In 1984 Joe sold the Bourgeault back to Lader. Joe also raced the Bourgeault in the 1971, 1972, and 1974 SCCA National Championship Runoffs, but with unremarkable results. Gray raced the car in SCCA races in the Arkansas Region. In 1969, Lader sold the car to a friend, Joe Gray. Lader used this engine in the Bourgeault, along with the six speed Hewland, to win the 1966 Sports Car Club of America G-Modified National Championship held at Riverside International Raceway. He also installed a six speed Hewland gearbox.Īt some point the SCA was enlarged to 1300 cc.
Lader took the car back to his home in Oregon and removed the engine and replaced it with a 1 liter Cosworth SCA Formula 2 engine with aluminum head and dual Weber carburetors. He said it was used at the time of purchase, not new. In 1966, Alan Lader purchased his Bourgeault from Nade. Only the original Cosworth powered Lader Bourgeault remains. The other Bourgeault, the one not owned by Lader, perished in the 1991 Oakland Hills Fire. Unfortunately after Lader sold the BRM powered car to Texan, Elliot Mendenhall, Mendenhall crashed the Bourgeault, writing it off. Interestingly, Lader at one point owned both the Cosworth powered car and the BRM powered car at the same time. The Lader car was originally built with a 1100 cc Formula Junior Cosworth SCA engine, while another Bourgeault had a 1.5 liter BRM F1 engine installed. The 1600 cc Alfa Veloce engines were also to be used These were to include but not be limited to the 1.5 liter FPF Coventry Climax engine, and Cosworth engines including the 1000 cc and 1100 cc Formula Junior engines of the period. The documents show that the car was available with engines up to 3 liters in size. These documents can be provided upon request. Gough uncovered period documents advertising the Bourgeault sports racers, newspaper articles, photos, correspondence, and tributes to Nade by those who knew him well. TamsOldRacerCarSite provides an informative discussion about the Bourgeault sports racers and this car in particular, the Alan Lader car.Ī prior owner from the early 1990’s, Terry Gough from Reno, Nevada, set out to compile the history for remaining Lader Bourgeault. The Bourgeault offered here was completed in 1965. Now Nade had the necessary funding to complete his three sports racers. Intrigued by the sports racer project, and Bourgeault’s engineering prowess, Reynolds purchased a 1/3rd interest in Bourgeault’s business and Bourgeault Racing Cars was born.
Nick Reynolds began racing with Bourgeault, first in Bourgeault’s rear engine Formula Junior, and later with a Lotus 22 Formula Junior that Bourgeault maintained for Reynolds. Enter Nick Reynolds of the Kingston Trio band. By the mid-1960’s he had begun building his own sports racer, but lack of funding had prevented him from completing it. He had also worked with Joe Huffaker in the construction of the Huffaker Special, and Huffaker Mk.1 Formula Junior.
This is one of three sports racers built by race car constructor Nadeau “Nade” Bourgeault in Sausalito, California, in the mid-1960’s.īy the late 1950’s and early 1960’s Bourgeault had built an active business repairing and modifying customer race cars.
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