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The Paul Emery stand at the 1964 Racing Car show exhibited the Emery GT (next to the DART).
From: Wolfgang Melenk
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:46:05 +0200
Hi there,
searching for some info about the Emery GT I found your homepage.
The Emery GT, obviously from Paul Emery, was a coupé with plastic body and Imp engine in central position. This car was published - with picture - in the German annual cars catalogue vol. 1965. The price in UK was 1212 pounds with serial engine, but it was also available in kit car form.
Do you have any knowledge about it?
Best regards - Wolfgang Melenk, Hamburg/Germany
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AZ of sports cars / by Mike Lawrence
"Emery GT, 1963
Although it was designed to be a practical road car, the Emery GT was a natural racer and in 1963 John Markey won his class 15 times from 16 starts. That was not enough to save the project when the backer died."
| engine | a tuned Hillman Imp engine mounted at the rear |
| gearbox | the Imp gearbox inverted |
| chassis | space frame chassis |
| suspension | all-round independent suspension by coil springs and wishbones, anti-dive at the front, anti-dip at the rear |
| body | The prototype had an aluminium body, and because it was constructed
on an uneven floor one door sill was deeper than the other, so the
doors were of different sizes. Emery's response was typical... "So
what? You can't see both sides at once". The three other examples built had fibreglass bodies taken of the prototype and these were bonded unto the spaceframes. |
| production | 4 |
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'Klaus' at ten-tenths.com saw an Emery GT with an Imp engine at the Nuerburgring in 1966 doing the 500km race. The driver might have been John Mockford, Klaus is not 100% sure. The car did not finish. It retired at section Hohe Acht, the highest point of the track. Klaus speculates that perhaps the engine overheated as a result of the ascending 3 miles from the bottom at Breitscheid.
The Emery at the Ring 500km in 66 was dark green, had a very long-tailed boot (LeMans Alpine A63 like) with a huge rear window.
The photo Klaus supplied is called Emery 66 front, suggesting there is also a photo of the rear...
According to Rob29, the Emery GT was a regular at British club meetings around 1966, driven by John Markey.
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'Klaus' also sent in a photo to ten-tenths.com of the Ring in 1964, with the 500km race showing the north curve, with a low-nose-bonnet Marcos Fastback against a Diva, a rare Emery, a flock of DKW, BMW 700 , BMW Martini, Saab , Mini and Abarth.
Later Emery built 12 highly tuned Emery GTIs: Imps with their roofs chopped down by four inches.
From: S. Bertrand in San Francisco, California
Subject: Emery GT
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009
[...] Imps make nice vintage racers, but are very rare here. I am seeking information on Emery GTs. I know that one came to the US. It was white in color, had a 'Scuderia Stiletto' decal on it and a 1964 Brands Hatch decal on it as well. It appeared to be Imp based and not Ford 105e based as the Markey car. I wonder if any of your viewers might know of or have any pictures/ information other than those on your website regarding any Emery GTs.
The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport / Nick Georgano. - at p.435
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4 Sep 1966 John Markey entered and drove a Emery GT Ford (comp.#24) in the Nürburgring 500 Km, in group WCS (Prototype 1000), but he DNF.
It was dark green, had a very long-tailed boot (Lemans Alpine A63 like) and a huge rear screen.