Description:

This extremely original and straight early Alexis underwent a complete restoration between 1991 and
1993. All suspension components were stripped and replated. The chassis was completely stripped and
the interior of open tubes coated with rust preventative. Every system on the car was completely
rebuilt. The original Cortina was professionally rebuilt. The car features the correct original Alexis
rocker cover and gearbox adapter. A new lightweight upper body was fabricated and chassis, body, and
original Dunlop steel wheels were painted in epoxy paint. The car was
professionally aligned and trammel bars fabricated to assist future alignments. The car has been
raced successfully by the owner since the resoration. The engine was rebuilt again completely four races
ago. The car also comes with an extensive spares package.


History

The Alexis Marque is not well known in the U.S. but the firm produced front running
Formula Juniors and then Formula Fords throughout the Sixties and early Seventies.
When a teenage James Hunt decided to become World Champion he chose an Alexis Mk15
for his first racecar. The Mk15 is an evolution of the Mk14, which in turn was based,
like many early Fords, on the firm's F3 car, the Mk9. The Alexis concern, formed by
50s specials builder Alex Francis and Australian engineer Bill Harris, neatly upstaged
Lotus at the dawn of Formula Ford, capturing the first volume order for cars from the
Russell Racing School. The Mk14 thus became the second ever Formula Ford design,
right after the Lotus 51. Alexis Cars were imported into the U.S. by Fred Opert.
This car left the Alexis works in April of 1968.


Competition History

Four years of racing in the Midwest with the VSCDA and SVRA

Engine

• Ford Kent 1600cc.
  
• Original Cortina
  
• rebuilt four races ago
  
• new .020 pistons
  
• indexed crank
  
• degreed cam
  
• prepped and flowed Weber
  
• Jet-Hot coated header
  
• Oberg oil filter
  
• original Alexis rocker cover
  
• Tilton clutch disc
  

Fuel System

• new Fuel-Safe 4 gal. cell
  

Oil/Water System

• original oil tank relocated to rear for reliability
  
• new large capacity copper core radiator
  

Electrical System

• Super starter
  
• all new wiring
  
• new battery
  

Body

• new lightweight upper body
  
• epoxy paint, BRG, yellow nose flash
  

Chassis

• multitubular space frame of mostly round tube
  
• epoxy painted and interior of tubes coated with rust preventative
  
• double wishbone, new ball joints and tie rod ends, original front Armstrongs rebuilt
  
• rear uprights modified to take higher rating bearings, Bilsteins
  
• steering rack rebuilt
  
• all brake system components were completely rebuilt
  
• original Dunlop steels, epoxy painted
  

Interior

• original Smiths guage rebuilt including Chronometric Tacho
  
• 5 lb compact Halon system
  
• 5 point harness
  

Spares

• Mk 18 upper body, nose, and nose molds
  
• wheels
  
• engine parts