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1980 Crossle 40F

Crosslé Car Company Limited of Northern Ireland was founded by John Crosslé. One of his earliest creations was a home-built Ford Special with a 1172cc engine, in March of 1957. This was the start of a reputation that would continue to build over the years. His cars were known for their build quality and speed. One of their most memorable series was the 16F, created for the Formula Ford series in 1969. Prior to this, they had produced cars to compete in various other series such as Formula Junior, Formula 2, Formula B, and Formula 5000.

In 1967 they introduced the Series 12F for Formula B competition. This would raise the company to a whole new level of competition. Roger Barr, a Crossle importer, drove a 12F to the 1968 SCCA Formula B title. In total, six examples were created with four being sent to the US.

The Crossle 15F, of which only three examples were produced, was used for Formula 5000.

In 1969, there were 40 examples of the 16F Formula Ford racer sent to the US.

The 19F was a Formula 2 entrant for the 1970 and 1971 season.

The Crossle Mk.20F was introduced in 1971 with a total of 26 examples built and 16 exported. The 20F featured different suspension geometry front and back to the 16F, and a removable nose cone to cut down on accident damage costs. Eddie Jordan, Jay Pollock, Harry Acheson and Jim Vermeulen are among the better known drivers to use 20F's, the latter starting the fashion for Crosslé's in Holland.


By Daniel Vaughan | Jul 2008

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