded Bourgeault to build a “Mark II” formula car he drove in Formula C with considerable success. There are two or three surviving Mark II cars, usually in Formula B trim. The Bourgeault Formula Junior is a one-off. Simon Favre, the current owner, bought the car at the end of 1993 through Fantasy Junction. Simon’s first race was in 1994. He made the cover of “The Wheel” taking the car through SCCA Drivers’ School.

Car specs

  • Tube frame with semi-stressed lower panels and belly pan, Aluminum bodywork
  • Fiat 1100 engine with 7 port head converted to 8 ports, NOS Mondial pistons, Elgin cam
  • VW/Porsche split-case transaxle with double jointed Spicer half shafts and a low-pivot swing axle of Bourgeault design
  • Weber DCO 3 carbs (2x) on Alfa Romeo 750 Veloce soft mounts
  • Sprite/Midget steering rack with rack extenders for bump steer, and anti-Ackerman steering arms
  • Fiat Drum brakes and front spindles, Borrani wire wheels

Race groups:
CSRG, GRL, HMSA, SCCA, SVRA