Equipment
Factory steel wheels.
Condition
Excellent cosmetics. Sharp, clean race car showing a little careful use and exceptional care. Castor oil based lubricant smells wonderful. Runs great. First owned by Hermann Mnller and driven to win the 1963 European Hillclimb Championship. 5th in 1961 Nnrburgring 1000km, then sold to South Africa where it raced successfully into the 70s. In the U.S. in the 80s where Brumos owned it for a while. One of only 14 RS 61s built.
Market commentary
They started this bean popper up in the Biltmore garage and the scent of the castor bean lubricant drifted right over to your scribe's nose. I complimented the owner on starting it up and he said, "The bean got you didnt it?" Yep. The olfactory sense is said to be the most evocative of all and for me it was a trip right back to the sand dunes of Bridgehampton in the late 1950s. I will decline comment on value, being olfactorily involved.