Zink Petite ChassisH Modified
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Mk IIBuilder: Ed Zink Engine: DKW 3 cylinder two stroke Body: Jabro Mk III Current Owner: "It survives and is currently being restored."1 by Hamilton Donaldson Hamilton says, "The Zink Petite was the second car that Ed Zink Produced. He also reports that Bill Greer was the original owner and won the 1963 SCCA H Modified National Championship with the car. "The car was a beautiful little H Modified special powered by a DKW 3 cylinder engine mounted amidships."1
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| "Malcolm Donaldson (pictured on the right in 1964) owned and drove the car in the mid sixties."1
1964 to 1967 to be more specific. |
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| "J.D. Iglehart (who also raced an OSCA) is in the Bobsy on the pole. 1965 or 1966."1 | 
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| "Those were the days when standing starts were still the norm. The Zink [Petite] is on the pole. Jabro Mk I behind, OSCA along side."1 | 
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| "Malcolm Donaldson working on his Zink Petite Mk II H-modified special [in the Lime Rock Park paddock]. Hamilton Donaldson (at right) provided the picture. 1967."1 | 
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| A shot showing the spaceframe chassis. | 
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| In the Thompson Raceway paddock with a Jabro Mk I behind. |
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Later OwnersHamilton Donaldson says, "The [Zink Petite] was owned and raced by my father after the original owner Bill Greer. Mr. Greer won the 1963 national Championship H Modified class [with the car]. The car was then sold to my dad who raced it from 1964-67. He sold the car and it went thru about a 6 people when it came up for sale. Dad bought it back and gave it to me. The car is apart for restoration but I do not anticipate it being done any time soon due to Job and dollar." December 28, 2004"The Zink is apart and needs either a new frame or the
original massively
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1Information and photos from ColdPlugs.com.
2The post-1962 photos originally came from Hamilton Donaldson.
Revised: January 05, 2005.