Coldplugs.com - Sports cars in the fifties and sixties

New England Sports Car Racing at Thompson and Lime Rock, A Lotus Eleven Le Mans team car, an OSCA, and more....

History of Berkeley sports cars in the US

Dealer material, racing, owner stories, and obscure technical references

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What's new?

August  2010

I have finally faced the reality that I'll never get my Berkeley S-E492 restored, so have decided to sell it to someone who has more time and money. I owned this car back in the 60's and was fortunate enough to acquire it again several years ago. It is an excellent restoration candidate, since 99% of the parts are still with it. The engine is complete and original. The only significant parts missing that I can think of is the electric fuel pump and wiper motor.  Many hard-to-find parts are included, such as hinges and bumperettes.  I also have new seat upholstery from Kip Motors. I don't want to oversell it - it definitely needs  restoring. I think $4000 is a fair price. E-mail me if you're interested. See my restoration page for photos and more details.

July  2010

Updated the Berkeley US owners list.

May  2010

Added a PDF of the Berkeley CKD Manual describing how to build a Berkeley. This manual is particularly useful today since it contains information on many of the fasteners that were used. See the Berkeley Technical Information and Manuals section.

April  2010

Updated the Berkeley US owners list and added a page containing Berkeley related items for sale.

March 2010

Updated the Berkeley US registry and added a link on the main Berkeley page. Also added a new form that you can use to update your entry. This is a new procedure - if you have problems with it please let me know via regular e-mail.

Updated some captions in the New England Racing section. Added new info on the Help Wanted page..

February 2010

Updated the Berkeley US owners list and the dealer list.

 

I'm looking forward to reading this new book by Rob Carrick and Mick Walker. It should be available in the US in late April and is expected to sell for about $46 here. They also collaborated on a history of Greeves motorcycles and Mick has written numerous excellent books on the history of various bikes ranging from Aermacchi to Velocette and many in between.  Read the description here.


 

 

 

December 2009

Updated Berkeley dealers list.
Updates and corrections to Berkeley racing page.
Updated BEC contact information.
Added sample pages from a Berkeley CKD Assembly Manual and a Berkeley Dealer's Time Standards Manual. Click here.

September 2009

Nice shot of Jim Bean's Brabham added on the other tracks page.

August 2009

More small updates to the Berkeley (dealers and racing) section.
Minor updates to Old Pics.
Caption updates for Lime Rock photos.
New photos and changes to organization in the Thompson pages.
New mystery cars - do you recognize the Alfa Veloce or the AC Ace? Also an update on the Kieft Sportscar.
Updates to most Berkeley sections, including new photos of Mark Schoenlein's newly restored cars.

July 2009

Numerous small updates and caption corrections in the Berkeley section.
New  photos of the ongoing restoration of the Berkeley raced by Milton Schaefer.
Added photos to the Berks Today section and the Berks racing section.

Several new pictures and revised captions in the Thompson pages. I also added a page devoted to "Thompson Topics" postcards and would like to thank David Meisner for his contribution to this.

Racing in New England - Organized by track. Currently Thompson, Lime Rock, and "Others". Mostly period photos, some good, some not so good. (16 March 2010)
 

Our cars whole and in part, lots of other cars. There are sure to be some surprises.Old Pics - Our used cars, parts, boats,  planes, two dealerships, a girl, 2 NY International Car Shows, and more.  Original basis for this site. All period photos. (3 August  2009)
 

Resources for the Berkeley crowdBerkeley! - Berkeleys in America. Our history project. (25 May 2010)

 

Unusual and humorous (4 November 2007)

 

Have you seen this car?Help Wanted - You have answers? We have questions (16 March 2010)

 

Picture of the  month quarter, some new, some recycled - Indulge me (17 February 2008)

 


Links and Credits 5 February 2008

 

Coldplugs in the news (4 February 2007)

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