<< Prev Page 2 of 2 At the end of the 1968 season, the original Nomad was sold as Konig commissioned Curl to build an improved car for the following year. The Mk 2 was very similar in design but sported an open body created from glass fibre reinforced plastic to lower the Nomad's weight. The new Nomad debuted at the Targa Florio where it was shared by Mark and Gabriel Konig until an accident ended the effort early. It was extensively raced well into the 1970 season and made appearances at Le Mans and other world championship rounds. The best result was a win at Brands Hatch in Lanfranchi's hands.
Again using the BRM V8 engine, the third Nomad debuted in May of 1970. It was similar to the Mk 2 but boasted a revised chassis, constructed from smaller tubes. It was briefly raced by Lanfranchi in Europe but with limited success and over the following winter Konig campaigned it was Paul Vestey in Africa. Its last appearance, at the 1971 Goldfields 3 Hours, where it placed third, also marked the end of Konig's racing career. Four seasons of building and racing his own car had drained the funds. Needless to say, this also meant the end for the Nomad.
Konig would continue to work in the automotive business as sales manager for Ferrari's London representative, Maranello Concessionaires. Curl soldiered on and his subsequent claim to fame was the Chevron-based Gropa sports racer. Although little known today, the diminutive Nomads were remarkably competitive in period, especially considering they were built with very limited resources, literally, in a shed somewhere in the British countryside. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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At the end of the 1968 season, the original Nomad was sold as Konig commissioned Curl to build an improved car for the following year. The Mk 2 was very similar in design but sported an open body created from glass fibre reinforced plastic to lower the Nomad's weight. The new Nomad debuted at the Targa Florio where it was shared by Mark and Gabriel Konig until an accident ended the effort early. It was extensively raced well into the 1970 season and made appearances at Le Mans and other world championship rounds. The best result was a win at Brands Hatch in Lanfranchi's hands.