Crosslé 11F and Crosslé 12F car-by-car histories
Eligio Siconolfi in his Downtown Datsun Ltd Crosslé 12F at Mont-Tremblant in September 1969. Copyright Bruce Stewart 2017. Used with permission.
Designed for Irish 1600cc racing and also for SCCA Formula B, the Crosslé 12F was a production version of the prototype 11F. In Roger Barr's hands, a Crosslé 12F won the SCCA Runoffs in 1968.
The 12F was built on a bronze-welded tubular steel space frame, finished in grey baked enamel. Its suspension was completely orthodox, with outboard spring/damper units all round, twin wishbones at the front, and a reversed lower wishbone, single top link, and twin radius arms at the rear. It was supplied as standard with the Cosworth Mk 13 version of the Lotus-Ford twin cam engine, and a Hewland Mk 5 five-speed gearbox. Wheels were 8-inch at the front and 10-inch at the rear. The fuel tank was aluminium alloy with a capacity of 12 US gallons.
As well as the prototype 11F, another six production 12Fs were built with the last two of these not racing until 1968. Four went to US customers for Formula B and the other three were used in the 1600cc All-Ireland Championship. Roger Barr gave the 12F its best result in the SCCA Continental Championship with third place in the St Jovite Grand Prix in September 1967, and several 12F drivers achieved third place results in SCCA Nationals. Barr was rather more successful in 1968, taking a series of second-place finishes in SCCA Nationals and winning the end-of-season American Road Race of Champions to be crowned national Formula B champion. Bruce Klussmann took Crosslé's first outright SCCA National win in his Alfa Romeo-powered Crosslé 12F in April 1969. However, 12Fs made no impact at all in the Pro FB championship which was dominated by Brabhams and Lotuses.
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John Crosslé in the Crosslé 11F/12F at Kirkistown in July or August 1967. Copyright Alan Drysdale 2012. Used with permission.
Originally built as the Crosslé 11F prototype for testing over the winter of 1966-67, chassis 67/31 was then stripped and rebuilt over Easter 1967 as a Crosslé 12F. It was raced by Joe McArdle in April and May, then Tommy Reid took over the drive in June, finishing second in two races at Bishopscourt. John Crosslé then drove the car in July, August and September, and John Pollock raced it for the first time in the Guards Trophy at Kirkistown later in September. Pollock then drove the car throughout 1968, achieving wins at Kirkistown in June and July, and winning the Leinster Trophy Formule Libre race at Mondello Park later in July.
As this was the factory-entered 12F, this is highly likely to have been the car driven in English Formule Libre by Gerry Birrell in October and November. Birrell was being assessed by the Crosslé team as a possible driver for the factory Crosslé 16F Formula Ford in 1969, and his Formule Libre win at Silverstone and third place two weeks later at Brands Hatch would have helped secure that drive. He went on to win the 1969 European Formula Ford championship, establishing Crosslé's reputation in that category.
The 11F/12F is believed to have been sold to the US, but its subsequent history is unknown.
Driven by: Joe McArdle, Tommy Reid, John Crosslé, John Pollock and Gerry Birrell. First race: Kirkistown (R1), 8 Apr 1967. Total of 27 recorded races.
Bruce Klussmann picking up his Crosslé 12F at the factory in 1967. Behind and in the car from left to right are Leslie Drysdale, Henry and John Crosslé, Alfie Wilson, Ian Drysdale and Bruce Klussmann. Copyright Alan Drysdale 2010. Used with permission.
New to Crosslé's US agent Bruce Klussmann (Bradford, PA) for 1967 and raced by him in SCCA Nationals and in the War Bonnet Continental Race in June. Sold later in the season to Dave Logan and Roger Barr (Glastonbury, CT) and raced by Barr in SCCA Nationals and in the St Jovite Grand Prix. He led from start to finish in an Area 1 championship race at Lime Rock in October 1967. Barr raced the car extensively in 1968, taking second places in SCCA Nationals at Palm Beach, Marlboro, Cumberland and Bryar, and winning SCCA Regionals at Thompson and Bryar. He finished second in Northeast Division Formula B, and qualified for the American Road Race of Champions at Riverside. He won comfortably at Riverside after his main rival was delayed by a start-line accident.
Barr moved to a Formula A Crosslé 15F for 1969, but retained his championship-winning 12F. He returned to Formula B with the 12F in 1970, but also raced the factory's latest 18F that season. He raced in FB again a few times in 1971, presumably in his 12F again. Later in 1971, the 12F was sold to Richard Bonchek (Windsor, CT), who raced a blue #41 Crosslé in Formula B from late 1971 to the end of 1972. He sometimes entered it as a "BarrCarr", indicating that it had been Roger Barr's car. Bonchek advertised the car as a "Crossle-Barr FB" in Pit Talk in December 1972. According to an early 1975 edition of the Indy Region newsletter, it was acquired from Bonchek by Jim Lloyd (Indianapolis, IN). Raced by Lloyd in the SCCA CenDiv Regional Championship and in SCCA Nationals in 1975 using a Vegantune twin cam, then advertised by him in November 1975 as the 1968 National championship car.
Dave Schneider (San Diego, CA) owned a Crosslé 12F in 1998, and according to a later advert for the car, he had bought it from Jim Lloyd in 1976. Schneider was an engine builder, and wanted to build an engine for the car, but this never happened, and the car hung in his rafters until 1998, when it was sold to Rob Shanahan (San Diego, CA). Shanahan only started the restoration in 2008, and by 2009 the car was complete and for sale at Fantasy Junction (Emeryville, CA). It received an ACCUS HTP in July 2010. By March 2011, it was owned by Paul McMorran, who bought the Crosslé company from Arnie Black the following year. In November 2012, the 12F was at the factory for inspection. Still with McMorran in October 2025.
Driven by: Bruce Klussmann, Roger Barr, Richard Bonchek and Jim Lloyd. First race: Cumberland Airfield (R3), 13 May 1967. Total of 37 recorded races.
David Baird in his Crosslé 12F at Kirkistown in July or August 1967. Copyright Alan Drysdale 2012. Used with permission.
New to David Baird (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and raced in the All-Ireland 1600cc Single-Seater Championship and in other 1600cc and Formule Libre races at Kirkistown, Bishopscourt and Phoenix Park in 1967. He retained the car for 1968, but his only known appearance was at Kirkistown in July. Arnie Black told Ham Donaldson that Baird's car was fitted with a Hewland FT200 instead of the normal Mk 5, and after Baird it went to "R Smith Racing" and then to "Paul J Burczyck in New Baltimore, Michigan". This may have been Paul Burczycki, a resident of nearby Harsens Island in Michigan, whose name appears in automotive engineering contexts in the 1970s.
Driven by: David Baird. First race: Kirkistown (R1), 8 Apr 1967. Total of 9 recorded races.
The ex-John Bolechowsky Crosslé 12F when acquired by Wade Ward. Copyright Jon Ward 2004. Used with permission.
The ex-John Bolechowsky Crosslé 12F when acquired by Wade Ward. Copyright Jon Ward 2004. Used with permission.
New to Ned Owen (Malvern, PA) and raced in Continental Championship FB, SCCA Nationals and SCCA Regionals in 1967. To Jacques Couture (Laval, Montréal, Quebec) for 1968 and raced in the Canadian Eastern Zone Formula Championship and in the Continental Championship races at Thompson Speedway, Mosport Park and Lime Rock. To Eligio Siconolfi (Montréal, Quebec) for 1969 and raced in Molson Championship races, the SCCA Continental Championship race at Mont-Tremblant, and at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières in September. Barry Somervail (Montréal, Quebec) raced a Crosslé Formula B sponsored by Belvedere Cigarettes in 1970, and it would be reasonable to assume that was the same car. Then, in March 1971, a "1969 Crosslé" Formula B was advertised in the Montreal Star alongside a 1969 Chevron and a 1970 Hawke.
In May 1971, just two months later, John Pace raced a #11 "Croseley FB" at Mont-Tremblant. As only one Crosslé 12F is known to have moved to Canada, and the other 12Fs' histories are increasingly well understood, this must surely have been the ex-Siconolfi C12F/67/34, probably after Barry Somervail raced it. Pace then moved west to Vancouver and joined the Sports Car Club of British Columbia (SCCBC). In the March 1975 edition of SCCBC's Pit Pass newsletter, Pace (Penticton, BC) advertised a "Crossle F/B" with two twin cam engines.
In October 1975, John Bolechowsky (N. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) raced a Crosslé in ICSCC Formula B class races. As Pace had offered his Crosslé FB only months earlier in the same vicinity, Bolechowsky had surely bought that car. He raced it again in ICSCC FB in 1976 and 1977. When Jim Keller spoke to Bolechowsky about the car, he believed it came from eastern Canada. In 1977 Bolechowsky sold it to Glen Speers (Richmond, BC), and it remained in his barn until 2003, when it was bought by Glen Snaychack (Richmond, BC) and sold on to Wade Ward (Lillooet, BC). At this point, the car could be identified as Bolechowsky's because it was still wearing his #331. Ward sold it to Bob Storz (Kelowna, BC) in 2007, and Jim Keller started a restoration. It was in the process of restoration in February 2008. This car is reported to have been sold to somewhere in Europe after the restoration, and its current whereabouts are unknown.
Driven by: Ned Owen, Jacques Couture, Eligio Siconolfi, Barry Somervail, John Pace and John Bolechowsky. First race: Bridgehampton (R2), 20 May 1967. Total of 34 recorded races.
Jim Campbell in his Crosslé 12F at Bo'ness in 2018. Copyright Steve Wilkinson 2025. Used with permission.
New to George Faraghan (Cinnaminson, NJ) and raced by him in SCCA Formula B on the East Coast between 1967 and 1972. According to a later auction catalogue, he raced mostly in SCCA Regionals, and during that time recorded 11 wins at venues such as Watkins Glen, Marlboro and Reading, PA, and the car "recorded the fastest time of the day in the opening race at Pocono Raceway in 1968". The auction catalogue also noted that "this car has been upgraded with the 14F chassis specifications". Faraghan retained the car for many years and recommissioned in 2000, after which he auctioned it at Freemans "auction of 20/21st Century Design" in Philadelphia in May 2007. It was presented in red and gold, still with Faraghan's usual #73. It was sold to a UK owner, and returned to the Crosslé factory to be restored. By 2018, Crosslé 12F/67/35 was being used in British hillclimbs by Jim Campbell (Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, Scotland).
Driven by: George Faraghan. First race: Marlboro Motor Speedway, 26 Jun 1967. Total of 6 recorded races.
Ed Mangone in his Crosslé 12F at the 2004 Zippo Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in 2004. Licenced by Nathan Bittinger under Creative Commons licence Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). Original image has been cropped.
New to Bruce Klussmann (Bradford, PA) of Crosslé Cars America and fitted with a 1600cc Alfa Romeo for Formula B in 1968. He raced the car at The Glen Nationals at Watkins Glen in August, finishing fourth in class, and at the Donnybrooke Grand Prix in September, where he was further off the pace. Retained for SCCA Nationals in 1969, and won at Marlboro Motor Speedway in April. He scored 26 points in Northeast Division Formula B, finishing fourth in the division. Retained again for 1970 when he competed in Continental Championship races. His last known outing in the car was a win at the Great Pumpkin Affair Western New York Region SCCA Regional at Nelson Ledges on 1 November 1970. Subsequent history unknown. At some point, Klussmann sold the car to Ed Mangone (W. Seneca, NY), who drove it at VIR in October 2002. He raced the car in SVRA events for about 16 years, but by 2020 was looking for a new owner for it. In June 2023, he sold it to Rob Shanahan (San Diego, CA). The car has a chassis plate "C12/F67/36" which appears to be original. Still with Shanahan in October 2025.
Driven by: Bruce Klussmann. First race: Watkins Glen (R9), 11 Aug 1968. Total of 9 recorded races.
New to Denis Kinghan (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and raced in Formule Libre at Bishopscourt, Mondello Park and Kirkistown in 1968. Kinghan's last known race in the car was in June, and this must be the "Formula 2" Crosslé 12F advertised by Motor Racing Enterprises (Penn, Buckinghamshire) from August to December 1968. It had a Cosworth/Willment twin cam engine, a Hewland Mk 5 gearbox and was on 7½-inch and 9½-inch wheels. The adverts later changed to call it a Formula B car, and by 13 December 1968 it disappeared from MRE's adverts. It is believed to have been sold to the US.
In March 1969, Gibbs D. Kugel (Columbus, OH) took delivery of a Crosslé 12F. The receipt, which appears to have been signed by a "Harvey Morgetto", was still with chassis C12/F68/37 in 2025. Kugel raced the #18 Crosslé in Central Division Formula B in 1969, with a best result coming at Mid-Ohio in July 1969 when he finished second.
The car's history is then unknown in 1970 and 1971. In March 1972, following the SCCA's introduction of logbooks, Bill Givens (Homewood, IL) registered a Crosslé 12F with the SCCA as "C12/F68/37". He raced the blue #8 Crosslé in Central Division Formula B in 1972, appearing at Blackhawk Farms in July, Grattan in August and IRP in October, although his actual results are unknown. He scored a single point in the Division in 1972, so must have finished sixth in class at one of those races. Those were the only races logged by the SCCA for the car. In April 1974, Givens advertised the car simply as a "FB", with no marque or model, complete with Hewland Mk 5 gearbox. He then raced his blue/black #71 Crosslé in Midwest Council Formula B races in 1975.
Subsequent history then unknown for over 30 years until around 2008 or 2009, when Robert Yarwood (Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland) bought a Crosslé 12F with three other cars from someone in New York or New Jersey. He "lightly" restored the car and advertised it in March 2014, when it was in blue paint with a yellow stripe and wearing #16. He sold the car to France, and delivered it to Laurent Fort of Esprit Motorsport in Marseille. Then in 2016, Marc-André Schyrr (Marseille, France) raced a Crosslé 12F in French hillclimbs. His car is black with a white stripe, but documents with the car included pictures of it in the same blue/yellow colour with #16. Other documents included Bill Givens' SCCA logbook giving its chassis number, and Gib Kugel's 1969 receipt. Schyrr won in his "F3" Crosslé 12F at Bagnols-Sabran in April 2016 and Roquefort-la-Bédoule in October 2016. He also drove it at Bagnols-Sabran in March 2019. The car was on the Auto Diva stand at Epoqu'Auto in Lyon in November 2019. Shortly after this, in March 2020, the car was stolen from Schyrr's home in Marseille, France, and reports of the theft said it had been in France since 2005 and was chassis C12F/68/37. It was quickly recovered. He also drove it at Lodève in October 2021 and was still racing it in April 2024. Schyrr offered the car for sale in June 2025.
Driven by: Denis Kinghan, Gib Kugel and Bill Givens. First race: Bishopscourt, 11 May 1968. Total of 12 recorded races.
Crosslé 12Fs in 1967
Four Crosslé 12Fs were sold to the US but only three raced in 1967: Bruce Klussmann raced C12F/67/32 before handing it over to Roger Barr towards the end of the season; Ned Owen raced C12F/67/34; and George Faraghan raced C12F/67/35. Another two 12Fs raced in Ireland that year: the 11F prototype was rebuilt to full 12F specification in early 1967 and was raced by Joe McArdle, Tommy Reid, John Crosslé himself and John Pollock that season; and David Baird raced his C12F/67/33 in the All-Ireland 1600cc Single-Seater championship.
Crosslé 12Fs in 1968
Of the three 12Fs that had raced in 1967: Roger Barr retained C12F/67/32 for 1968; Ned Owen's C12F/67/34 was sold to Jacques Couture in Canada; and George Faraghan retained C12F/67/35. The fourth Crosslé 12F to be sold in the US was Bruce Klussmann's Alfa Romeo-powered chassis C12F/67/36, which first appeared at the start of the 1968 season. Meanwhile in Ireland: chassis 67/31 was raced in 1968 by John Pollock, winning three races, before going to the US at the end of 1968; David Baird retained his C12F/67/33 but rarely raced it; and Denis Kinghan had his new C12F/68/37.
From August to December 1968, Motor Racing Enterprises (Penn, Bucks) advertised a "Formula 2" (later changed to "Formula B") Crosslé 12F with Cosworth/Willment twin cam engine, which had been built in March 1968 and had "five races only from new". Of the six 12Fs, four had raced in 1967 and a fifth, Bruce Klussmann's, was still racing in the US, so this can only have been Denis Kinghan's C12F/68/37. Given the Formula B description in the last few adverts, this car is likely to have headed to the US for the 1969 season.
Crosslé 12Fs in 1969
Of the four 12Fs already in the US in 1968: Roger Barr retained C12F/67/32, but as the new US distributor for Crosslé, he spent most of the 1969 season in his new Formula A Crosslé 15F and Formula Ford 16F; Jacques Couture's C12F/67/34 in Canada went to Eligio Siconolfi for 1969; George Faraghan retained C12F/67/35; and Bruce Klussmann retained his Alfa Romeo-powered chassis C12F/67/36. Also the ex-Denis Kinghan C12F/68/37 arrived in the US, as a receipt to Gib Kugel dated March 1969 demonstrates.
Chassis 67/31 moved from Ireland to the US for 1969 and David Baird's C12F/67/33 is also believed to have moved to the US, but the exact date is unknown. One of these two cars will be explained by the Crosslé of Bill Johnson in the American Midwest in 1969. Bill Johnson's car was "bright yellow", as was David Baird's 12F/67/33, so is likely to have been that car. The final car, the 11F/12F chassis 67/31, might be explained by the "R. Ellis" from Glastonbury, CT, who retired a #61 Crosslé from an Area 1 Championship race at Lime Rock in June 1969. However, #61 was Roger Barr's regular number and Barr was also from Glastonbury, it is much more likely that Ellis was having a drive in Barr's 12F.
John Inglehart (Greenwich, CT) also entered a #95 Formula B Crosslé for the SCCA Continental Championship race at Thompson Speedway in September 1969, and then finished 11th in the Consolation Formula B-C Race at Lime Rock 12 months later, again in a #95 FB Crosslé.
William C Johnson Jr (Kansas City, MO) was race chairman of the Kansas City Region of the SCCA, and also operated a race team billed as "Bill Johnson Co-op Racing Team", sponsored by Farmland Industries and Co-Op Petroleum Products. Johnson's cars were often entered as Co-op Specials and determining exactly what cars he had is therefore tricky. In 1968, Johnson drove a Lotus 51, and in 1969 his team consisted of three Formula B cars: a "newly-purchased" Crosslé for Johnson, a LeGrand driven by John Bessenbacher and the Lotus 51 for Tom McIntire. Johnson used the "bright yellow" Crosslé to win the main and both preliminary Formula B races at the Salina Grand Prix, an SCCA Regional on Salina's former Municipal Airport, in June 1969. In 1970, he used the #42 Crosslé to map out the new race course on the Olathe Naval Air Station for the first Kansas Grand Prix, and it was on display at a Soap Box Derby in Kansas City in June. Bob Nichols and Ann Puracker were also part of Johnson's Co-Op team in 1970, which also had a Formula A McLaren.
In 1970 and 1971, Jim Bandy drove for Johnson, and the Crosslé must be the #42 Crosslé "14F" raced by Bandy at Mosport Park in September 1970. Presumably it is also the "Co-op Special" or "Lotus Ford" that Bandy drove at the Road America and Mid-Ohio races either side of Mosport. Johnson retained the Crosslé again for 1971, when he won an SCCA Regional at Hutchinson NAS in May. Presumably it is also the unnamed #42 Formula B car driven by Nichols at Lake Afton in August.
Johnson's main project in 1971 was to run a Surtees TS5A for Bandy to drive in Formula 5000. Johnson went on to a major career within the SCCA. He was elected Chairman of the Midwest Division’s Executive Committee in 1973, then was elected to SCCA’s National Board of Governors in 1975, and served as its Chairman from 1977 to 1978. In 1982, he founded and managed SCCA’s ProSolo autocross series. He died in November 2023, at the age of 91.
The history of the Crosslé 12F after August 1971 is unknown, but see the Buddy Roberts car.
Driven by: Bill Johnson, Jim Bandy and Bob Nichols. First race: Salina Airfield, 1 Jun 1969. Total of 6 recorded races.
Crosslé 12Fs in 1970
Of the four direct sales to the US: Eligio Siconolfi's C12F/67/34 in Montréal very probably went to Barry Somervail, and the other three were all retained by the existing owners: Roger Barr retained C12F/67/32; George Faraghan retained C12F/67/35; and Bruce Klussmann retained C12F/67/36. Gib Kugel's C12F/68/37 is not known in 1970 and 1971, but reappears in 1972. Bill Johnson also retained his car, which is likely to have been the ex-David Baird C12F/67/33. Of the 11F/12F chassis 67/31, there is no sign.
Crosslé 12Fs later in the 1970s
Barry Somervail's C12F/67/34 in Canada and Bruce Klussmann's Alfa-powered C12F/67/36 both vanished after 1970; but Roger Barr appears to have retained his C12F/67/32 for 1971 before it went to Richard Bonchek later that year, then to Jim Lloyd in 1975. George Faraghan retained his C12F/67/35 for many more years until 2007. Gib Kugel's C12F/68/37 turned up in 1972 with Bill Givens and stayed with him until 1975 at least.
During the 1970s, there are numerous references to Crosslés in Formula B that will probably be explained by the 12F, especially as the two 14Fs were retained by their original owners for many years. However, Formula Ford cars were eligible for Formula B races, so some of these may be FFs. Where a driver who appeared with a Crosslé in FB is known to have raced in Formula Ford, it has been assumed he was using his FF for that FB appearance.
Chronologically, the first of these Crosslé puzzles appeared in Australia in October 1971, when Gary Alcorn raced a blue Crosslé at Warwick Farm with a 1498cc engine. He reappeared ten months later when the car was purple, had a 1292cc engine, and was called a 12F. Alan Johnson bought this car from Alcorn in 1978 and raced it with a 1300cc Renault engine, but it was badly damaged at Oran Park and Bryan Miller understands that it was cut up and thrown away.
Returning to the USA, Buddy Roberts (Tulsa, OK) finished sixth in Formula B at an SCCA National at Greater Southwest Raceway in September 1974, and the end-of-season Midwest Division points table shows that he scored two points for NE Oklahoma Region that season, driving a Crosslé. The car formerly driven by Bill Johnson based in Kansas City would be favourite here, as the two cities are "only" 250 miles apart.
In the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs (ICSCC) races in the Pacific Northwest, Herman Alvarez (Seattle, WA) was second in FB in a Crosslé at Seattle in August 1976 and Jim Sloane (Spokane, WA) retired his FB Crosslé at the same venue in July 1978. Alvarez and Sloane were, respectively, Medical Director and Legal Counsel of the ICSCC, and Sloane had raced a Formula Ford Crosslé some years earlier. It's likely that both of these references were Formula Ford Crosslés.
SCCA Division points tables reveal another Crosslé driver in Formula Continental later in the 1970s: Richard Hubbard of Texas Region in 1980. Mike Berryhill also scored points in 1979 but we know his Crosslé was a Formula Super Vee 34F, as did Bill Noble of Kansas Region in 1980 but he was also a Volkswagen specialist so is also likely to have had an FSV Crosslé. It's quite possible that all three of these references were Formula Super Vee Crosslés.
Buddy Roberts (Tulsa, OK) drove a Crosslé in Formula B in Midwest Division Formula B in 1974, scoring two points as a member of Northeast Oklahoma Region. He scored the points out of Division and was a very late addition to official scorekeeper Rocky Entriken's records, his two points being added between the Division's last SCCA Nationals at Mid-America Raceway on 8 September 1974 and Roswell Municipal Airport on 22 September. One SCCA National on the weekend in between was the Sunburn Nationals at Greater Southwest Raceway in Texas, and the Tulsa Daily World (17 Sept 1974, Section B, page 5) records Roberts finishing sixth, worth one point. It is possible Roberts scored his other point earlier in the season and it was only notified to Rocky later.
Alan Drysdale advised in 2010 that among Crosslé's files was mention of a car that had been owned by "Ken Jerman (May 73), Bud Roberts (Jan 74), Max Beasley (Nov 74)", with later owners given as Bob Wilson, Tom Dunn and "S Lawrence". The Bud Roberts in this chain must be the Buddy Roberts of Tulsa. Nothing is known of Ken Jerman's racing career, but he was born in 1950 and was a resident of Kansas City, suggesting he had acquired the Bill Johnson car near the start of his intended career. He died in 1983.
Driven by: Buddy Roberts. First race: Greater Southwest Raceway, 15 Sep 1974. Only one recorded race.
Crosslé 12Fs in historic racing
So far, four of the seven Crosslé 12Fs have solid histories, at least as far as 2007, and a fifth has what is believed to be a continuous history but requires confirmation. There is also good circumstantial evidence to suggest that C12F/67/33 went to Bill Johnson in Kansas City, and then to Buddy Roberts in Oklahoma. That leaves C11F/67/31 to explain the car that went to Australia.
- C11F/67/31: unknown after 1968.
- C12F/67/32: continuous ownership history up to Crosslé company owner Paul McMorran in Northern Ireland in November 2012.
- C12F/67/33: unknown after 1968.
- C12F/67/34: solid history but with some circumstantial evidence up to Jim Keller in Canada in 2008. Later went to Europe.
- C12F/67/35: continuous ownership with George Faraghan until 2007, and later reportedly owned by Jim Campbell in Scotland.
- C12F/67/36: continuous ownership history (requiring confirmation) up to Rob Shanahan in California in 2025.
- C12F/67/37: well-evidenced history up to Marc-André Schyrr in France in 2025.
Daniel Walter (Götighofen, Thurgau, Switzerland) drove a pale blue (with dark stripe and white noseband) Crosslé 12F in Vernasca Silver Flag events in 2018 and 2021, and entered it for the Memorial Bergrennen Steckborn in 2023. This is presumably C12F/67/34.
Rick Pinch's Crosslé 12F in Florida in 2008. Copyright Ham Donaldson 2025. Used with permission.
Rick Pinch owned a Crosslé 12F with Hewland FT200 gearbox at some stage. His hometown has been given as California, but Ham Donaldson saw his car in 2008 in Florida. Nothing more known.
In addition to the above, unknown Crosslé 12Fs were driven by R Ellis, John Inglehart, Herman Alvarez and Jim Sloane.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Hamilton Donaldson for the huge amount of help he has given on this subject. Thanks also to Alan Drysdale, Steve Wilkinson, Rob Shanahan, Bryan Miller, Jim Keller, Chris Townsend, John Ward and Jeremy Hall.
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