The above photos
came via someone who now lives in France, who saw PMO on the stand at the
'61 Racing Car Show and developed a passion for Sebrings! He recently
contacted Paul Woolmer through his PMO 200 website.
Apparently, the car shown - 5 WW - was being used around Leeds in the early
60s. It undoubtably has a Williams & Pritchard Ltd. coupe top, but the rear
panelling appears to remain in steel (wing beading still present).
Jonathan Whitehouse-Bird has spoken to Tom Coulthard about the car and
suggested to him that this might be the Sprite John Sprinzel and Graham
Robson drove on the Cats' Eyes Rally in early 1962 and described as the 'new
PMO 200' (see attached press cutting).
The 'PMO' in question presumably still has a steel (ex-Alexander) body on
disc wheels, the red glassfibre bonnet off the '62 Monte PMO and a new bare
alloy W&P coupe top. The text describes it as being an "unfinished Sebring
conversion" (possibly words from John's own lips?).
We have to expect that the car would eventually have been 'finished'
post-event, to Sebring spec' - Girlings/wire wheels, re-paint,
re-registration, etc.
Is 5 WW the end result?