The ex-Andy Brown MG K3 once driven by Prince Bira is now owned and operated by John Gillett.
Photo: Neil Hammond
While boasting more than 40 entrants, the 1953 Australian Grand Prix looked to be a three-man race: Whiteford, Jones and Davison. The smart money, however, was on Stan Jones, in the 4.3-liter Maybach, as he had convincingly defeated the Talbot-Lago of Doug Whiteford just six weeks before. Lex Davison certainly had the name and experience from his P3 Alfa, but his freshly imported HWM F2 was very much a wild card. Davison had intended to fit the straight-8 Alfa engine into the HWM, but unfortunately that delightful combination proved to be impossible, so he used the engine from his accident-damaged Jaguar XK-120 along with all the C-Type mods.
