1953 Sorrell SR-100

Bob Sorrell was a talented automobile designer, fabricator, and builder. Together with his father, Sorrell Engineering of Inglewood, California, created many hand-built, one-off bodies for both street and competition cars during the 1950s and 1960s. Many bodies were formed from alloy, while others were made from fiberglass.

The SR-100 Roadster Prototype wore sleek aluminum coachwork and was created by California Metal Shaping and Bob Sorrel. The prototype was introduced in 1953 at the Petersen Motorama. It used a Kurtis 500KK (Indy 500) racing chassis and was powered by a 302 cubic-inch GMC inline-6 cylinder engine with Howard 12-port head and six carburetors.

One example of the SR-100 was built with an alloy body, while other production examples were clothed in fiberglass.

by Daniel Vaughan | Sep 2023