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Gene Beach and Chris Amon's 1965 Nassau-winning Mk5B		     5-specs-03.JPG (18428 bytes)

Click here for more FV spec sheets

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Beach FV cars on a 1965 recording from The Netherlands!

Oldest survivor? Mk5 - s/n 14 - now owned by Tom Hartman. Originally delivered 1/64 to Jim Haynes (via Bill Rutan).

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Mk5 - s/n 16 - This car was sold in Feb. 1964 and delivered to Pensicola Fla. for $1935. Originally owned by Elmer Jenkins. Gerald Dobert owned it 1988-98. Then it went to Mike Collins (NY), then to Kevin Clemmens (Columbus, OH), and is now owned by Morgan Wilson.

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Morgan Wilson
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Weatherly hillclimb 
- airborne at 120 mph
       

Kevin Clemmens' Mk5 s/n 36

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Greg Heuer's 1965 Mk5B - s/n 67

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Bill Moseley's Mk5 - 1965-66

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Jean Cevaer's Mk5B in France - possibly not a Beach chassis, but Beach body only?
 - Read here for more info

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Mk5B s/n 137 - photos from Robert Woudhuizen (Holland) - car is now owned by Aaron Annerel (Belgium)

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Mk5B - barn find for sale in Texas April 2008 - please send e-mail if you have any info or questions

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Mk5C s/n 217 - from "basket case for sale" posting

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Misc Photos

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Hans Mohnen Mk5C
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Hans Mohnen Mk5C		  
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John Allen (ex- Tengerdy)
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Ray Weaver Mk5C
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Ray Weaver Mk5C
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Ray Weaver Mk5C
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Ray Weaver Mk5C
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1967 Mk5B s/n 99?
for sale - click here

Thanks to Greg Heuer for passing along Gene Beach's list of Mk5 and Mk5B cars

Mk 5 s/n

Original owners

Delivery

Current owner

notes
01 Ed Smith 8/63 Tarpon Springs Fl    
02 Overkeys Motors 8/63 Perrine Fl    
03 Milo Vega 8/63 Tampa Fl Larry Farr (Sarasota)?  
04 Overkeys Motors 8/63 Perrine Fl    
05 Dave Tallakson 10/63    
06 Bryan Webb 10/63    
07 Lee Lilley 11/63 Houston Tx    
08 Overkeys Motors 11/63 Perrine Fl    
09 S&R American Motors 11/63 White Plains, NY    
10 Overkeys Motors 1/64 Perrine Fl    
11 Overkeys Motors 1/64 Perrine Fl    
12 Southgate 64   factory car
13 Bryan 64   chassis renumbered #6
14 Haynes via Rutan 1/64 Essex Ct Tom Hartman oldest survivor?
15 S&R American Motors 2/64 White Plains, NY    
16 Overkeys Motors 2/64 Perrine Fl Morgan Wilson see photos above
17 Johnson 2/64    
18 Continental Cars 2/64 Alabama    
19 B&B Sports Cars 2/64 Dallas    
20 McClughan 3/64    
21 B&B Sports Cars 3/64 Dallas    
22 Whitaker 4/64    
23 VW Hawaii 4/64    
24 B&B Sports Cars 4/64 Dallas    
25 Continental Cars 4/64 Alabama    
26 Continental Cars 4/64 Alabama Wilfried Brunner
(Switzerland)		  
27 S&R American Motors 4/64 White Plains, NY    
28 B&B Sports Cars (Young) 5/64 Dallas    
29 Autohaus 4/64 Pompano Beach    
30 B&B Sports Cars 5/64 Dallas    
31 Bill Mann 5/64    
32 Span 5/64 Kenosha WI    
33 Cumberland Auto 5/64    
34 Span 5/64 Kenosha WI    
35 Rockwood 6/64 ILL    
36 S&R American Motors 7/64 White Plains, NY Fredy Moser (Switzerland) see photos above
ex-Kevin Clemmens
37 Span 7/64 Chicago    
38 Brundage Mtrs 7/64 Jacksonville   to Stuttgart
39 Southgate Competition Motors 7/64 Wilfried Brunner
(Switzerland)		 ex-Jason Anderson
(Steel Cities)
ex-Gerry Brazil
(Michigan)
ex-John Wiley
40 S&R American Motors 7/64 White Plains, NY    
41 S&R American Motors 8/64 White Plains, NY    
42 VW Hawaii 9/64    
43 Dennis (for Ken Wall) 10/64    
44 W.A. Bassler 12/64 Fern Park, FL    
45 B&B (F.R. Costey) 12/64 Beaumont, TX    
46-48 no records no records no records no records

Mk 5B s/n

Original owners

Delivery

Current owner

notes
49 Mikkelson 1/65   first 5B
50 B&B Sports Cars 1/65    
51 Jeff Stevens 2/65    Belcher
52 J.G. Clark 1/65    Trotter
53 Imported Car Service 2/65    
54 Duchess Auto 2/65    
55 Gene's For. Car Service 3/65    
56-65 Porsche (Germany) 3/65 Stuttgart   Gene Beach says -
"63 kits total shipped to Porsche"
66 S.E. Import Parts 3/65    
67 Herb Wahlman 3/65 Greg Heuer  
68 Donald Wilham 4/65   Mid-Ohio 7/67
69 Courtney 4/65    
70 Oliver 4/65    
71-75 Pon's (Holland) 4/65 Holland    
76 Lakeview 4/65    
77 Lakeview 4/65    
78 Winter 6/65    
79 MAHAG 5/65   reconsigned to Porsche, Salzburg
80-83 Porsche (Salzburg) 5/65    
84-87 Winter 5/65    
88-89 Scania-Vabis 6/65 Sweden    
90-94 Petermax Mueller 6/65 Germany    
95-96 AMAG 6/65 Switzerland    
97 AutoGerma 6/65    
98 Gloeckler 6/65    
99 ANC et Dieteren 6/65    
100 Robert Fuller 6/65    
101 Toney Belcher 6/65    
102 Hahn 8/65    
103 Factory Team 7/65   sold to Kohler 9/65
104-106 Hahn 8/65    
107-116 Pon's (Holland) 7/65 Holland    
117 Norman Hamilton 7/65    
118 Hahn 8/65    
119-123 Porsche Austria 8/65 Austria    
124 Belcher 8/65    
125 Stevens 8/65    
126 Stevens (Ripper) 8/65    
127 Fowler 8/65    
128 Bibeau 9/65    
129 Porsche Austria 9/65    
130 Cutler Morors 10/65    
131 Chandler Lawrence 10/65   Nassau 65
132 Warren 10/65    
133 Factory Car 10/65 Roger Windley
(England) ?		 Nassau 65 (Chris Amon)
ex-Ed Mercer (England)?
134 Factory Car 10/65 ? Nassau 65
135 Ellwood Motors 10/65    
136 British European
(Brenner)		 11/65    
137 Lopart et Taymans 11/65 Belgium Aaron Annerel (Belgium) ex-Andre Pilette school car
ex-Robert Woudhuizen
(Holland)
138 Lopart et Taymans 11/65 Belgium    
139 William Clark 1/66 St. Petersburg, FL    
140 Werych 1/66    
141 Foster 1/66    
142-143 Lopart et Taymans 3/66 Belgium    
144 Williamson 3/66    
145 Robertson 3/66    
146 VW Ltd (England)
(Griffin)		 4/66 England    
147-150 VW Ltd (England) 4/66 England    
151 VW Ltd (England) 4/66 England Bob Hatton (England) ex-John Robinson
(England)
152-155 VW Ltd (England) 4/66 England    
156 Mike Rothschild 4/66    
157 Petersen 4/66    
158 Moylan 4/66 Guam    
159 Jimmy Court
(Brian O'Neal)		 4/66   EXP?
160 Stephens Motors 7/66 Calif.    
161 Victor Merino 7/66 Puerto Rico    
162 Bud Lewis 7/66 Spartanburg, SC    
163 Winslow Jones 7/66 Jacksonville, FL    
164 Mike Wallace 7/66 Titusville, FL    
165 Vince Chimera 7/66 Rochester NY    
166 Jim Whaley 8/66    
167 Wayne Purdy 8/66 FL John Denman
(Dallas)		  
168 Lindley Coleman 8/66    
169-172 ARM 8/66 Miami ? Mk5B-XP ??
173 ? 8/66 Delaney, NJ    
174 Lee Cutler 8/66 Sarasota FL   Mk5C-XP ??
175 ? 9/66 Hussey, NJ    
176 John Lowe 12/66 Nassau    
177  Tropical Motors 1/67 Nassau    
? ? 1965 B. Goldman  
? Pon's? 1965 Jean Cevaer
(France)		  

Mk 5C s/n

Original owner

Date

Current owner

notes
174 Lee Cutler 8/66 ? experimental - built for 1966 Nassau race
178? first production 5C ? ? first production 5C
180 ? ? Sam Collins (UK)  
201 ? ? Greg Heuer ex- Dan Stone
216 ? ? Doug Stokes  
217 ? ? Mark Matson see photos above
221 ? ? Scotty Gerber  
228 ? ? Charles McDevitt  
238 ? 67-68?   ex-Gerry Brazil?
ex-Hugh Kleinpeter
241 Fred Clark ? Robert Sterling
?????		 please e-mail if you know anything about this car's whereabouts
246 ? ? Edward Ziegler
Bill Griffith (Houston)		  
? ? ?    
? ? ? Sandy Jackson (FL)  
? ? 70 Retta & Myles Winbigler  
? ? 69 Jean ? (France)  
? Charlie Schmidt (NEB) 68 ? 1500cc - Sebring 1968
? ? 67 Rick Rogers